AWS, GE leaders talk hurdles to data-sharing, AI implementation

ORLANDO, Fla. – The healthcare business is an unusual one: Although trillions of dollars are poured into the industry, billions of people worldwide don't have reasonable access to care. Part of the solution to that gap, explained Amazon Web Services Chief Medical Officer and Director of Machine Learning Dr. Taha Kass-Hout, may be found in artificial intelligence, and in technology more broadly. "Innovations like precision medicine, conversational bots, AI scribes and APIs for data interoperability are great examples of how we can help improve care, close gaps in care, provide more efficiencies and also provide more equitable care," said Kass-Hout in a fireside chat at the HIMSS22 Machine Learning and AI for Healthcare Forum on Monday. Additionally, given the move toward the digitization of health data, particularly via the cloud, the question becomes how to use that information for the benefit of patients. One hurdle, as other HIMSS22 panelists pointed out earlier in the day, is the sheer amount of unstructured data being created.