June 21, 2021 – AWS (Amazon Web Services) announced the launch of the AWS Healthcare Accelerator to support both high-potential healthcare startups and the healthcare industry’s need for innovative solutions.
The AWS Healthcare Accelerator is a four-week technical, business, and mentorship accelerator opportunity open to U.S.-based healthcare startups or international healthcare startups that have existing U.S. operations.
The program is tailored to accelerate growth in the cloud, with a focus on solutions like remote patient monitoring, voice technology, analytics, patient engagement, and virtual care.
A cohort of 10 healthcare startup companies with an established product-market fit with existing customers and revenue, who seek to use AWS to help solve the biggest challenges in the healthcare industry, will be selected to participate in this new program, AWS said.
AWS will deliver the first cohort of the AWS Healthcare Accelerator in collaboration with KidsX, the world’s largest digital health accelerator dedicated exclusively to pediatrics. The AWS Healthcare Accelerator will be open to healthcare startups targeting any patient population, with KidsX bringing its network of healthcare organizations and experience in delivering accelerator programs.
Selected startups will receive AWS Promotional Credit, potential proof of concept opportunities with public sector healthcare customers, specialized AWS training, mentoring from healthcare domain and technical subject matter experts, business development and go-to-market guidance, and investment guidance. The program will bring in healthcare industry leaders to collaborate with startups on topics ranging from defining business models, regulatory pathways, clinical validation, Electronic Health Record integration, and more, AWS said.