article thumbnail

AWS pledges focus on underserved communities with new $40M initiative

Healthcare It News

"Today, approximately half the world's population does not have access to basic healthcare," said Max Peterson, vice president of worldwide public sector at AWS, in a blog post. " "Applying modern technology to health systems is not a silver bullet to ending health inequity," said AWS' Peterson.

article thumbnail

APAC still faces immense challenges to data, AI, predictive analytics adoption: report

Healthcare It News

For example, only 7% of healthcare leaders surveyed said they have the expertise to fully utilise data. Meanwhile, with more than a quarter of respondents (26%) seeking to become socially responsible healthcare providers, predictive analytics is seen to support their goal, particularly in reducing health inequalities.

article thumbnail

HLTH22 Day 2 News Summary: Amazon Clinic Launch, General Catalyst, Verizon, Higi

HIT Consultant

AWS Launches Imaging, Health Analytics Capabilities. Amazon Web Services (AWS) launches two new capabilities in HealthLake that deliver innovations for medical imaging and analytics : – Amazon HealthLake Imaging is a new HIPAA-eligible capability that makes it easy to store, access, and analyze medical images at a petabyte scale.