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With Its New Genomics Data Services, AWS Hopes to Facilitate Rapid Advances in Precision Medicine

With the recent launch of AWS Omics, Amazon Web Services is using artificial intelligence, machine learning and other AWS and partner products and services to speed the translation of this data into actionable intelligence.

What Amazon Clinic Will Mean for Consumers and the Online Retail Giant

Amazon has launched Amazon Clinic, a virtual message-based service that connects consumers with third-party telehealth providers (including ones from SteadyMD and HealthTap) for diagnosis and treatment of 20 common health conditions including allergies, acne and hair loss.

Is It Time to Develop a Digital Hippocratic Oath?

The Hippocratic oath has provided an ethical guide for physicians for centuries. Updating language about patient privacy to include data privacy and acknowledging the transformative impact medical technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics have in providing care could help younger physicians better relate to its overall principles

4 Keys to Becoming a Data-driven Organization

A new report, “Leveraging Data for Health Innovation,” from the AHA Center for Health Innovation explores the trend of hospitals and health systems finding new ways to glean actionable insights from their data and provides a blueprint for leading a data-driven organization. It explores the explosion of health care data and top challenges facing provider organizations as they work to ensure data integrity, store vast amounts of data and learn how to utilize data to advance population health management and value-based care.

Providence St. Joseph Health Buys into EHR Innovation

Innovation isn’t always about building a new product. Huge opportunities exist in making a good product better or optimizing its capabilities and performance and helping others in the field do the same.

AI vs. Business Process Automation: Do You Know the Difference?

Although we track AI closely here at the AHA Center for Health Innovation, we appreciated this primer on AI overheard at Aspen Ideas Health.

Take Steps Now or it Could be a Long Wait to Fulfill AI’s Promise

More accurate diagnoses in less time. More effective treatments as the first option. Clinicians with the ability to practice at the top of their license and the time to connect meaningfully with patients. These are just a few of the benefits artificial intelligence could bring to health care.

Lack of Data Sharing with Digital Health Impedes Innovation

Health care organizations are making greater use of digital systems like electronic health records, telehealth and artificial intelligence, but most don’t regularly share data outside their organizations, creating barriers to high-quality care and impeding innovation. That’s one key takeaway from Royal Philips’ recently released Future Health Index 2019 report exploring both the progress and shortcomings of digital health.

Consumers Ready to Trade Health Device Data for Rewards

Consumers who use wearable devices to capture their health-related data have a message for health insurers who would love access to that information: Make us an offer. A recent Aite Group survey found that 62% of consumers are interested in sharing their connected-device data with payers if their plan offers incentives to do so.