“To expand its reach overseas and add new features to its population-health management platform, HealtheIntent, Cerner is using cloud-based services from Amazon Web Services.”
“As providers increasingly assume financial risk for patient populations, Cerner’s goal is to develop analytical tools and databases that will help its customers, primarily providers, succeed with reimbursement arrangements …”
“That is why Cerner began moving some of HealtheIntent’s footprint to AWS two years ago…”
“Cerner is not alone. AWS has been actively courting healthcare customers, which now include providers, insurers, researchers, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in addition to technology companies…”
“…The one-day meeting was one of numerous educational events AWS plans to host this year to promote its cloud-based services, including its products in artificial intelligence, such as SageMaker, a machine learning toolset that AWS says helps “everyday developers” build and train predictive models…”
“Healthcare is going to be an industry that is elevated and made better by machine learning and artificial intelligence…”
“Johnston sees a role for AWS in healthcare not only as a purveyor of AI toolsets but also as an integrator of patient data…”
“Beyond those cases, Cerner is interested in deploying AWS’ products and services in two ways: To help its customers develop new predictive algorithms using AI tools, such as SageMaker; to integrate data from Cerner’s customers…” Read the full article here.
Source: Cerner aims to expand its reach with use of Amazon Web Services – By Linda Wilson, April 16, 2018. Health Data Management.
