Flash ReportWalgreens Boots Alliance and Microsoft Forge Partnership to Explore Digital Health Opportunities Coresight Research January 18, 2019 Executive SummaryOn January 15, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) and Microsoft announced a seven-year strategic partnership to explore opportunities in digital health. Four key aspects of the partnership are: WBA and Microsoft will work on developing a connected, consumer-centric healthcare delivery and management platform to improve access to healthcare. The companies will also focus on providing more personalized healthcare services, leveraging Microsoft’s cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) technology platform Azure. The companies will establish a single platform to better connect consumers, providers, pharmaceutical manufacturers and payors. WBA will migrate the majority of its IT infrastructure to Microsoft Azure as Microsoft becomes WBA’s strategic cloud provider. Please Login to read the full report. Not a member? To access this content for free, register for a free account. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Weekly UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2025, Week 13: Kingfisher Announces Store Expansion Plans; Whole Foods Opens New London StoreMay 2025 US Retail Sales: Core Sales Growth Proves Solid Despite Pull-Forward of PurchasesFive Ways Brands and Retailers Can Use AI/ML and Shared Data to Energize End-to-End Product ManagementHigh-Income Consumers’ Sentiment Soars Ahead; Plus, Home and Home-Improvement Shopping in Focus: US Consumer Survey Insights
