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The Ohio State University and Microsoft announce five-year strategic partnership to accelerate innovation across clinical care, education and research

PR Newswire•10/11/2026•13:00 ET
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Key Highlights

  • ➤Five-year Ohio State-Microsoft partnership targets clinical care, education and research
  • ➤70%-80% of Ohio State storage and compute targeted for migration to Microsoft Azure
  • ➤Ohio State is moving its electronic health record to Azure for business continuity backup
  • ➤Smart hospital platform already deployed at Ross Heart Hospital and James Outpatient Care
  • ➤Ohio State becomes Microsoft Training Services Provider, expanding AI certifications and training

Expert Statements

John J. Warner, MD, Chief executive officer of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and executive vice president at Ohio State

“Artificial intelligence represents one of the most significant opportunities to transform and improve how hospitals care for patients.”

John J. Warner, MD, Chief executive officer of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and executive vice president at Ohio State

“Through this collaboration, we have an opportunity to help reimagine the future of healthcare as we bring together Ohio State's academic medical expertise with Microsoft's technological capabilities to accelerate the pace of innovation across patient care, research and education.”

Hether Danforth, Vice president, US State, Local and Education, Microsoft

“Ohio State is demonstrating what it means to modernize healthcare with purpose — connecting cloud, data and AI to empower the people who care for patients and advance discovery.”

Hether Danforth, Vice president, US State, Local and Education, Microsoft

“Together we're building a trusted foundation grounded in Ohio State's institutional context for AI-powered innovation — one that can give clinicians more time with patients, help researchers accelerate discovery, and turn promising ideas into meaningful advances in care.”

The Ohio State University and Microsoft announce five-year strategic partnership to accelerate innovation across clinical care, education and research PR Newswire

Collaboration will advance a smarter, more resilient care environment; modernize cloud and data foundations; responsibly apply AI to support clinicians and researchers; and expand access to AI skills and certifications

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