Investment in healthcare startups is continuing apace as developments in AI and other technologies continue to come on-line.  But implementing new innovations effectively can be a complicated challenge, thus slowing adoption. 

That’s the backdrop to GE Healthcare’s recent launch of its Edison Developer Program to accelerate the adoption and impact of intelligent applications and developer services across health systems. Based on Edison, GE Healthcare’s secure intelligence platform, the new program is intended to help healthcare providers gain easier access to market-ready algorithms and applications by directly integrating these technologies into existing workflows.

“We introduced Edison just one year ago at RSNA to help health providers take advantage of data in new and significant ways,” said Kieran Murphy, President and CEO, GE Healthcare, in a statement. “With the introduction of the Edison Developer Program, and a suite of new intelligent applications and smart devices powered by Edison, we are building on that promise as we continue to work with partners to realize our collective goal of advancing the future of health.”

The Edison Developer Program brings to light a number of potential capabilities of the Edison platform, including secure device connectivity, data aggregation for clinical context, advanced visualization, workflow and AI orchestration. It also adds an enhanced set of AI capabilities for data traceability, curation, annotation, model training and inferencing. With these services, the company aims to reduce the complexity of developing and integrating AI and data-based healthcare applications in clinical workflows. Program members are selected and vetted based on rigorous clinical and technical evaluations as well as regulatory clearance to ensure confidence and security of solutions offered through the Edison platform. 

“The opportunities for healthcare with a truly intelligent connected digital enterprise are significant, but no one organization can get there alone,” said Amit Phadnis, Chief Digital Officer, GE Healthcare. “The Edison Developer Program is unique in its deep technology integration and scaling through the workflow, opening the door to faster adoption by health systems. Bringing together leading technology providers, developers and academic institutions under a single, connected ecosystem will help our customers simplify and optimize data aggregation and orchestration of clinical and operational applications in ways that have the potential to create real impact from the bottom line to better patient outcomes.”