Royal Philips announced today that in order to further its goal to create an ecosystem for new types of connected and personalized digital health solutions, it has strengthened its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The Philips HealthSuite digital platform analyzes and stores 15 petabytes, or 15 million gigabytes, of patient data that is gathered from 390 million imaging studies, medical records and patient inputs. Philips is now using AWS IoT, which is a new platform that makes it easy for devices to connect to AWS services, to expand the connectivity and capabilities of HealthSuite.

“The digital health revolution and the power of the Internet of Things offer tremendous opportunities to positively transform how care is delivered,” Jeroen Tas, CEO of Philips Healthcare Informatics, Solutions and Services, said in a statement. “By unleashing data from connected devices and health records, combined with analytics, valuable insights into how we can live and age well can be uncovered."



One of the ways AWS IoT will support HealthSuite is with support of the growing elderly population. Remote monitoring technologies for seniors are becoming increasingly popular and by adding AWS IoT to the HealthSuite device cloud, it will be easier to acquire, process and act upon data from those devices.

Philips’ HomeSafe Medical Alert system, which provides fast access to response associates by pushing a button, and can automatically call for help if a fall is detected, may be expanded with other new devices on the market. Devices like that will help clinicians respond to deteriorating health conditions at an earlier stage.

Philips is also partnering with academic medical centers and patient advocates to accelerate the use of connected care to support healthy living, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and home care.

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