1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,560 This is Naomi Diaz with the Becker's Digital 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,519 Health Podcast. Here's your daily industry news briefing 3 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:07,379 for today, January 13th. 4 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:08,660 First, 5 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,080 Amazon Web Services and General Catalyst are teaming 6 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:14,835 up to develop AI powered tools to address 7 00:00:14,994 --> 00:00:16,614 common challenges in health care. 8 00:00:17,074 --> 00:00:18,754 Here are four details to know about the 9 00:00:18,754 --> 00:00:19,254 partnership. 10 00:00:19,954 --> 00:00:23,554 1st, under the partnership, the venture capitals firm's 11 00:00:23,554 --> 00:00:26,835 portfolio companies will use AWS's technology and data 12 00:00:26,835 --> 00:00:29,350 services to develop and deploy AI tools for 13 00:00:29,350 --> 00:00:32,409 health systems at an unprecedented scale and speed, 14 00:00:32,630 --> 00:00:34,729 according to a January 13th news release. 15 00:00:35,109 --> 00:00:37,690 Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed. 16 00:00:38,469 --> 00:00:41,844 2, General Catalyst, iAdoc, which employs AI to 17 00:00:41,844 --> 00:00:45,145 analyze medical imaging, and CAMMIR, which automates administrative 18 00:00:45,365 --> 00:00:46,585 processes for clinicians, 19 00:00:46,965 --> 00:00:49,524 are among the first companies to participate in 20 00:00:49,524 --> 00:00:50,104 the partnership. 21 00:00:50,885 --> 00:00:53,780 While the partnership is a multiyear agreement, new 22 00:00:53,780 --> 00:00:56,020 tools from Idoc and Camira are expected in 23 00:00:56,020 --> 00:00:56,520 2025, 24 00:00:56,979 --> 00:00:58,759 leaders at the companies told CNBC. 25 00:00:59,939 --> 00:01:02,259 3rd, a key goal of the collaboration is 26 00:01:02,259 --> 00:01:04,819 to fast track AI startups development and go 27 00:01:04,819 --> 00:01:06,040 to market process. 28 00:01:07,275 --> 00:01:07,775 4, 29 00:01:08,314 --> 00:01:10,795 AWS and General Catalyst both have a strong 30 00:01:10,795 --> 00:01:13,594 presence in health care. General Catalyst has closed 31 00:01:13,594 --> 00:01:15,674 more than 60 digital health deals in the 32 00:01:15,674 --> 00:01:19,295 last 5 years. In 2024, Health Assurance Transformation 33 00:01:19,515 --> 00:01:21,454 Corp, which is owned by General Catalysts, 34 00:01:22,579 --> 00:01:24,680 acquired Summa Health for 80 485,000,000. 35 00:01:25,459 --> 00:01:25,959 Meanwhile, 36 00:01:27,459 --> 00:01:30,180 AWS offers more services specific to health care 37 00:01:30,180 --> 00:01:32,760 and life sciences than any other cloud provider 38 00:01:32,819 --> 00:01:34,040 according to the company. 39 00:01:35,314 --> 00:01:35,814 2nd, 40 00:01:36,194 --> 00:01:38,694 6 health systems, Advocate Health, CommonSpirit, 41 00:01:40,194 --> 00:01:43,715 Henry Ford, Northwell, Providence, and Trinity Health have 42 00:01:43,715 --> 00:01:47,155 launched the Truveta Genome Project, an initiative designed 43 00:01:47,155 --> 00:01:49,734 to build the largest and most diverse database 44 00:01:49,819 --> 00:01:51,599 of genetic and health information. 45 00:01:52,540 --> 00:01:54,700 The project will gather data from tens of 46 00:01:54,700 --> 00:01:57,280 thousands of consented and de identified volunteers, 47 00:01:57,739 --> 00:02:01,739 ensuring broad representation across ancestries, ethnicities, genders, and 48 00:02:01,739 --> 00:02:04,525 other social factors that influence health, according to 49 00:02:04,525 --> 00:02:05,424 a news release. 50 00:02:05,965 --> 00:02:08,284 The resulting database is expected to be more 51 00:02:08,284 --> 00:02:10,925 than 10 times larger than previous genetic research 52 00:02:10,925 --> 00:02:13,885 efforts, enabling groundbreaking insights as to how genetics 53 00:02:13,885 --> 00:02:14,944 shape health outcomes. 54 00:02:15,645 --> 00:02:17,985 In partnership with Renner John Genetics 55 00:02:18,540 --> 00:02:21,180 Center, Truveta and its member health systems will 56 00:02:21,180 --> 00:02:24,000 sequence genetic data from the first 10,000,000 participants. 57 00:02:24,699 --> 00:02:27,419 Microsoft Azure will provide exclusive cloud support for 58 00:02:27,419 --> 00:02:28,080 the project. 59 00:02:28,699 --> 00:02:31,260 Truveta is a collaboration of 30 health systems 60 00:02:31,260 --> 00:02:33,585 and aims to advance personalized medicine and improve 61 00:02:33,585 --> 00:02:35,764 health equity through data driven research. 62 00:02:36,944 --> 00:02:37,444 3rd, 63 00:02:38,145 --> 00:02:40,085 Duke Health has selected a bridge 64 00:02:40,625 --> 00:02:43,525 as its generative AI partner to capture clinical 65 00:02:43,665 --> 00:02:44,165 conversations. 66 00:02:45,030 --> 00:02:47,349 The new partnership follows a pilot that began 67 00:02:47,349 --> 00:02:48,569 in October 2024 68 00:02:48,870 --> 00:02:50,409 at Duke in which a 160 69 00:02:50,870 --> 00:02:52,169 physicians in APPSs 70 00:02:52,949 --> 00:02:55,129 put the Ambient AI clinical documentation 71 00:02:55,430 --> 00:02:57,689 tool to use and shared real life feedback. 72 00:02:58,094 --> 00:03:00,335 The health system now plans to extend access 73 00:03:00,335 --> 00:03:03,955 to 5,000 clinicians across more than 150 integrated 74 00:03:04,094 --> 00:03:04,594 practice 75 00:03:04,895 --> 00:03:07,055 and primary care clinics as part of the 76 00:03:07,055 --> 00:03:07,555 partnership. 77 00:03:08,655 --> 00:03:10,415 If you would like the latest health IT 78 00:03:10,415 --> 00:03:12,574 and digital health industry news delivered to your 79 00:03:12,574 --> 00:03:15,590 inbox every morning, subscribe to the Becker CIO 80 00:03:15,590 --> 00:03:17,750 and Health IT Review e newsletter through our 81 00:03:17,750 --> 00:03:18,810 website at ww.beckershospitalreview.com.