Summary

In this chapter, we went through the different segments of the healthcare and life sciences industry. These include healthcare providers, healthcare payors, pharmaceutical organizations, medical devices, and genomics. In each of these segments, we went over some important applications of ML. We then got an introduction to some key AI services from AWS specific to healthcare and life sciences, such as Amazon Comprehend Medical, Amazon HealthLake, and Amazon Transcribe Medical. We also touched upon other services such as Amazon Textract and SageMaker that are not specifically designed for the healthcare and life sciences domain but address specific problems in the industry.

In Chapter 3, Machine Learning for Patient Risk Stratification, we will learn about how ML can help identify at-risk patients for various types of clinical conditions or medical events. Timely identification of these patients helps avoid negative healthcare outcomes and improves the overall quality of care...