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Will Sellheim

Author: Will Sellheim

Will Sellheim leads the Amazon Web Services (AWS) state and local government healthcare provider business. He is responsible for establishing this new business area for AWS and is accountable for strategy development and execution, as well as growth. Will has spent 15 years in healthcare – early in his career he learned how to navigate complex organizations, build coalitions, and deliver results when he was tapped to lead health IT efforts at the White House Office of Management during the first and second Obama administrations. Before joining AWS, he built an analytics, advisory, and thought leadership function at Anthem, Inc. for digital health, cost of care, and delivery system transformation, across Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial health plans. Before that, he built out several clinical business areas at a large integrated health system and was responsible for developing a new value-based care model that focuses on chronic specialty services, strategy and execution for building the nation’s first comprehensive neurological wellness center, and establishing a new bone marrow transplant program. He has a passion for moving from strategy to execution and working with diverse teams.

Applying AI in Healthcare: Netsmart AI Data Lab

Applying AI in Healthcare: Netsmart AI Data Lab

Healthcare organizations across the nation are working to address clinician burnout and are more constrained than ever. That’s why Netsmart, an industry leader in electronic health records for human services and post-acute care, and Amazon Web Services joined forces to advance artificial intelligence for community-based care providers, through the development of an AI Data Lab. By combining the scale and power of AWS with the Netsmart CareFabric® platform, Netsmart is driving intelligent automation, generative AI, predictive analytics, natural language processing and risk models to improve care delivery and outcomes for community-based care providers.

How AI-powered robotics give nurses more time to spend with patients

Nursing shortages are not a new phenomenon, but the pandemic has exacerbated the problem. The situation has forced hospitals to think creatively about their staffing models and has also brought clinical teams, operators, and IT departments together in an effort to seek new ways to use technology. One healthcare system is using robotics powered by cloud technology, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), to help nurses spend more time with patients.