The University of California Davis Health Center and Amazon Web Services have opened a cloud innovation center, which was announced Monday by the non-profit academic health system.

UC Davis Health is a health system located in Sacramento, affiliated to the University of California, Davis, and is the latest organization to join the Amazon Cloud Innovation Program, which is open to non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and government agencies.

The University of California Davis Health Center will solicit project ideas from clinicians, patients and the community, with a focus on equity and accessibility to digital health. The health system will provide the public with the results of the project so that others can build on their work.

“Digital health equity has become a frontier and central issue, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic,” David Lubarski, Chief Executive Officer of Health at the University of California, Davis, said in a statement. Press Releases“Many of our underserved communities are struggling to get the care they need, and the digital divide will only widen.”

UC Davis health and Amazon Web Services personnel will work with the center and identify problems that can be solved through cloud technology. The partners did not disclose the financial details of the arrangement in the press release. Amazon will provide resources for the joint venture.

The Cloud Innovation Center is part of the University of California Davis Health Innovation and Verification Digital Collaboration. The innovation center aims to enable clinicians, researchers, students, and community members to collaborate on digital health solutions. The collaboration also validates and tests new tools.

Amazon Web Services has always been the core of its parent company’s entry into the healthcare field.Cloud computing subsidiary released a cloud-based communication with document Tools for medical institutions and partnerships with the medical system, such as UPMC And health information technology providers, such as Cerna. Amazon’s other health plans include Amazon Care with Amazon Pharmacy.

As vendors move applications and data to the cloud to save costs and develop new technologies, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have been making cloud deals with healthcare entities. recent, HCA Healthcare Cooperate with data companies supported by Google Cloud and hospitals Truvita A deal was concluded with Microsoft’s Azure.

Most healthcare organizations have not migrated all applications and data to the cloud, even as interest in remote options continues to grow. According to a report, more than 60% of enterprises adopt a hybrid approach, shifting some workloads to the cloud while leaving other workloads in the on-site data center. Polls From the School of Medical Information Management and Medical Triangle Company.