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Three GE Healthcare leaders outline their vision for AI and the cloud in medtech

GE Healthcare Life Care Solutions Chief Technology Officer Roshy Francis [Photo courtesy of GE Healthcare]

Set to spin off from parent company GE (NYSE:GE) next year, GE Healthcare leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to help providers improve efficiency, patient outcomes and access to care with its AI-based imaging applications and Edison Health Services platform.

As part of the Medical Design & Outsourcing cloud conversation series with medtech innovators and leaders, three leaders from GE Healthcare — Life Care Solutions Chief Technology Officer Roshy Francis, SVP and Imaging Solutions GM Rekha Ranganathan and VP and Edison AI and Platform GM Vignesh Shetty — offered their vision for the cloud-enabled future of healthcare.

This conversation has been edited for space and clarity.

MDO: What are some surprising and inspirational examples of what cloud computing enables with regard to medical…

The role of natural language processing in advancing disease research

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In any area of disease research, a deep understanding of recent and future trends surrounding a particular condition is crucial to the drug discovery process. But with the volume of scientific literature increasing all the time, it is difficult to manually sift through all the existing information and correlate data in such a way to produce meaningful direction. This predicament can lead to the misallocation of resources on research in areas that are less likely to yield promising treatments.

By analyzing all literature related to a specific condition or disease, researchers can better identify which areas will likely lead to a breakthrough. Natural language processing (NLP) uses a combination of linguistics, artificial intelligence, and computer science to understand text in the same way as people. Researchers can use NLP in trend analysis to determine the rate at whic…

How the cloud tools behind Google Maps and Photos can advance medtech

Alissa Hsu Lynch is Google Cloud’s global lead for medtech strategy and solutions. [Photo courtesy of Google]Alissa Hsu Lynch leads medtech strategy and solutions at Google Cloud, previously serving in executive roles at Johnson & Johnson and Bausch Health.

As part of Medical Design & Outsourcing‘s ongoing series of conversations about the cloud’s contributions to the medical device industry and its future, Lynch offered her perspective from the Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) subsidiary’s cloud-computing business. The following exchange has been edited for clarity and length.

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How the cloud tools behind Google Maps and Photos can advance medtech

Alissa Hsu Lynch is Google Cloud’s global lead for medtech strategy and solutions. [Photo courtesy of Google]

Alissa Hsu Lynch leads medtech strategy and solutions at Google Cloud, previously serving in executive roles at Johnson & Johnson and Bausch Health.

As part of Medical Design & Outsourcing‘s ongoing series of conversations about the cloud’s contributions to the medical device industry and its future, Lynch offered her perspective from the Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) subsidiary’s cloud-computing business. The following exchange has been edited for clarity and length.

MDO: What are some surprising and inspirational examples of what cloud computing enables with regard to medical device/drug development, manufacturing and capabilities/performance?

LYNCH: First is using data and artificial intelligence (AI) to quickly respond to emerging crises. COVID-19 accelerated …

Medtronic and Amazon plan colorectal cancer screenings in underserved communities

Medtronic’s GI Genius intelligent endoscopy module [Image courtesy of Medtronic]Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced their plans to donate 50 Medtronic GI Genius modules to endoscopy centers serving low-income and underserved communities across the U.S.

One of the goals is to improve the detection of polyps that can lead to colorectal cancer, which is the most common cancer among adults in the U.S. — and the third deadliest.

Fridley, Minnesota-based Medtronic launched the GI Genius intelligent endoscopy module in 2019 and secured FDA authorization for marketing last year. Powered by artificial intelligence, the system automatically detects colorectal polyps of varying shapes and sizes in real-time. Medtronic said the system increases the absolute detection rate by up to 14.4%, with each 1% increase cutting a patient’s risk of colorectal cancer by 3%.

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Medtronic and Amazon plan colorectal cancer screenings in underserved communities

Medtronic’s GI Genius intelligent endoscopy module [Image courtesy of Medtronic]

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced their plans to donate 50 Medtronic GI Genius modules to endoscopy centers serving low-income and underserved communities across the U.S.

One of the goals is to improve the detection of polyps that can lead to colorectal cancer, which is the most common cancer among adults in the U.S. — and the third deadliest.

Fridley, Minnesota-based Medtronic launched the GI Genius intelligent endoscopy module in 2019 and secured FDA authorization for marketing last year. Powered by artificial intelligence, the system automatically detects colorectal polyps of varying shapes and sizes in real-time. Medtronic said the system increases the absolute detection rate by up to 14.4%, with each 1% increase cutting a patient’s risk of colorectal cancer by 3%.

“T…

Microsoft CMO: Using the cloud to improve medtech design, manufacturing and care

Dr. David Rhew is Microsoft’s global chief medical officer and VP of healthcare. [Photo courtesy of Microsoft]Dr. David Rhew, Microsoft’s global chief medical officer and VP of healthcare, has been studying how technology can improve health outcomes for nearly three decades.

His focus has long been on access to care, quality of care, patient safety, improving experiences for patients and providers, and finding ways to improve the overall efficiency of care.

He was previously CMO at Samsung and Zynx Health before that. But his role at Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) — one of the world’s cloud-computing leaders — offers his best opportunity yet to shape the future of medtech.

Rhew spoke with Medical Design & Outsourcing as part of an ongoing series of conversations about cloud computing’s contributions to medtech and the potential ahead.

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Microsoft CMO: Using the cloud to improve medtech design, manufacturing and care

David Rhew is Microsoft’s global chief medical officer and VP of healthcare. [Photo courtesy of Microsoft]

Dr. David Rhew, Microsoft’s global chief medical officer and VP of healthcare, has been studying how technology can improve health outcomes for nearly three decades.

His focus has long been on access to care, quality of care, patient safety, improving experiences for patients and providers, and finding ways to improve the overall efficiency of care.

He was previously CMO at Samsung and Zynx Health before that. But his role at Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) — one of the world’s cloud-computing leaders — offers his best opportunity yet to shape the future of medtech.

Rhew spoke with Medical Design & Outsourcing as part of an ongoing series of conversations about cloud computing’s contributions to medtech and the potential ahead. The discussion that f…

Philips is betting big on the cloud; two leaders discuss the connected future

Christine Storm, Virtual Care Solutions business category leader at Philips [Photo courtesy of Philips]Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA) bet big on the cloud in 2021, buying Capsule Technologies for $635 million to integrate Capsule’s medical device integration and data technologies with Philips’ cloud-based digital health platform.

The Philips Capsule Medical Device Information Platform (MDIP) can now integrate with more than 1,000 unique types of medical devices, the Dutch medtech giant said in October.

To help understand what’s possible in medtech with the cloud, Medical Design & Outsourcing asked two leaders at Philips — Virtual Care Solutions Business Category Leader Christine Storm and Informatics Transformational Programs Leader Bas Kuppens — to offer their perspectives.

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Imagining the future of cloud-connected medical devices with Johnson & Johnson leaders

Johnson & Johnson Office of Digital Innovation Leader Peter Schulam [Photo courtesy of Johnson & Johnson]Cloud-connected medical devices already collect and analyze data, talk to each other and use artificial intelligence to improve patient care, but how much more might be possible in the not-so-distant future? Surgery simulations? Smart ambulances? Full-body scanners? One-click healthcare?

I’ve been exploring that question for an upcoming edition of Medical Design & Outsourcing magazine — and asked two leaders in the Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) medical device business to put their imagination to work as they embark on a cloud partnership with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). This second part of the conversation (read the first part here) also discusses the regulatory aspect of cloud-connected medical devices and how the medtech industry can keep advancing the technology.

Johnson & Johnson Group CIO and Global Vice President of Medical Devices Larry Jone…

Johnson & Johnson leaders discuss what’s possible with the Microsoft cloud deal

Johnson & Johnson Group CIO and Global Vice President of Medical Devices Larry Jones [Photo courtesy of J&J]

Two leaders from Johnson & Johnson connected with Medical Design & Outsourcing this week to discuss the medical device maker’s partnership with Microsoft, the cloud’s potential for medical devices and to offer advice for medtech engineers designing for connectivity.

In January, New Brunswick, New Jersey–based Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) named Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) as its preferred cloud provider for digital surgery solutions and partner on building out J&J’s digital surgery platform and internet of things (IoT) device connectivity.

Johnson & Johnson Group CIO and Global Vice President of Medical Devices Larry Jones and Office of Digital Innovation Leader Peter Schulam (who also serves as global head of medical affairs, clinical a…

3 ways to reduce implicit bias in predictive analytics for better health equity

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp focus the racioethnic and socioeconomic disparities inherent in the U.S. healthcare system. These disparities take the form of increased adverse health outcomes and reduced quality of life for affected groups.

For example, a study of cities that reported COVID-19 deaths by race and ethnicity found that 34% of deaths were among non-Hispanic Black people. This group accounts for just 12% of the total U.S. population, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), citing “long-standing systemic health and social inequities” among the reasons for the racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 deaths.

This heightened awareness around inequities and disparities in healthcare has also resulted in some much-needed attention to similar bias-related problems in the growing sector of healthcare artificial intelligence …