Workweek August 1, 2023
AMAZON LAUNCHES AWS HEALTHSCRIBE TO POWER DOCUMENTATION, IMAGING PLAYERS
Anytime Amazon announces anything in healthcare, it’s a guaranteed headline breaker, and this time was no different – especially since artificial intelligence was involved. Were you surprised at all?
As it turns out, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of a new HIPAA-eligible service called HealthScribe that healthcare software providers can use to build their own generative AI documentation & other solutions. HealthScribe is launching in general medicine and orthopedics first, and those building in the space can leverage AWS to manage the underlying infrastructure and healthcare-specific LLMs rather than needing to do so on their own. Stated differently, the AWS offering is a lego set for AI offerings. It’s...