Amazon’s new program to improve health outcomes and health equity

Amazon Web Services (AWS), has announced a new global program to support organizations working to enhance health outcomes for underserved or underrepresented communities.

The company will provide AWS credits and technical expertise while committing $40 million over three years to help organizations develop solutions to improve health outcomes.

“The Rush Population Health Analytics Hub will be a key tool to inform meaningful interventions and assess progress on the clinical and social determinants of health. In this way, the assistance from AWS advances our mission to lower the death gap and continue to build health equity,” Dr. Omar Lateef, president and CEO of Rush University Medical Center, said.

Projects that focus on underserved populations around the world will be eligible for the program. This could include the development of tools such as telehealth and telemedicine to reach remote and marginalized communities, remote patient monitoring, increasing the availability and impact of health workers, and more.