Philips
(NYSE: PHG)
today announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services to develop generative AI applications for its imaging archiving and communications system.
As part of the partnership with AWS, Philips’ HealthSuite imaging picture archiving and communications system will move to the cloud. Amazon Bedrock will enable Philips to develop generative AI applications to advance PACS image processing capabilities and simplify clinical workflows and voice recognition, according to the companies.
“With healthcare systems under increasing pressure, the focus of clinicians’ has shifted from technical specifications towards more efficient workflows that lead to accurate diagnoses – and that’s what we are delivering here,” said Shez Partovi, chief innovation & strategy officer and business leader enterprise informatics at Philips.
Partovi added in the news release: “By shifting from on-premises to the cloud, we can leverage the security, reliability, and unmatched breadth and depth of AWS to support healthcare organizations in their mission to deliver high quality care while easing the burden on their staff.”
Swami Sivasubramanian, vice president of database, analytics, and machine learning at AWS, said that healthcare organizations are looking to decrease operational costs.
“Through democratizing access to generative AI and applying FMs to help support clinical decision-making, increase diagnostic accuracy, and automate administrative tasks, AWS will continue to support Philips as they uncover new ways to simplify radiologists’ workflow and reduce cognitive burden and clinician burnout,” Sivasubramanian said.
The partnership with Philips is the latest example of AWS partnering with major medtech companies on AI and cloud-based services.
