Dutch health technology company Royal Philips has expanded its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to advance its cloud-based diagnostics portfolio and AI-powered solutions.
The collaboration aims to consolidate diagnostic workflows, improve access to critical insights and drive better outcomes across clinical specialities.
According to Philips, more than 150 sites across North America and Latin America have already been transitioned to Philips HealthSuite Imaging on AWS.
Building on its expanded collaboration with AWS, Philips aims to advance the migration of health systems to the cloud and to include customer cloud migrations in Europe.
The health technology company will leverage advanced cloud-based technology from AWS to provide scalable healthcare informatics solutions.
The cloud-based solutions will provide a unified view of patient data from different diagnostic sources, including radiology images, digital pathology slides, and other clinical records.
Clinicians will benefit from remote access to diagnostic, reporting, and workflow orchestration tools, which can enhance diagnostic capabilities, said the Dutch health technology firm.
Royal Philips CEO Roy Jakobs said: “Philips’ cloud-based healthcare informatics solutions allow us to drive better outcomes across clinical disciplines, including radiology, digital pathology, and cardiology.
“We’re working closely with clinicians to ensure workflows become more efficient and give back valuable time to healthcare providers. Collaborating with AWS helps us to innovate faster and deliver better care for more people.”
Philips said that healthcare providers are facing significant challenges and are committed to working closely with clinicians to develop ways to address the growing clinical demands.
The automation of routine tasks and optimisation of workflows would allow clinicians to spare more time for image interpretation, consultations, and patient interactions.
Philips aims to develop scalable generative AI (GenAI) applications that use advanced foundation models from Amazon Bedrock, and easily integrate into clinical workflows.
The applications may reduce administrative burdens and time-consuming redundant tasks, allowing clinicians to focus on their expertise in critical decision-making.
Philips is exploring GenAI through conversational reporting, which enables clinicians to use conversational language to convert findings into structured reports.
GenAI can reduce report editing time while maintaining high quality by integrating patient histories and clinical context into the final diagnostic report, said the medical device maker.
AWS CEO Matt Garman said: “The collaboration between Philips and AWS gives healthcare providers scalable, secure-by-design cloud-enabled solutions to accelerate healthcare innovation.
“Combining Philips’ healthcare informatics portfolio with AWS generative AI capabilities gives clinicians access to imaging insights so they can deliver more effective and efficient care to patients anywhere, anytime, with best-in-class security and privacy.”
