From inking new cloud partnerships with large health systems to launching a healthcare accelerator program, Amazon is continuing to increase its healthcare presence.
Here are seven healthcare moves Amazon made since May, as reported by Becker's Hospital Review.
- Amazon's subscription-based service, which helps caregivers provide remote support to older loved ones, introduced a feature that allows up to 10 caregivers to help care for an aging loved one and lets caregivers provide remote daily routines.
- Amazon Web Services launched a healthcare accelerator to boost startups that focus on health equity. The program is intended to improve health outcomes for the underserved, and will invest in technologies that help address research, innovation, increasing access to care and streamlining supply chains.
- Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger tapped Amazon as its strategic cloud provider and plans to transition its entire digital portfolio of more than 400 applications and numerous workflows to Amazon Web Services.
- Boston-based Tufts Medicine partnered with Amazon to move its entire digital healthcare ecosystem, including its Epic EHR infrastructure, to Amazon Web Services.
- Amazon is looking to hire a healthcare engagement advisor to work in its AWS HIPAA Compliance Program.
- Kris Bhambhani, New York City-based Columbia University Irving Medical Center's former chief information technology operations officer, left the health system to join Amazon Web Services and is now its head of healthcare compliance.
- Amazon Web Services' accelerator has funded three digital health startups. Each of the startups will receive up to $225,000 in cash and credits, as well as training, mentoring and guidance from Amazon.