IBM Opens European Healthcare Innovation Centre in Spain
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IBM is creating a 2 million euro centre in Barcelona to develop innovative technologies and solutions to meet the demands of the European Healthcare sector. The IBM Healthcare Competency Centre will serve as a bridge between IBM Research Labs, IBM business consultants, and healthcare companies and organisations.
Among the objectives of the centre are to create analyses and background information about technology requirements in healthcare and respond to industry needs. This will help accelerate new research discoveries into clinical practice. One of the initial goals is to enable medical staff to access a patient's complete, digitised history and all medical records and scans in near-real time, enabling precise, immediate treatment.
Included among the specific projects the Barcelona centre will cover are:
Among the objectives of the centre are to create analyses and background information about technology requirements in healthcare and respond to industry needs. This will help accelerate new research discoveries into clinical practice. One of the initial goals is to enable medical staff to access a patient's complete, digitised history and all medical records and scans in near-real time, enabling precise, immediate treatment.
Included among the specific projects the Barcelona centre will cover are:
Data conversion from current systems -- primarily paper-based – to modern IT systems. This will fast-track the development of electronic individual patient histories and medical records.
Improvement interoperability of heterogeneous systems, organisations and technologies. The inclusion of medical images, such as scans and X-rays, in each electronic medical history will help ensure a uniform standard of service and more accurate diagnosis and treatment.
Improvement of accessibility to healthcare systems with web based technologies.
Improvement of privacy and security solutions.
Development of solutions based on pervasive computing.
Development of a new model for change management to help manage the availability of resources during the modernisation process.
"IBM is utilisingthe capacity and talent in Catalonia, which is fast becoming an international reference in biomedical research and innovation," says José María Joana, IBM GBS Vice President. "The centre will help to boost innovation in the industry across Europe, building on the experience and expertise of our specialised healthcare consultants."
The IBM Healthcare Competency Centre is being established at the IBM premises in Barcelona and will open in September this year.
Improvement of accessibility to healthcare systems with web based technologies.
Improvement of privacy and security solutions.
Development of solutions based on pervasive computing.
Development of a new model for change management to help manage the availability of resources during the modernisation process.
"IBM is utilisingthe capacity and talent in Catalonia, which is fast becoming an international reference in biomedical research and innovation," says José María Joana, IBM GBS Vice President. "The centre will help to boost innovation in the industry across Europe, building on the experience and expertise of our specialised healthcare consultants."
The IBM Healthcare Competency Centre is being established at the IBM premises in Barcelona and will open in September this year.