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IBM Watson Set to Support Clinical Outcomes and CT Testing Decision Making

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by Susan Eustis

The broader promise of IBM Watson and all healthcare clinical decision support tools from many prominent vendors is the promise of being able to manage testing in a more efficacious manner. Too many clinicians are not up to date on what is the best test to order for a patient presentation of particular configurations of symptoms.

In some cases, CT scans are performed unnecessarily when an ultrasound or MRI without radiation exposure would be better. More clinician training and use of automated process clinical decision support tools to stop such misuse of technology are core aspects of the implementation new healthcare delivery systems that are modernized. IBM Watson and other automated process for healthcare are able to provide assistance to physicians so that they are more up to date in the tests they order.

Though 320 slice CT is available, 16 and 64 slide CTs are more popular. Slices are not a driving force in the market any more. It is about clinical outcomes and slices add a lot of clinical benefit. Automated systems such as Watson can be positioned as clinical support tools that are far more up to date in their recommendations than a physician is. Beyond 128 slices, CT efficacy changes. The clinical benefits added by more slices are marginal if present at all. Technicians run into a lot of technical problems with increasing artifacts, increased scattered radiation and CT number homogeneity with larger detectors that offer more slices. And, larger detectors add costs.

All this speaks to the prospect for increasing demand for clinical decision support tools for physicians. The automation of process in healthcare is just beginning. One of the first places it will have profound benefit is in this area of patient testing decision making.

IBM Patient Care and Insights Systems

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Patient Care & Insights based on IBM analytics has is potentially transformational. The similarity analytics component is positioned to be useful to clinicians to implement automated process in the care delivery settings. IBM Patient Care and Insights comprehensive healthcare solution features advanced analytics and care management capabilities. The features are able to help clinicians identify early intervention opportunities and coordinate patient care.

IBM Patient Care and Insights was developed by IBM’s software, research and services teams, implementing similarity analytics. At the core of IBM Patient Care and Insights are analytics that drive smart, individualized care based on data. IBM similarity analytics core capabilities include algorithms that allow healthcare professionals to examine thousands of patient characteristics at once.

The reasons for looking at thousands of patient characteristics is that demographic, social and financial factors are significant aspects of patient symptom presentation. The symptoms are elaborated in materials that are captured as information in unstructured physicians’ notes. Data is used to generate personalized assessment of evidence and insights. The assessment is then used to provide recommendations for care. personalized treatment plans can be developed in an efficient manner, relying on the consolidation of data from the different sources.

IBM PureSystems Patterns of Expertise: Healthcare

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IBM has positioned to help clients in every industry solve the complexity of enterprise IT, reduce costs and encourage innovation. Heathcare is one of 20 industries targeted.  IBM partners are offering a range of solutions that address patient care, patient physician communication, and IT systems.

IBM PureSystems software capability creates Patterns of Expertise that combine operational know-how and industry experience.  Automation through the software feeds directly into the system to automate a variety of common IT and industry tasks.  The aim is to dramatically cut the time and resources needed for basic and complex tasks.
150 Patterns of Expertise have been developed and optimized for IBM PureSystems by more than 125 of the world’s leading ISVs.  With technical and validation resources from IBM, optimization is achieved on either the IBM PureFlex or IBM PureApplication
systems.
SAP, Microsoft, VMWare, Infor, Sugar CRM, Red Hat, and Siemens are participating in the program.   500 distributors, resellers, system integrators and managed service
providers are being trained on how to install and sell IBM PureSystems.    IBM
PureSystems Centre, provides an online catalog where clients can browse
applications.
IBM PureFlex and PureSystems technical skills are available in 31 IBM Innovation Centers worldwide.  Benefits are for IBM Business Partners: IBM PureFlex System
ISVs:
o Un-parelleled flexibility of cloud deployment models through one enablement process leveraging IBM workload patterns
o IBM PureApplication System – integrated system for rapid deployment in a private cloud environment
o IBM PureFlex System – provides clients with choice of server infrastructure
o IBM SmartCloud – public cloud service
IBM seeks to accelerate the sales cycle by providing prospects with seamless access to trials and proof of concept offerings through the IBM PureSystems Centre
o Faster deployment and improved application performance for production
workloads
o Rapidly deploy and scale applications
o Integrated service and software management
o Capture Increased Opportunity
o Tap high growth market opportunity (+7% YTY) with integrated solutions
o Leverage industry solutions across the ISV ecosystem
o Increased opportunities with hardware, software

IBM is offering compelling Incentives to partners.
o Increased earning potential with compelling margins on integrated solutions
o New incentives with back-end rebates of up to 6%
o Expand incentive scope by promoting ISV solutions and integration services
o Accelerate time-to-value / ROI for your clients with pre-integrated solutions
• Drive your Transformative Growth
o Transform your business model from a product Reseller to a Solution Provider
o Move-up value chain with potential for consultative solution selling
o Accelerate sales cycle with IBM Global Financing, 90 day payment deferral
• Deliver Business Value to clients through rapid application deployment
o Expert Integrated Systems deliver superior application performance for
enterprise clients
o Attract New Clients by delivering solutions on both public and private clouds
o Offer flexible deployment and pricing options
o Save time and resources by enabling an application that can be deployed
o Accelerate the Sales Cycle with the new IBM PureSystems Centre
Benefits for Managed Service Providers
o IBM PureFlex System
o Speed time-to-value: clients can be up and running in as little as 4 hours,
speeding deployment of new applications
o Simplified management: easier monitoring, alerts and problem
management through automated resolution processes with integrated
expertise
o IBM PureApplication System

Application and service delivery deployments from 7 days to as little as 10 minutes
Catalogue of industry leading and optimized applications available
Increased utilization: ability to run 2x more workload
Increased availability: high availability with built-in application elasticity and
data replication