Kno2 collaboration with Microsoft will help healthcare organizations with Microsoft Azure environments securely exchange clinical information between providers across the care continuum

BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Kno2®, a healthcare communication network and a HITRUST-certified, federally designated Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN), today announced a collaboration with Microsoft. The collaboration gives healthcare organizations using Microsoft Azure a scalable way to connect Azure Health Data Services, Microsoft Fabric and OneLake with the broader healthcare ecosystem. Through Kno2, organizations can bring clinical information into enterprise Azure environments and enable healthcare workflows across the care continuum. They can also use Microsoft Foundry and Copilot Studio to build agentic workflows that apply AI models to broader clinical context.

Healthcare organizations are using Microsoft capabilities to modernize how they manage data and apply AI. Realizing the full value of those investments often requires secure access to clinical information distributed across EHRs, hospitals, physician practices, post-acute care, behavioral health and other community settings.

Through Kno2's network, healthcare organizations using Azure Health Data Services can exchange clinical information with participants across the broader healthcare ecosystem. This network-based approach can reduce the need to establish and maintain separate point-to-point connections. Kno2 brings the connectivity, governance, trust framework and network participation required to access and exchange that information at scale.

"Healthcare organizations are making significant investments in Microsoft to transform how they use data and AI. The next opportunity is connecting that intelligence to the rest of healthcare," said Therasa Bell, President and Co-Founder of Kno2. "Microsoft has built the foundation for healthcare organizations to innovate. Kno2 brings the trusted network infrastructure to connect that innovation to the care continuum, so organizations can securely access the information they need and put it into the workflows where it matters."

With Kno2, organizations can:

• Bring external clinical information into Microsoft Fabric and OneLake
• Support AI and agentic workflows with broader patient context
• Automate referral and intake processes
• Exchange records with community providers
• Use a more complete view of the patient to create more personal, informed experiences

"Microsoft Azure gives healthcare organizations a secure, scalable foundation for bringing together data and AI," said David Rhew, Global Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Health & Life Sciences at Microsoft. "By connecting with Kno2's healthcare communication network, customers can extend that foundation across the care ecosystem, helping make clinical information available in the workflows where people deliver care and operate their organizations."

Kno2 connects thousands of hospitals and hundreds of thousands of provider organizations across national networks, regional exchanges, EHRs and clinical systems. Its network approach is built around a simple premise: Connect Once, Communicate Everywhere.

About Kno2
Kno2 is leading the future of healthcare communication by providing the nation's largest trusted communication network including as a federally designated Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) and CMS Aligned network. Kno2 enables secure, effortless exchange of patient information across the care continuum including providers, payers, patients, and technology vendors, processing billions of transactions annually.

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