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Big data helps target MS treatments

Big data analytics is helping researchers at The State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo study genetic and environmental factors that may cause multiple sclerosis symptoms to accelerate in

Memorial Sloan-Kettering, IBM partner on latest Watson technology project

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and IBM have agreed to work together to develop a clinical decision support tool using IBM Watson technology to help create individualized cancer

IBM platform to personalize cancer treatments

A new decision support tool from IBM has the potential to personalize treatments for patients suffering from cancer, hypertension and AIDS, the company announced this week. The tool essentially takes

Q&A: WellPoint's Watson project gains momentum

IBM has always intended Watson--the natural language processor best known for beating out its puny human competitors on the game show Jeopardy!--to do more than answer trivia questions. And the

Prioritize provider education to ensure security of your hospital's mobile devices

And the hits just keep on coming! We've tackled the topic of mobile security before, but the strategies for securing mobile devices continue to evolve. So I tracked down the latest emerging security

IBM 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

WellPoint taps IBM's Watson to diagnose, recommend treatment

WellPoint ( NYSE: WLP ) has reached an agreement with IBM to use its supercomputer Watson (recently of "Jeopardy!" fame) to help physicians diagnose medical illnesses and recommend treatment options

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

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

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