Amazon May Start Selling Software That Can Read Medical Records

According to a new report, Amazon has plans to start selling a software which will be capable of reading medical records. Not only that, the software may also be able to provide suggestions to users about improving treatment or saving money.

The Wall Street Journal reports that this software will be able to scan medical files and ascertain the relevant information such as the patient’s procedures, medical condition, and prescriptions. Other systems that try to do the same thing have often run into problems due to the way doctors abbreviate things when they write but Amazon claims that it has trained its algorithm to recognize the idiosyncrasies in doctors’ notes.

Amazon has reportedly developed and sold the same software to other businesses in the past such as those related to customer service and travel booking. Its decision to launch a software that can read medical records will be yet another move into the lucrative health care market. Signs of this happening first emerged when Amazon acquired the online pharmacy PillPack a few months back.

Whether or not the software will really contribute to the digitizing of medical records remains to be seen. Amazon hasn’t said anything about this just yet so no further details are available about this software at this point in time.

Adnan Farooqui
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Tags: Amazon