Amazon Omics AWS HealthOmics
HIPAA-eligible bioinformatics and genomic data service for storing, querying, and orchestrating large-scale biological foundation model and genomics workflows.
Naming timeline
- Amazon Omics
Launched in general availability as Amazon Omics for genomics storage, analytics, and bioinformatics workflows.
- AWS HealthOmicsCurrent name
Rebranded from Amazon Omics to AWS HealthOmics across the AWS Management Console and documentation while preserving omics:* technical identifiers.
What is Amazon Omics called now?
Amazon Omics is now called AWS HealthOmics, with the latest change on 26 July 2023 (AWS Summit New York 2023). HIPAA-eligible bioinformatics and genomic data service for storing, querying, and orchestrating large-scale biological foundation model and genomics workflows. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.
Also known as
- Omics
Technical identifiers
Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.
| AWS Service APIs / SDKs | omics |
|---|---|
| AWS CLI Commands | aws omics |
| IAM Actions & Policies | omics:* AmazonOmicsFullAccess AWSHealthOmicsServiceLinkedRolePolicy |
| Terraform Resources (aws_*) | aws_omics_workflow aws_omics_sequence_store aws_omics_reference_store aws_omics_run_group |
The API/SDK client (omics), AWS CLI command group (aws omics), IAM action prefix (omics:*), and Terraform resources (aws_omics_*) remain unchanged.
Notes & disambiguation
- Launched at AWS re:Invent on November 29, 2022 as Amazon Omics and rebranded to AWS HealthOmics on July 26, 2023 (AWS Summit New York) to align with the AWS for Health portfolio alongside AWS HealthImaging, AWS HealthLake, and AWS HealthScribe.
- All underlying programmatic identifiers retain the original omics namespace: IAM actions (omics:*), the AWS managed policy AmazonOmicsFullAccess, AWS CLI commands (aws omics), documentation path (docs.aws.amazon.com/omics/), and Terraform resources (aws_omics_*).
- Effective November 7, 2025, AWS HealthOmics variant stores and annotation stores were closed to new customers while HealthOmics workflows and sequence/reference storage continue to expand.
Sources & official documentation
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