Cloud Providers Look to Further Serve the Healthcare Vertical

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Daniel Newman and Senior Analyst and Research Director Sarah Wallace examined the emerging cloud for healthcare market, the impact COVID-19 has had on cloud providers, risks during implementation and transformation, and the need for a security-first environment.

 

In their discussion, Daniel and Sarah explored the many advancements that have been made in the last few months as well as what's to come. They discussed:

 

• Microsoft's recentMicrosoft Cloud for Healthcare announcement.

 

• Google Cloud and AWS' expansion into the healthcare vertical with partners such as the Mayo Clinic and Cerner, an electronic health records (EHRs) provider.

 

• Big Tech's involvement in COVID-19 efforts, including Microsoft Azure's partnership with the State of Washington and hospital systems, to collection data in order to predict disease incidents as well as monitor hospital resources in real-time.

 

• AWS teamed up with non-profit insurer MetroPlus, Bain & Co., and the nonprofit AirNYC to help build and launch a chatbot for use in contacting at risk members in order to better serve them.

 

• Google Cloud's efforts in beefing up healthcare leadership, as well as focusing its COVID-19 response by providing communities with technology to help fight the virus outside of the hospital.

 

Sarah also shared the importance of cloud providers' computing capability and scale in supporting these efforts during the pandemic and beyond and touched on the continued importance of security and patient privacy issues.

 

Keep an eye out for our upcoming market insight reports that will cover Cloud for Financial Services and Cloud for Healthcare.

 

Please also check out our Futurum Research cloud Insight articles, including:

 

Amazon's AWS MetroPlus Chatbot Delivered a Significant Assist to a Nonprofit Insurer

 

Google's COVID-19 Shift: Adjusting Search and Maps to Identify Telehealth Sources

 

The COVID-19 Driven Evolution of the Financial Services Sector

 

Disclaimer: This show is for information and entertainment purposes only. While we will discuss publicly traded companies on this show, the contents of this show should not be taken as investment advice.