New AWS global accelerator to address healthcare workforce needs

Numerous professionals aim to leave the healthcare industry as a result of the widespread problem of clinician burnout in the post-pandemic world. Unsurprisingly, the ensuing labour scarcity is already keeping a lot of patients from receiving care.

This week, Amazon unveiled a brand-new, global initiative called the AWS Healthcare Accelerator Global Cohort for Workforce Development, which aims to deal with some of the difficulties facing today's healthcare workforce.

The programme, which is available to companies everywhere, will run in conjunction with AlchemistX and Plexal across the U.S. and EMEA time zones. The deadline for applications is January 8, 2023, and 20 businesses will be selected, 10 from each region.

Healthcare IT News spoke with Jeff Kratz, AWS general manager, Worldwide Public Sector Partners, about what a global cohort