Fujitsu and IBM Japan Materialize Collaboration in the Healthcare Sector

Fujitsu and IBM Japan have materialized their collaboration in the healthcare domain to build a sovereign cloud infrastructure for medical use and mutually leverage medical AI solutions. By running both companies' electronic medical record solutions on Fujitsu's sovereign cloud, they aim to enable secure data sharing across multiple medical institutions while ensuring data sovereignty. The partnership also utilizes AI to streamline administrative tasks like drafting medical documents and DPC coding, allowing medical professionals to focus on patient care. The move addresses Japan's structural healthcare challenges, such as soaring medical costs and workforce shortages.