Digital information concept Abetter-connected health-care system would provide clinicians withmore complete profiles of their patients, researchers with moredata to study and individuals with more information to take controlof their health. (Image: Shutterstock)

Microsoft Corp. is releasing a service to help health-carecompanies move vast amounts of patient data to its cloud andconnect with other related systems in a bid to offer clinicians,individuals and researchers a more comprehensive view of patienthealth.

The tool, based on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform and anational standard for exchanging health records, will let disparatehealth systems talk to each other, for example hooking up patient records with pharmacy systems, fitnessdevices and others more seamlessly.

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