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NewsIBM aims to prevent readmissions with Watson-based analytics solution
In its latest foray into healthcare, IBM has produced a solution that uses its natural language processing (NLP) technology to improve the quality of care and reduce costs. The NLP approach is the Read more...
Real-time tracking, EMR access highlight hospital's SmartRoom rollout
Stamford [Conn.] Hospital, is installing touchscreen monitors in patient rooms through which clinicians can access and update patient records. The hospital will use the University of Pittsburgh Read more...
Nuance, UPMC partner to develop new method of EHR documentation
Nuance Communications has partnered with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to further develop its "clinical language understanding" (CLU) process and has also licensed its Read more...
Imaging diagnosis may represent best-use scenario for IBM's Watson
Radiology may very well prove to be a sweet spot for IBM's supercomputer Watson. At heart, Watson is an electronic health record reader. Once that technology is correctly combined with picture Read more...
Privacy laws don't have to mean the end of social media for providers
Like many other aspects of information technology, social media has caught on much more slowly in healthcare than in other industries, notes Dan Pelino, a top IBM executive, in a recent post on The Read more...
Will doctors heed IBM's Watson? History indicates otherwise
Watson, the IBM supercomputer that recently generated headlines by beating top Jeopardy players, is being groomed to advise doctors about diagnoses and treatments. But even if Watson delivers more Read more...
Texas primary care group uses IBM software to cut hospital readmissions
Southeast Texas Medical Associates (SETMA), a primary care group based in Beaumont, Tex., is using IBM business analytics software to gain greater insight into hospital readmissions. The software Read more...
Health IT growth drives rising technology confidence overall
With all of the collaborative efforts between the healthcare and technology sectors in recent months--both the GE-Intel collaboration and the IBM-Premier effort come to mind--is it any wonder that IT Read more...
Premier, IBM collaborative concentrates on data sharing
Last week's announcement of a collaboration between IBM and the Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier healthcare alliance could mean improved patient quality for more than 2,400 hospitals and healthcare Read more...
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