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Informatics: HIMSS10 IBM

2010-06-05T16:47:10.277Z

At HIMSS10, Dr. Fishman had the opportunity to speak with Dan Pelino, General Manager of Healthcare and Life Sciences at IBM. Mr. Pelino explains that IBM is involved in several aspects of Health Information Technology. First, the company has partnered with many EHR vendors to help small practices identify which EHR solution is best for their specific needs, and it can also offer various hosting solutions. Second, IBM has the ability to help practices integrate their EHR system with referral networks. Third, IBM has embarked on a collaborative effort with the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians to implement pilot projects based on the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) approach. Mr. Pelino provides an a example of this pilot with the Community Care of North Carolina, which applied the PCMH approach to successfully prevent hospitalizations among asthmatics and saved 150 million dollars in the process. Dr. Fishman and Mr. Pelino close by discussing IBMs involvement in international healthcare systems, specifically the development of an Electronic Health Record system in Denmark.

Simulation: Framework for Spatio-Temporal Modeling ... 2010 Almaden Institute - James Kaufman, IBM Research - Almaden

2010-05-31T11:04:47.953Z

A Framework for Simulation and Modeling in Healthcare and Public Health: James H. Kaufman, Research Manager, Healthcare Information Infrastructure, IBM Research Almaden
For the speaker abstract, please go to: http://almaden.ibm.com/institute/bio/...
The 10th annual Almaden Institute Smarter Health Through Modeling and Simulation, hosted by IBM Research Almaden, gathered experts across science, technology, academia, policy, healthcare and medicine to explore how technology can help analyze the broad range of issues and interrelated systems of the health ecosystem to make scientifically sound, decision making about investment policy.

IBM Project Blue Spruce and Telemedicine

2010-05-31T10:23:40.183Z

Part four of a four part series on Project Blue Spruce, a technology preview from IBM's Emerging Technology team.

Splash

2010-05-12T22:43:49.965Z

In what will surely be an arduous computational task, IBM-Almaden Research Lab is embarking on Project Splash. In the company's words, "finances, urban planning, disease transmission, clinical research, media and other factors have indirect influence on a person’s health. Understanding the full picture is necessary to develop effective programs that improve health". IBM's initial efforts will focus on childhood obesity. If successful, anticipate IBM computing horse power being applied to dissect other complex interactions linked to yet additional public health concerns.

Innovation: The Innovation Economy: R&D and a Crisis

2009-09-02T07:12:16.905Z

Speakers:
Josephine M. Cheng, IBM Fellow & Vice President, IBM Almaden Research Center
Judy Estrin, CEO, JLABS
Rick Rashid, Senior Vice President, Research, Microsoft
Sue Siegel, Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures

Moderator:
Michael Mandel, Chief Economist, BusinessWeek

A healthy economy is always driven by innovation—by big, new ideas. In todays economic crisis, a game-changing breakthrough couldnt come at a better time.

The big new ideas since the 1970s—such as the personal computer, networking, the Internet, and the Web—came from projects supported by government, corporate research and development funding, and venture capitalists. But over the past few years, hundreds of billions have been poured into biotech and IT, with no clear payoff as of yet. Now corporations are cutting back on R&D budgets, venture capitalists are turning cautious, and its not yet clear the role that government is prepared to play.

Has there been an innovation drought, or are the breakthroughs still to come? Will corporate support for R&D dwindle, and how will it affect our ability to innovate in Silicon Valley and in the US? Is the trend to conduct R&D outside the U.S., where it is less expensive, inevitable and the right thing to do? What is the role of government in stimulating R&D? And what will be the new technology that drives the next boom?

Come and hear some of the most distinguished industry insiders examine innovation and R&D today and tomorrow in Silicon Valley, the nation, and the world.