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AWS healthimaging documentation change

Service: healthimaging · 2026-02-13 · Documentation low

File: healthimaging/latest/devguide/releases.md

Summary

Added release notes for new service-linked role and managed policy enabling CloudWatch metrics publishing

Security assessment

Documents new IAM security features (service-linked role and managed policy) but doesn't address any vulnerability or incident

Diff

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+Service-linked role for HealthImaging| HealthImaging now supports service-linked roles that allow the service to publish datastore metrics to CloudWatch on your behalf. The `AWSServiceRoleForHealthImaging` role can be created using the IAM console or AWS CLI. For more information, see [Using service-linked roles for HealthImaging](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/healthimaging/latest/devguide/security-iam-service-linked-roles.html).| February 9, 2026  
+AWSHealthImagingServiceRolePolicy managed policy| HealthImaging added a new managed policy `AWSHealthImagingServiceRolePolicy` for the service-linked role that provides permissions to manage service operations and publish service metrics to CloudWatch. For more information, see [AWSHealthImagingServiceRolePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/healthimaging/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#security-iam-awsmanpol-AWSHealthImagingServiceRolePolicy).| February 9, 2026