Teladoc Health Inc. shares
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were moving more than 6% higher in Tuesday’s premarket action after the telehealth company said it has expanded its partnership with Microsoft Corp.
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Teladoc “is furthering its collaboration with Microsoft” by “working together” on integrating Azure and Nuance artificial-intelligence tools into its platform. “We are focused on using AI to reassert and build the doctor-patient relationship at a time when technology frequently does the opposite,” Vidya Raman-Tangella, Teladoc’s chief medical officer, said in a release. Teladoc said in the release that the Nuance clinical-documentation tool will let doctors interact with their patients more without looking away to take notes on the visit.
