Indian IT services provider HCL Technologies and US-based health cloud company Innovaccer are joining forces to assist health and life science companies to propel digital health transformation.

The partnership between the firms is expected to enhance population health, connected health, value-based healthcare, physician-patient interaction, as well as other imperatives of the industry by ingesting, collecting, and normalizing health data from a variety of sources to enhance the quality of data and outcomes for patients.

According to HCL Technologies, the broad array of capabilities of Innovaccer — such as the scalable fast healthcare interoperability resource (FHIR) APIs as well as an optimized data lake enable organizations to utilize analytical data, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning to produce actionable insights at the point of care.

Abhinav Shashank — CEO of Innovaccer said: “HCL Technologies and Innovaccer share a common vision: creating a future built on pervasive collaboration.

“We’re laying the foundation to help our customers and partners drive their digital transformations and realize our shared mission of bringing all healthcare data and stakeholders together to serve patients and enable truly holistic care.”

HCL Technologies said that it will utilize its latest-generation technology for data and digital transformation to assist healthcare organizations maximize the potential of siloed and often complicated data through Innovaccer’s Data Activation Platform and analytics-driven applications.

Combining Innovaccer’s Data Activation Platform with its health data accelerator (hDATA) software solutions, businesses can improve patient-centricity, cost-optimization, and ensure compliance, said HCL Technologies.

Shrikanth Shetty — HCL Technologies Corporate Vice President and Head of Life Sciences and Healthcare said: “Our partnership with Innovaccer will further enable us to help our clients catalyze their digital journeys and enhance overall quality, confidence, and speed of delivering data solutions for our healthcare and life sciences clients.

“We look forward to working with Innovaccer to speed up implementation and integration timelines and quickly deliver value to our clients.”

Recently, HCL Technologies reported a net income of $440.8 million for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2022 (Q2 FY2022). Read more about HCL Q2 FY2022 results here.

  Abhinav Shashank, digital transformation, HCL Technologies, India, Innovaccer, Shrikanth Shetty, USA