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Category: Public health and social services
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The cornerstone of continuous, integrated, and value-based healthcare
Healthcare stakeholders are moving away from fee-for-service and towards value-based models to meet the demands of aging and millennial populations while also meeting an ambitious national healthcare agenda. Today, regulatory and market forces have led to improved transparency and enhanced consumerization, changing the face of healthcare.![Mature doctor talking to senior man before applying vaccine - wearing face mask](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GettyImages-1302254629-300x200.webp)
Developing public-private partnerships to address health inequities
Health and vaccine inequities The pandemic has exposed long-standing inequalities in healthcare and created a stark contrast between the haves and have-nots. At the country-level, developing countries still do not have enough COVID-19 vaccine to cover the majority of its population.![a group of people looking at a phone](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/GettyImages-1266646950-300x200.webp)
How technology is helping in the fight against the pandemic
The global pandemic is far from over, we want to take this opportunity to recognize and applaud the continued heroic efforts by front-line workers—healthcare workers, first responders, service workers, and others—around the world. They put their lives at risk every day to save patients and keep critical operations running.![senior woman and digital tablet](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/iStock-452746925-300x200.webp)
Today’s technology is transforming home health care
Public health organizations are chartered with ensuring the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Their scope of responsibility is wide-ranging and varies from country to country, and they are required to provide direct healthcare services to their citizens, including epidemiology and disease prevention.![Black and white photo of a building and its columns](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-991810266_Episode2-300x225.jpg)
How AI can empower correctional facilities and their clients
AI is at the forefront of an effort to increase safety at correctional institutions and help reduce re-entry, combining institutional knowledge with highly secure, data-driven insights.![Woman working in a hospital](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MSC18_hospitalChicago_002-300x200.jpg)
Measles and mumps? Data sharing on the cloud to improve public health
As once forgotten diseases start to reappear, state and local government agencies are looking to find new ways to ensure positive health outcomes for their citizens.![Portrait of a senior woman relaxing on the sofa](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/GettyImages-1039521254-Copy-300x200.jpg)
Social services must adapt to fit changing societies—can AI and blockchain help?
Hear how public health and social services organizations are using intelligent technology to provide better, more secure services.![](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/513_banner-300x94.png)
Helping Child Welfare Agencies Recruit Foster Care Parents
Microsoft and Adobe have teamed up to deliver a technology solution specifically designed to assist child welfare agencies in foster care recruitment.![](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ChatBotsBlog_960x300_R1_v2-300x94.png)
Stay connected: Chatbots for Health and Human Services
Your health and human services agency can use chatbots to stay connected with those you serve 24/7, while saving your teams’ time. Learn more and see examples.![](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/375_banner-300x94.png)
Health and human services leaders impressed by Microsoft cloud
The recent IT Solutions Management conference provided a premiere for several health and human services solutions powered by the Microsoft cloud.![](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/BANNER-V3-300x109.jpg)