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Microsoft says care coordination and secure messaging tools are coming to its Teams platform

Healthcare IT News: Microsoft is holding its Ignite conference this week, and the company teased a forthcoming care coordination tool that is in early stages of development – as well two secure messaging features it's creating as part of an effort to tailor Teams for specific industries.

Microsoft's Teams platform is a direct competitor to Slack's collaboration tools. But if it the vendor is really moving into the care coordination space it will also encounter a wealth of best-of-breed care management technologies already on the market. And as electronic health record vendors focus on population health modules and features, they too are building out care coordination capabilities.

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