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If you ask Microsoft general manager Kenn Harper whether Microsoft wants to be the iPhone of health care scribes, he'll politely decline to repeat the analogy — but he doesn't think it's inappropriate.
Why it matters: As Microsoft's AI medical scribe capabilities face increased competition from startups, Harper says its strength is in openness — not unlike the way the iPhone enables a sea of apps to function on top of it.