Network Infrastructure

The latest version of the platform simultaneously connects medical specialists to patients and caregivers and a new service will translate between people speaking different languages.

The university aims to make genetic testing a regular part of healthcare using Google's Cloud Platform and informatics.

Doctors at the National Human Genome Research Institute, the National Cancer Institute and the NIH Clinical Center will use the tools to combine genomic and clinical data for statistical analysis and pattern detection.

As providers, payers and patients align in what Schoenberg calls a national play for delivering real-time care anywhere patients and providers can connect, telemedicine stands ready to revolutionize healthcare the way Amazon has rewritten retail.

The company also said its scientists are working with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to test the technology on prostate cancer.

One 90-provider specialist practice is seeing improved workflows and better patient care after deploying hybrid storage capabilities aimed at accelerating the performance of its electronic health record, billing and practice management systems.

The tech giant said it is making its virtual crowdsourced supercomputing platform, the World Community Grid, to researchers in the U.S. and Brazil for the OpenZika project. 

Other hospitals including PeaceHealth in the Pacific Northwest are also finding video consults can also open doors to other services to the benefit of patients and healthcare providers. 

The health system is using eHosptial and eCMU to create command centers where clinicians gather to keep an eye on the sickest patients and, in turn, more effectively handle rapid response calls. 

The healthcare network has begun rolling out new telehealth services to provide digital second opinions and promote inter-hospital consultations.