Amazon Web Services and KidsX have unveiled the newest AWS Healthcare Accelerator to alleviate global health inequality. For the four-week technical, commercial, and mentorship program, ten startup companies that want to use AWS to solve population health issues and injustices will be selected.
Startups striving to expand access to healthcare, address socioeconomic factors that contribute to health disparities, or use data to enhance inclusive and equitable healthcare delivery systems will all be considered. Startups that want to participate must be privately held, have a digital health software solution, and be willing to commit 10 to 15 hours per week for the duration of the four-week program.
Entrepreneurs may harness the power of AWS cloud technology through the program to broaden access to healthcare and fairness. Participants will receive more than 50 hours of support, AWS Promotional Credits, and access to both the AWS and KidsX global networks so kids may network with venture capital firms and develop partnerships and test initiatives.
Along with working with AWS technical experts to create and scale their cloud solution, the cohort will communicate with professionals in the healthcare industry on topics including creating business models, legal requirements, clinical validation, and the integration of electronic health records. AWS and KidsX will follow up with participants following the accelerator to gauge their progress.
Ways the Cloud is Addressing Health Equity
The accelerator expands on previous initiatives taken by AWS to address health fairness and access, including the $40 million, three-year worldwide commitment known as the AWS Health Equity Initiative, which aims to foster digital health breakthroughs.
The project has provided funding for the m-mama program of the Vodafone Foundation, the WelTel digital health communication platform, and the Roundtrip technology for transportation coordination.
M-mama is an urgent rural transportation service that links expectant mothers and babies in East and Southeast Africa to life-saving care in Tanzania and Lesotho. It links patients with a network of nearby taxi drivers using mobile technology.
To grow its digital health communication platform, WelTel employs AWS. Patients don’t require an internet connection or a data plan to obtain care since the technology uses their mobile phones and two-way text messaging to link them to their providers.
Roundtrip wants to improve healthcare access through improved patient transportation. The company offers medical professionals web and mobile services that, by employing AWS, simplify ordering patient journeys.
