{"id":19492,"date":"2018-12-03T22:12:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T22:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/?p=19492"},"modified":"2018-12-11T19:01:10","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T19:01:10","slug":"amazons-leap-into-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/business\/management-leadership\/amazons-leap-into-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon&#8217;s leap into healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon is\u00a0expanding its portfolio of health-related add-ons, allowing health firms to reduce costs.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A new Amazon software could allow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/business\/management-leadership\/an-alliance-for-healthcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health firms to reduce costs<\/a> while improving clinical decision making.<\/p>\n<p>The e-commerce behemoth is\u00a0selling\u00a0new natural language processing software that&#8217;s designed to help health firms quickly and accurately extract care-improving clinical information from unstructured medical records.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19493\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Captura-de-pantalla-2018-12-03-a-las-16.08.44.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Captura-de-pantalla-2018-12-03-a-las-16.08.44-200x156.png 200w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Captura-de-pantalla-2018-12-03-a-las-16.08.44-300x234.png 300w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Captura-de-pantalla-2018-12-03-a-las-16.08.44-400x312.png 400w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Captura-de-pantalla-2018-12-03-a-las-16.08.44-500x390.png 500w, http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Captura-de-pantalla-2018-12-03-a-las-16.08.44.png 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Named the Amazon Web Services (AWS), this software mines and organizes medical information from disorganized text formats like doctor&#8217;s notes, prescription orders, and interview transcripts, as roughly 80% of healthcare data is unstructured and may exist in silos, making relevant patient data inaccessible to providers when they&#8217;re evaluating treatment options,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/e.businessinsider.com\/click\/15259799.2\/aHR0cHM6Ly9oaXRjb25zdWx0YW50Lm5ldC8yMDE1LzAzLzMxL3RhcHBpbmctdW5zdHJ1Y3R1cmVkLWRhdGEtaGVhbHRoY2FyZXMtYmlnZ2VzdC1odXJkbGUtcmVhbGl6ZWQv\/5adde55340f86675182a51c9Bf03e0334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> industry estimates cited by HIT Consultant.<\/p>\n<p>If Amazon&#8217;s software can extract and organize this untapped data, providers could deliver more precise treatment decisions that result in better patient outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0software could also lower costs associated with clinical trials and drug development.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon is positioned to outpace its U.S. tech competitors in venturing into the healthcare market, as other tech giants like Google and Facebook have pinned\u00a0their claim in the healthcare cloud market with new partnerships and products in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketsandmarkets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Markets and Markets<\/a>,\u00a0Amazon is expected to pull ahead of Google and Microsoft in the healthcare cloud space and to generate significant revenue from a global healthcare cloud computing market that&#8217;s set to grow 18% annually from 2018 to reach\u00a0$45 billion\u00a0by 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon is\u00a0expanding its portfolio of health-related add-ons, allowing health firms  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