AWS & Philips: What a Cloud Partnership Brings Healthcare
Medical imaging has become a cornerstone of modern healthcare, with advanced diagnostic techniques generating ever-larger volumes of data.
Hospitals and clinics must now manage thousands of high-resolution scans, balancing the need for secure storage, efficient analysis, and seamless access across multiple locations.
As traditional on-premises systems struggle to keep up with this growing demand, the healthcare sector is increasingly turning to cloud computing.
As such, Dutch healthcare technology firm Philips has strengthened its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring its diagnostic imaging portfolio to the cloud.
Cloud solutions to meet imaging challenges
The move to the cloud is designed to tackle the rising complexities of medical imaging, where each scan generates more detailed data than ever before. High-resolution images from X-rays, MRIs, and digital pathology slides create terabytes of data, presenting challenges for storage, processing, and sharing.
Cloud-based systems offer healthcare professionals the ability to view and interpret diagnostic images remotely, promoting collaboration between departments and even across institutions.
Philips has already transitioned over 150 healthcare facilities in the Americas to its HealthSuite Imaging platform, built on AWS cloud infrastructure.
This initiative supports the migration of imaging systems across radiology, digital pathology, and cardiology, enabling healthcare providers to access these tools through cloud-based platforms rather than traditional on-site servers.
By integrating diagnostic tools, reporting systems, and workflow management into a single platform, Philips HealthSuite Imaging ensures a unified view of patient data. This connectivity improves the speed and accuracy of diagnoses, particularly in facilities dealing with high patient volumes.
“The collaboration between Philips and AWS gives healthcare providers scalable, secure-by-design cloud-enabled solutions to accelerate healthcare innovation," says Matt Garman, CEO of AWS.
"Combining Philips’ healthcare informatics portfolio with AWS generative AI capabilities gives clinicians access to imaging insights so they can deliver more effective and efficient care to patients anywhere, anytime, with best-in-class security and privacy.”
AI-driven innovations for medical reporting
Beyond imaging, Philips and AWS are collaborating on generative AI applications to further enhance healthcare workflows. These systems will leverage Amazon Bedrock, AWS’s foundation model service, to automate administrative tasks.
- A cloud service providing access to AI foundation models from companies including AI21 Labs, Anthropic and Meta through a single interface
- Allows companies to customise models with their own data and integrate them with other AWS services
- Uses serverless infrastructure, removing the need for companies to manage their own systems
- Supports applications including chatbots, text generation and image processing
One flagship application under development is conversational reporting, allowing clinicians to dictate findings in natural language. The AI system transcribes speech into structured medical reports, contextualising data with patient history and clinical details. It also flags inconsistencies and supports real-time corrections, reducing the administrative burden on medical staff.
Edward Steiner, Chief and Medical Director at The York/WellSpan Advanced Prostate Care Center, shared his experience: “With Philips' concept of ambient reporting using generative AI, you simply could speak in a conversational tone and a structured report is generated within seconds. My estimate is a 15 to 20 percent increase in efficiency, and this is just the start.”
Scaling success from the Americas to Europe
Following its success in the Americas, Philips is now rolling out its cloud-based imaging solutions across Europe. The expansion aims to address growing demands for scalable infrastructure, secure data management, and compliance with regional healthcare regulations.
Philips HealthSuite Imaging on AWS provides flexible, cloud-enabled solutions designed to adapt to the evolving needs of medical imaging departments. These systems not only scale to accommodate growing data but also integrate robust security features to protect sensitive healthcare information.
Roy Jakobs, CEO of Royal Philips, emphasised the broader impact: “Philips’ cloud-based healthcare informatics solutions allow us to drive better outcomes across clinical disciplines, including radiology, digital pathology and cardiology. We're working closely with clinicians to ensure workflows become more efficient and give back valuable time to healthcare providers.”
By harnessing the power of cloud computing and AI, Philips and AWS are setting a new standard for how healthcare providers manage and utilise diagnostic imaging, paving the way for faster, more collaborative, and patient-centred care.
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