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Watson Health Medical Imaging Collaborative Expands to 24 Members; IBM Debuts Watson Imaging Clinical Review, the First Cognitive Imaging OfferingORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today at HIMSS17 introduced IBM Watson Imaging Clinical Review -- the first cognitive imaging offering from Watson Health -- and announced the expansion of the Watson Health medical imaging collaborative to 24 organizations worldwide, adding clinical and industry expertise for the worldwide initiative already tackling eye, brain, breast, heart and related conditions. The Watson Health medical imaging collaborative is an initiative comprised of leading health systems, academic medical centers, private radiology practices, ambulatory radiology providers, and imaging technology companies that are finding ways to use medical imaging to identify and predict the risk of cancer, diabetes, and diseases of the eye, brain and heart and related conditions. New collaborative members Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, IDx LLC, PrivaCors, Strategic Radiology, Sutter Health, Pacific Radiology Group, University of Michigan and University of Virginia Health System join founding members Agfa HealthCare, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Baptist Health South Florida, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Hologic, Inc., ifa systems AG, inoveon, Radiology Associates of South Florida, Sentara Healthcare, Sheridan Healthcare, Topcon, UC San Diego Health, University of Miami Health System, University of Vermont Health Network, vRad, a MEDNAX (NYSE: MD) company and Merge, an IBM company. "The medical imaging collaborative is vital to Watson's ongoing training and the development of cognitive imaging solutions to address the world's pressing health challenges," said Anne Le Grand, vice president of Imaging for Watson Health. "Members of the collaborative helped design and curate data for Watson Imaging Clinical Review, which we debut today at the HIMSS17 conference." Watson Health will debut Watson Imaging Clinical Review, the first cognitive imaging offering from IBM. The offering reviews medical data to help healthcare providers identify the most critical cases that require attention. The first application for the offering is cardiovascular disease, starting with a common condition called aortic stenosis (AS). AS, which affects 1. million Americans1, occurs when the aortic valve in the heart is narrowed, impeding blood flow to the rest of the body and causing shortness of breath, tiredness, and chest pain. A pilot study found that Watson Imaging Clinical Review was able to help hospital personnel identify potential AS patients who had not been previously flagged for follow up cardiovascular care. Using Watson Imaging Clinical Review, hospital administrators may identify cases where follow up care is warranted and assure EMR information is complete. It uses cognitive text analytics to read structured and unstructured information in a cardiologist's medical report, combines that with a variety of data from other sources (e.g. EMR problem list), and extracts relevant information to verify key data, including the diagnosis, is accurately reflected throughout the health record. To learn more about Watson Imaging Clinical Review and other work by Watson Health's imaging group, visit HIMSS17 booth #1712. HIMSS17 -- the 2017 Health Information and Management Systems Society Annual Conference and Exhibition – takes place this week at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Go online to learn about IBM Watson Health at HIMSS17 and follow IBM's Watson Health's social media channels #IBMHealthcare, #WatsonHealth, and #HIMSS17 for on-site activity updates, times and locations, as well as timely insights from the Watson Health ecosystem. About IBM Watson Health Media Contact 1. Bach D, Radeva J, Birnbaum H, et al. Prevalence, Referral Patterns, Testing, and Surgery in Aortic Valve Disease: Leaving Women and Elderly Patients Behind. J Heart Valve Disease. 2007:362-9. SOURCE IBM |