GE HealthCare has formed a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to leverage AWS healthcare and generative AI (genAI) services. This collaboration aims to develop AI-enabled workflows that enhance the accuracy of diagnostic screening, streamline healthcare operations, and promote equitable care access and outcomes. GE HealthCare will utilize Amazon Bedrock's foundation models to create proprietary genAI applications and modernize its existing applications built on Amazon SageMaker.
Developers at GE HealthCare will employ Amazon Q, an AI-powered assistant, to generate code suggestions and assist in software development. Amazon Q will also be used to explore multimodal clinical and operational data with the goal of improving efficiency, reducing the cognitive burden on physicians, and allowing for personalized care. The partnership plans to develop and deploy web-based medical imaging applications that will be integrated across GE HealthCare's equipment and software solutions, enabling better analysis of patient data by healthcare providers.
This collaboration is expected to significantly reduce the app development timeline from years to months. Matt Wood, vice president of artificial intelligence at AWS, highlighted the potential impact of the partnership, stating that it aims to reduce provider burden and operational inefficiencies while improving diagnostic precision, therapeutic selection, patient outcomes, and healthcare access equity. This move aligns with a broader trend in healthcare, where AI and deep learning algorithms are making significant strides, particularly in radiology and image recognition tasks. Additionally, GE HealthCare recently acquired Intelligent Ultrasound Group PLC's clinical AI software business, further bolstering its AI-driven capabilities in medical imaging.
GE HealthCare was in the news recently for its acquisition of an AI business, covered here.
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