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IBM Launches Clinical Genomics in Italy

IBM Clinical Genomics
Not long after IBM’s “Watson” computer won the Jeopardy challenge, the machine’s adaptation to clinical medicine was [MORE]

Forecast for Connected Health

As IBM sees it, the increasing number of data collection devices, the wider use of tablets in bringing that data [MORE]

IBM’s Watson Healthcare Advisory Board

Watson Computer on Jeopardy
Most of us will remember IBM’s supercomputer “Watson” beating the pants off human competitors on the quiz [MORE]

BodyMedia Weight Loss Coach

BodyMedia Personal Monitor
BodyMedia, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) makes an armband monitor that tracks calories burned and movement based on four [MORE]

IBM Medical Kiosks

Patient using Wellby Kiosk
CarePartners Plus, LLC (Horsham, PA) has an electronic patient engagement survey tool, “Wellby,” that collects patient data [MORE]

Simulation: Aging Avatars

Avatars are becoming more common in medical training, and new work in this field comes from the University of [MORE]

“Watson’s” Debut in Healthcare: 2012

If you saw IBM’s supercomputer, “Watson,” challenge two of “Jeopardy’s” all time winners, you know that the “machine” made [MORE]

IBM’s Cognitive Computers

Brain Inside Skeleton
Imagine a network of sensors that captures data about a person’s vital signs, mobility, emotions, environment, financial [MORE]

“The Future of Connected Health Devices,” According to IBM

This dowloadable report forecasts much of consumer driven healthcare, observing that “The building blocks of a health device ecosystem [MORE]

IBM Making Medical History, 1911-2011

Last month, IBM celebrated its centennial, and over that time span, it has made remarkable developments in biomedical technologies: e.g. [MORE]

IBM’s “Smart Camp”

As part of its Global Entrepreneur Initiative, IBM has created a “Smart Camp” in Austin, Texas where innovators of [MORE]

Nanoparticles for Antibiotic-Resistant MRSA

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) accounts for nearly 19,000 deaths annually from hospital-acquired infections. Antibiotics which might otherwise penetrate the [MORE]

Computing a Diagnosis-Ask Watson

Practice with Watson
Any of us interested in medical automation who also saw IBM’s supercomputer challenge two human savants on Jeopardy, [MORE]

Longitudinal EMR with Wireless Entry

IBM and Peking University People’s Hospital are carrying out a pilot project for a longitudinal electronic medical record that [MORE]