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AI starter pack: 5 ways to implement AI into your business
Empower your business to achieve more with AI. Glen Robinson, National Technology Officer at Microsoft UK, outlines practical applications and implementation tips to get you started.
6 tips to make flexible working work for you
Since becoming a parent, I’ve had quite a lot of important decisions to make. Which way to feed, which vaccinations... One decision was easy. I financially need to work, but I also love my job and knew I wanted to come back to it. However, I was also aware that I didn’t want to sacrifice precious time with my son. So flexible working was something I wanted to explore. If you’re considering how flexible working could work for you or your employees, here are a few things you might want to consider.
UK Public Sector to benefit from the new Office 365 security and compliance guidance
Public sector organisations are under intense scrutiny to ensure they are secure and compliant – not just by the ruling bodies, but by the public as well. This is why Microsoft is pleased to have worked alongside GDS and the NCSC to publish the Office 365 security and compliance guidance for our UK Public Sector
Impact of technology on children’s development and skills
As a mum who works full time in an industry which is on the brink of evolution and transformation, I often look at my kids and the impact of technology will have on them.
AI in healthcare: re-skilling the workforce with digital skills
With the pace of technologies such as AI, there's no hiding from the urgent need to reskill the UK workforce. We take a look at how Microsoft is helping to close that gap through digital skills courses and organisations such as the NHS.
Improving operational efficiency in healthcare
The acute care crisis in the UK means hospitals are struggling to align capacity to the increasing demand, however predictive analytics and connected devices are offering a solution.
Machine learning aiding elderly falls prevention
The NHS is under huge strain to deliver care to more of us as we live longer. Microsoft has worked with partners to use machine learning tools to help prevent falls in the elderly.
Challenging the millennial stereotype
There's more to millennials than you read online. What if we started thinking about them in terms of the entire business? And understanding employees as individuals? Let them choose for themselves how they do their best work and provide the tools to help them do it.
AI in healthcare: HoloLens in surgery
Microsoft HoloLens and Surface Go are being used with incredible impact in the NHS. From reading vitals remotely through a camera, to enabling remote collaboration for first line workers. We take a look at some incredible use cases to show how these devices are being used.
AI in healthcare: improving Cystic Fibrosis treatment
Project Fizzyo, a research collaboration between Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL, and Microsoft, is making huge steps in helping to improve the care for Cystic Fibrosis patients, thanks to big data and machine learning technology.
6 Office 365 tools to enhance productivity in the NHS
There are many ways that AI is working for us in the background while empowering us to be more productive. Particularly in healthcare, there's a huge opportunity for AI to assist not only by giving more time to spend on what's important and out of the back office, but also ultimately helping save money in productivity, resources, travel and ultimately time.
The chatbot opportunity in healthcare
It's not hard to see why the chatbot innovation triggers excitement in the NHS. Chatbots can ease staffing issues, triage patients to the correct services, and source intelligent information for patients to their smart devices whenever they need it. We explore the opportunities it presents for healthcare.