Amazon Comprehend Medical
Natural language processing for healthcare.
Overview
Amazon Comprehend Medical is a natural language processing service that makes it easy to use machine learning to extract relevant medical information from unstructured text. Using Amazon Comprehend Medical, you can quickly and accurately extract information such as medical conditions, medications, dosages, strengths, and frequencies from a variety of sources like doctors’ notes, clinical trial reports, and patient health records. The service can also link the extracted information to medical ontologies like ICD-10-CM or RxNorm.
✨ Key Features
- Medical named entity and relationship extraction
- PHI detection and de-identification
- Medical ontology linking (ICD-10-CM, RxNorm, SNOMED CT)
- Fully managed service
- HIPAA eligible
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Deep integration with the AWS ecosystem
- Fully managed service, easy to get started
- Pay-as-you-go pricing model
Unique Value: Provides an easy-to-use, scalable, and secure way for developers to extract valuable medical information and insights from unstructured text without needing machine learning expertise.
🎯 Use Cases (5)
✅ Best For
- Identifying patients with specific diagnoses from a large corpus of clinical notes for a research study.
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Real-time conversational AI
- Direct clinical documentation (it's a text analysis API)
🏆 Alternatives
Offers a simpler, fully managed experience compared to library-based solutions like John Snow Labs, but may be less customizable. It is a direct competitor to Google and Microsoft's cloud NLP offerings.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (AWS Support Plans tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 90-day free trial
Free tier: Varies by function, e.g., 25,000 units of text (2.5M characters) free per month for the first 3 months.
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