How does Copilot accelerate clinical research documentation?

Microsoft Copilot helps researchers synthesise literature, draft grant applications, generate research protocols, and summarise study findings — reducing administrative burden by up to 50%.

Can Copilot help with healthcare organisations research governance documentation?

Yes. Copilot assists with drafting ethics applications, HRA submissions, study protocols, and standard operating procedures.

Is Copilot suitable for systematic literature reviews?

Copilot assists with literature synthesis by summarising papers, extracting key findings, and generating comparative analyses. Researchers should always validate outputs.

Use Case 06 · Healthcare

Research & Clinical Evidence Synthesis

Clinicians cannot keep pace with research — over 2.5 million biomedical papers are published annually. Guideline updates arrive quarterly but rarely reach clinical practice before the next update supersedes them.

The Challenge

Why This Happens

No structured workflow exists for reading, synthesising, and operationalising research into clinical practice. Clinicians have no protected time for CPD, and research tools — Medline, NICE — are entirely disconnected from daily clinical workflows in Teams and Outlook, creating a permanent gap between evidence and practice.

How Copilot & M365 Address This

1 NICE guidelines and research repositories queriedCopilot queries the SharePoint NICE guidelines library and approved research repositories via Graph connectors
2 Synthesised literature summaries returnedReturns synthesised literature summaries with source citations in response to natural language queries
3 CPD learning log entries generated automaticallyGenerates formatted CPD learning log entries from each research session automatically
4 CPD completion tracked with automated remindersTracks CPD completion via SharePoint Learning Pathways with automated reminder notifications

Impact & Results

Impact Metrics

4.5h→28m Literature review time per clinical question

94% Of pilot clinicians reported feeling more up-to-date

42%→91% Monthly CPD completion rate improvement

Measured via: Query log analysis and pre/post survey from 150-clinician pilot across two healthcare organisations. CPD completion rates via SharePoint Learning Pathways analytics.

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I've wanted to stay on top of the research but the volume is just impossible. Copilot gives me a structured briefing in half an hour. My registrars think I've suddenly become a lot more well-read.

Dr. Karim Belkacem

Clinical Director, National Teaching Hospital, Algiers

Research & Clinical Evidence Synthesis

The Challenge

Impact & Results

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