Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced a new service called AWS HealthScribe, which uses speech recognition and generative AI to facilitate the creation of clinical documentation from conversations between patients and clinicians. This new offering is aimed at healthcare software providers, who can utilize the API to automatically generate transcripts, extract important details, and create summaries from doctor-patient discussions for electronic health record (EHR) systems.
Powered by Amazon Bedrock, AWS HealthScribe allows healthcare software providers to integrate generative AI features into their applications without the need to manage the ML infrastructure or train their own large language models (LLMs). One notable aspect of the service is that it ensures the responsible deployment of AI systems by citing the source of each line of generated text. Additionally, it allows customers to have control over where their data is stored, with data being encrypted during transit and at rest.
The introduction of AWS HealthScribe comes as many healthcare software providers are actively seeking ways to automate clinical documentation, a process that is time-consuming and prevents healthcare professionals from focusing on patient care. The complexity of working with generative AI and the need for significant engineering resources have posed challenges for providers seeking to quickly bring AI-powered solutions to the market.
With AWS HealthScribe, these challenges are addressed through the provision of an easy-to-use API that enables healthcare software providers to swiftly build clinical applications. This, in turn, saves clinicians valuable time by automatically generating transcripts and notes from patient-clinician conversations.
AWS HealthScribe is part of a wider selection of health services that AWS offers to help healthcare and life sciences customers transform collaboration, make data-driven decisions, and reduce the cost of care. Notably, customers and partners such as 3M Health Information Systems, Babylon Health, and ScribeEMR are eagerly looking forward to incorporating AWS HealthScribe into their clinical applications.
This latest development is a continuation of AWS’s investment in AI-powered health applications that aim to alleviate the burdens associated with clinical documentation and enhance the overall consultation experience for both clinicians and patients. In addition to AWS HealthScribe, AWS has also announced the general availability of AWS HealthImaging. This service simplifies the storage, transformation, and analysis of medical imaging data on a large scale.
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