Philips, AWS expand partnership on digital pathology in the cloud

Philips (NYSE: PHG) + today announced an expanded partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) based around digital pathology in the cloud.

The two initially linked up about a year ago, inking a deal to develop generative AI applications. This partnership centered around Philips’ imaging archiving and communications system. It wasn’t the first time a medtech giant linked up with AWS, as GE HealthCare and Baxter also announced similar deals in the past.

Today’s announcement aims to unite Philips’ expertise in the digitization of pathology with AWS’ leadership in scalable, secure cloud solutions.

Together, Philips and AWS hope to advance digital pathology. They want to help labs efficiently store, manage and analyze growing volumes of digital pathology data. This would, in turn, enable the adoption of digital workflows to increase productivity.

Additionally, Philips says patholog…

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Innovations coming out of HIMSS 2022 you should know

Companies are announcing a range of innovations in digital health, cybersecurity, AI and more at HIMSS 2022.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Global Health Conference and Exhibition runs March 14–18, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. It’s an annual health information and technology event where professionals can connect to learn more about innovations in the industry.

Here are some of the healthcare IT innovation announcements made at HIMSS22:

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Innovations coming out of HIMSS 2022 you should know

Companies are announcing a range of innovations in digital health, cybersecurity, AI and more at HIMSS 2022.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Global Health Conference and Exhibition runs March 14–18, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. It’s an annual health information and technology event where professionals can connect to learn more about innovations in the industry.

Here are some of the healthcare IT innovation announcements made at HIMSS22:

1. Philips expands medical device cybersecurity portfolio

Philips is expanding its medical device cybersecurity services to include remote access management. The new Remote Access Management Service increases uptime, clinical performance and advanced security to protect access to healthcare providers’ clinical solutions and medical devices. It combines SecureLink’s critical access management and governance technology with Philips Remove Services’ secure connectivity …

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GE Healthcare to roll out AI-powered Edison Digital Health Platform

GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) today announced plans for its Edison Digital Health Platform.

The news was part of HIMSS 2022 in Orlando, Florida, where GE Healthcare officials described Edison as a vendor-agnostic hosting and data aggregation platform with an integrated AI engine.

The Edison Digital Health Platform could enable health providers to effectively deploy clinical, workflow, analytics and AI tools, according to GE. The platform accelerates app integration by connecting devices and other data sources into an aggregated clinical data layer.

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GE Healthcare to roll out AI-powered Edison Digital Health Platform

GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) today announced plans for its Edison Digital Health Platform.

The news was part of HIMSS 2022 in Orlando, Florida, where GE Healthcare officials described Edison as a vendor-agnostic hosting and data aggregation platform with an integrated AI engine.

The Edison Digital Health Platform could enable health providers to effectively deploy clinical, workflow, analytics and AI tools, according to GE. The platform accelerates app integration by connecting devices and other data sources into an aggregated clinical data layer.

Open and published interfaces on Edison will support the easy deployment of healthcare providers and third-party developers’ applications into existing workflows. In addition, GE Healthcare plans to integrate and deploy its own apps such as Command Center “tiles” onto the Edison Digital Health Platform.

“Edison Digital Health Platform is being designed to enable healthcare systems to have a single platf…

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