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IBM Watson Health | Artificial Intelligence | News, Analysis, Insights

Medidata Launches New Life Sciences Company, Acorn AI

by Fred Pennic 04/11/2019 Leave a Comment

Life sciences digital transformation company Medidata, today announced the launch of Acorn AI, a new company designed to provide actionable insights across the entire drug continuum – from R&D to commercialization. In addition, the company has appointed Rama Kondru, Ph.D., as the chief information officer for Medidata and Acorn AI’s first CIO to lead the company’s enterprise data strategy, architecture and future platform development – all helping the company to accelerate the creation of
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IBM Watson Health Invests $50M in AI to Tackle Public Health Issues

by Jasmine Pennic 02/13/2019 Leave a Comment

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IBM Watson Health announced plans to make a 10-year, $50 million investment in joint research collaborations to advance the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle public health issues. Brigham and Women’s Hospital – the teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School – and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been selected as joint research partners. AI Research Focus AreasThe initial areas of study are expected to include the use of AI to improve the utility of electronic health records
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MAP Health Management Integrates With IBM Watson Health to Tackle Substance Abuse

by Jasmine Pennic 05/16/2017 Leave a Comment

MAP Health Management Integrates With IBM Watson Health to Tackle Substance Abuse

IBM Watson Health and MAP Health Management are teaming up to bring the data prowess of Watson to curb substance abuse and addiction in the United States. MAP will integrate Watson cognitive technologies into the MAP Recovery Network Platform to enhance the platform’s existing capabilities around patient risk models. With this integration, it is anticipated that behavioral health and substance abuse treatment providers that use the MAP platform will be better able to predict and prevent
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IBM Opens IBM Watson Health Center in Finland, Plans to Employ 150 Consultants Over Next 5 Years

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IBM Opens IBM Watson Health Center in Finland, Plans to Employ 150 Consultants Over Next 5 Years

IBM today officially announced the opening of The IBM Watson Health Center in Helsinki, Finland. The new center will enable Finnish healthcare to utilize Watson cognitive computing to help doctors improve the health of Finnish citizens, and strengthen and develop the Finnish innovation and business ecosystem in the fields of health and well-being. The center is expected to employ up to 150 consultants in Finland over the next few years.  The center is part of a five-year landmark collaboration
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IBM Watson Health Integrates with MedyMatch’s A.I. Platform to Help Doctors Identify Head Trauma and Stroke

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IBM Watson Health Integrates with MedyMatch’s A.I. Platform to Help Doctors Identify Head Trauma and Stroke

IBM Watson Health has inked a licensing agreement with Tel Aviv-based startup MedyMatch to integrate its MedyMatch’s A.I.-based clinical decision support app to help doctors identify instances of intracranial bleeding as a result of head trauma and stroke. As part of the integration, IBM Watson’s Health Group will distribute the MedyMatch brain bleed detection application globally through its vendor neutral sales channels.  Both companies have future plans to develop further interoperability
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IBM Watson Health, FDA Launch 2-Year Study to Explore Blockchain for Secure Patient Data Exchange

by Jasmine Pennic 01/11/2017 Leave a Comment

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IBM Watson Health has signed a 2-year research initiative with the FDA to leverage blockchain technology to define a secure, efficient, and scalable exchange of patient data. As part of the two-year agreement, IBM and the FDA will explore the exchange of owner mediated data from several sources, such as EMRs, clinical trials, genomic data, and health data from mobile devices, wearables and the "Internet of Things." The initial focus will be on oncology-related data with plans to share initial
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IBM Watson, Illumina Partner to Simplify Genomic Data Interpretation

by HITC Staff 01/09/2017 Leave a Comment

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IBM Watson Health and Illumina are teaming up to standardize and simplify genomic data interpretation by integrating Watson for Genomics into Illumina's BaseSpace Sequence Hub and tumor sequencing process. Genome sequencing has increased in recent years following two decades of research demonstrating the promise of precision medicine. However, access to these advances has been limited by the significant time and expense required to interpret the genomic data.By integrating Watson for Genomics
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Welltok Expands Partnership with Watson Health for Consumer Engagement

by HITC Staff 01/06/2017 Leave a Comment

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Health optimization platform Welltok has expanded its partnership with IBM Watson Health to leverage new new Watson Health capabilities to deliver comprehensive solutions for engaging populations in health and well-being. As part of the expanded partnership, Welltok's CaféWell Health Optimization Platform® will provide health managers with the ability to extend beyond care management and drive additional value by creating a holistic, seamless consumer experience.Adding IBM Watson Health's broad
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IBM Watson, Quest Diagnostics Partner to Offer Gene Sequencing Service

by HITC Staff 10/17/2016 Leave a Comment

IBM Watson is teaming up with Quest Diagnostics to launch Watson Genomics from Quest Diagnostics, a gene sequencing and Watson diagnostic analysis service to help oncologists deliver precision medicine to their patients. Together with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), the service will provide a personalized tumor analysis of a patient’s sequenced genomic tumor that is supported by clinical evidence. As part of the precision medicine partnership, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
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IBM Watson Health, Siemens Healthineers Form 5-Year Population Health Alliance

by HITC Staff 10/11/2016 1 Comment

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Siemens Healthineers and IBM Watson Health has announced a 5-year Population Health Management alliance to help providers deliver value-based healthcare worldwide. As part of the alliance, IBM and Siemens will work together to jointly develop and deploy new PHM offerings leveraging each company's expertise and assets, including those added to the Watson Health portfolio from acquisitions such as Phytel and Explorys. Population Health Alliance DetailsSiemens Healthineers will offer PHM solutions
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