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Microsoft Azure AI in Healthcare Professional Certificate
A long, beginner-labelled Azure path to building AI applications for clinical documentation, prediction and compliant healthcare data.
Commercial status: no commercial relationship is documented for this page. The verification link goes directly to the official provider source.
Who it is for
Healthcare professionals, clinical IT staff and career changers who want to build AI applications for healthcare on Azure, starting without prior experience.
Who should skip it
Skip it if you need a Microsoft certification exam credential or a provider-neutral healthcare AI course; this is a Coursera certificate built on Azure services.
Facts checked 26 Oct 2026
- Price
- See pricing
No accepted price. As shown in the United States on 26 October 2026, the Coursera programme page shows no programme amount: it lists the programme as included with Coursera Plus. The Coursera Plus page prices Coursera Plus at $59/month, cancel anytime, or $399/year with a 14-day money-back guarantee. Those are subscription prices for the whole Coursera Plus catalogue, not a programme or completion price.
- Provider link
See price and enroll at Microsoft (official site) ↗
Official site. No commission.
- Time
- Coursera headline: 4 months at 10 hours a week. The four course estimates (26, 39, 42 and 42 hours) total 149 hours. Provider estimates, not completion guarantees.
- Level
- Beginner
- Credential
- Professional Certificate
Shareable certificate; add to a LinkedIn profile, resume or CV.
- Prerequisites
- No prior experience required: the page says you can build job-ready AI applications for healthcare without prior experience, and the FAQ says it is designed for beginners.
- Format
- Online, self-paced four-course professional certificate on Coursera, taught in English with 11 languages available; a portfolio project in every course.
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What you actually do
Four courses run from Azure AI fundamentals for healthcare to machine learning on healthcare data, clinical workflow automation with NLP and speech, and secure, compliant data management. Each course ends in a portfolio project, such as extracting insights from clinical notes or building anomaly detection for patient monitoring.
Before you start
No prior experience required: the page says you can build job-ready AI applications for healthcare without prior experience, and the FAQ says it is designed for beginners.
Curriculum
The headline estimates four months at ten hours weekly; the four course estimates total 149 hours. These observations are not reconciled into one completion or billing period.
| Entry | Subject | Listed time | Share | Role | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure AI and Healthcare Cloud Fundamentals | 26 hours | 17.4% | Course 1 of 4. Azure AI and Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare capabilities; responsible AI and generative AI applications in healthcare; digital adoption and patient engagement. | 2026-10-26 |
| 2 | Machine Learning and AI Applications in Healthcare | 39 hours | 26.2% | Course 2 of 4. Build and deploy ML models on healthcare datasets with Azure AI tools; predictive analytics for outcomes and clinical decision support; evaluate models for fairness and reliability. | 2026-10-26 |
| 3 | Clinical Workflow Automation and AI Integration | 42 hours | 28.2% | Course 3 of 4. Azure AI services including NLP and speech for clinical documentation; patient monitoring, anomaly detection and alerts; optimizing automated clinical workflows. | 2026-10-26 |
| 4 | Healthcare Data Management, Security, and Compliance | 42 hours | 28.2% | Course 4 of 4. Secure storage with Azure Health Data Services; security, governance and privacy-preserving techniques for HIPAA/GDPR compliance; auditing, monitoring and de-identification. | 2026-10-26 |
Allocation denominator: 8940.0 summed minutes; each displayed share = entry minutes / 8940.0 × 100, rounded to one decimal.
US price
| Purchase information | Recorded terms |
|---|---|
| Access and billing | No accepted price. As shown in the United States on 26 October 2026, the Coursera programme page shows no programme amount: it lists the programme as included with Coursera Plus. The Coursera Plus page prices Coursera Plus at $59/month, cancel anytime, or $399/year with a 14-day money-back guarantee. Those are subscription prices for the whole Coursera Plus catalogue, not a programme or completion price. |
| Refund and trial | Coursera Plus page, 26 October 2026: the monthly plan has a 7-day free trial (no charge until it ends); the annual plan allows a refund request within 14 days of payment, and certificates earned in those 14 days are revoked if you take the refund. |
| Access-source disagreement | As shown in the United States on 26 October 2026: the page structured data marks the programme isAccessibleForFree=True with a Subscription offer and the page shows "Enroll for free", while the page shows no free completion route. No free completion or free certificate is inferred. |
Alternatives
AI in Healthcare Specialization
| Provider and format | Level | Workload | Award | US price observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Online · 100% online, self-paced course | Beginner level | 4 weeks to complete at 10 hours a week. | Provider-issued course certificate | No specific total price is stated. The FAQ clarifies that the course cannot be taken for free to earn a certificate, noting financial aid is available. No numeric course-completion total or ISO currency is established from the saved page. |
| Entry and assessment questions | Recorded answer |
|---|---|
| Who is it aimed at? | Healthcare providers and computer science professionals. |
| What preparation is required? | No prior experience required |
| What remains unconfirmed? | Not verified in saved official evidence: expiry_renewal. Do not infer no expiry or no exam from absence. |
Official source · 2026-10-01 | Official source · 2026-10-15
Official source · 2026-10-15 | Official source · 2026-10-01
AI for Medicine Specialization
| Provider and format | Level | Workload | Award | US price observation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepLearning.AI · 100% online, self-paced course | Intermediate level | 2 months to complete at 10 hours a week. | Provider-issued course certificate | No specific total price is stated. The FAQ describes subscription access; the paid completion route has no numeric amount in the captured page. Financial aid is available. No numeric course-completion total or ISO currency is established from the saved page. |
| Entry and assessment questions | Recorded answer |
|---|---|
| Who is it aimed at? | AI practitioners eager to develop skills further to tackle challenges in the healthcare industry. |
| What preparation is required? | Working knowledge of deep neural networks, particularly convolutional networks, and proficiency in Python programming at an intermediate level will be essential. If relatively new to machine learning, it is advised to take the Deep Learning Specialization first. No prior medical expertise is required. |
| What remains unconfirmed? | Not verified in saved official evidence: expiry_renewal. Do not infer no expiry or no exam from absence. |
Questions before enrolling
Can I take just one course from the Microsoft Azure AI in Healthcare certificate?
Yes, per the FAQ: you can enroll in a single course and complete it to earn a shareable certificate for that course. Subscribing to a course that is part of the certificate automatically subscribes you to the full certificate. Observed 26 October 2026.
Change log
- : Initial record from the official Coursera professional certificate page and the Coursera Plus page captured from the United States on 23 October 2026. · Source
- : Fresh US recheck on 26 October 2026 of the Coursera programme page and the Coursera Plus page: no recorded fact changed (programme facts as before; Coursera Plus still $59/month or $399/year, with the 7-day trial and the 14-day refund terms as before); observation dates renewed to 26 October 2026. · Source