IBM's Watson Supercomputer to Visit Toronto at eHealth 2011 Conference

 

 

Media Advisory

 

IBM’s Watson Supercomputer to Visit Toronto at eHealth 2011 Conference 

 

Toronto, ON (May 25, 2011) – IBM will be taking part in the eHealth 2011 Conference, including live demonstrations of its Watson question answering system made famous during a successful stint on Jeopardy! earlier this year.

 

IBM’s Dr. Martin Kohn will also host a keynote session, where he will discuss a Watson-enabled future where technology can help healthcare organizations turn clinical and business data into actionable insights for healthy outcomes.

 

What:               eHealth 2011: Enabling Healthy Outcomes

 

When:              IBM Booth: 

Booth 301

Demonstrations and 1-on-1 tours can be arranged May 29th – June 1st between 8am – 6pm 

 

IBM Symposium featuring Dr. Martin Kohn, IBM Research:

Monday, May 30th

10:30 – 11:30 am

Room 715B

 

Where:            Metro Toronto Convention Centre

                        South Building

222 Bremner Blvd.

Toronto, ON  M5V 3L9

 

Contact:          Leslie Plant, IBM Media Relations

                        (416) 478-9840

 

Charlene Magnaye, Ketchum on behalf of IBM

(416) 355-7430

 

IBM will be onsite at the conference, providing demonstrations of its advanced technologies that have been the backbone of Canada’s progress in eHealth. 

 

The IBM booth will have four main focuses:

 

1.    Smarter Decisions – If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. The medical profession is full of inaccessible unstructured data, impacting practitioner efficiency, quality of care and increasing costs. IBM will demonstrate its enterprise health analytics, specifically its Medical Records Text Analytics, that delivers the capability to read free-form text in medical records. The management of unstructured data can complement structured data on both the clinical and business sides of healthcare – for higher levels of medical accountability, lower costs and improvements in quality.

 

2.    Smarter Workflow – Smarter workflow is about process monitoring and supporting a mobile workforce. Process monitoring means giving all stakeholders visibility into medical processes where there would otherwise be none and enabling action in time. Also, creating a mobile workforce, an area where IBM is constantly innovating, is key to smart process. This means connecting all stakeholders via smartphones – driving data to a clinician’s hand in order to speed decisions.

 

3.    Smarter Care Delivery – The ability to make clinical decisions faster improves patient outcomes. IBM will profile its Pharmacy Information Network and Panorama Public Health Solutions, on-demand electronic health solutions to reduce medical errors, shorten the care cycle and route records to the correct healthcare providers. 

 

4.    Smarter Room – IBM will demonstrate SmartRoom, a hospital solution focused on improving clinical workflow by providing essential information to caregivers and patients at the bedside. This system makes retrieving the right patient information at the right time as simple as walking into the room for the clinician. The ultimate goal: safe and reliable care, higher patient satisfaction, improved efficiency, and lower costs. Vocera will also be demonstrated at the booth.

 

Senior IBM executives will also be on hand during the conference and are available for interviews and to answer questions.

 

For more information on IBM, visit www.ibm.com/healthcare.

 

 

Charlene Magnaye

Ketchum Public Relations Canada | 33 Bloor Street East, Suite 1607, Toronto, ON  M4W 3H1
p 416.355.7430 | e charlene.magnaye@ketchum.com | www.ketchum.com/canada

 

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