Category: Healthcare

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) has increased maximum sizing of global references per second (GRefs/s) for Epic on AWS customers.  AWS now supports operational database workloads of up to 42 million GRefs/s.  This represents a 61% GRefs/s increase from the previous AWS GRefs/s sizing announcement.  This step-change in scalability, delivered on the R6in instance, represents […]

Shawn Henry, President of CrowdStrike Services and Chief Security Officer of CrowdStrike, joins Phoebe Yang, General Manager of Public Sector Healthcare at Amazon Web Services (AWS) to discuss the past, present, and future of cybersecurity in the healthcare industry and society at large, with a focus on how cloud technology can help organizations preempt attacks. […]

This Industry Insights post is one in a series from AWS thought leaders in healthcare, life sciences, and genomics- exploring the impact of technological innovation and cloud computing in their industries The conference season is in full swing and finally in person again, after more than two years of virtual events due to COVID-19. As […]

The HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition is the largest health information and technology event of the year, providing professionals with opportunities to connect, learn, and innovate. This year, HIMSS22 will take place in Orlando, March 15-17, and also features a separate virtual event, HIMSS22 Digital, running in parallel to the in-person conference. To help […]

The AWS Healthcare Team is excited about the upcoming ViVE event in Miami on March 6-9. ViVE is a new event that brings together two industry leaders, CHIME (College of Healthcare Information Management Executives) and HLTH, to address the convergence of technology, leadership, and business transformation in healthcare. AWS for Healthcare is featuring multiple AWS […]

For some, 2021 was definitely a year to forget and for others it was filled with moments to remember. COVID-19 impacted every aspect of life, but for health organizations, like hospitals, life sciences companies, and genomics research organizations, 2021 was a year of monumental change, and that change centered around the patient. With a shared […]

Introduction To meet the needs of the emerging wave of digital healthcare, our global healthcare customers have been building telehealth solutions that comply with healthcare regulations, such as HIPAA and GDPR, in order to deliver higher quality service and better patient outcomes. For example, telehealth visits have grown to over 30 times higher than before […]

Healthcare and life sciences organizations are reinventing how they collaborate, make data driven clinical and operational decisions, enable precision medicine, and decrease the cost of care. AWS for Health, a curated offering of AWS services and AWS Partner Network solutions designed for healthcare and life sciences customers, provides proven and easily accessible capabilities that help […]

The HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition is the largest health information and technology event of the year, providing professionals with opportunities to connect, learn, and innovate. This year, HIMSS21 will take place in Las Vegas August 9-13, and also features a separate virtual event, HIMSS21 Digital, running in parallel to the in-person conference. To […]

Healthcare and life sciences organizations today are looking to increase the pace of innovation, unlock the potential of health data, and develop more personalized approaches to therapeutic development and care. Cloud adoption has become vital to expand the role of IT operations, data security, and improve the overall patient experience; yet, according to KLAS Research, […]