The Broad Institute plans to develop and roll out GATK4, the next generation version of Genome Analysis Toolkit. The new service will include cancer, structural variation, copy number variation and related functionality.
Dr. Anil Jain, vice president and CMO of Watson Health, spoke at length to MedCity News last week, and we have it here as a 25-minute podcast.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Cognitive solutions will be the biggest differentiator for IBM’s healthcare business
Join MedCity News' Chris Seper, Stephanie Baum and Neil Versel Friday at 1 p.m. Eastern as we discuss IBM Watson Health's big deal. We'll also preview HIMSS16 and take a look back at the week that was in the business of healthcare innovation.
This deal comes a month and a half after Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong's NantHealth gained a foothold on the claims side by acquiring NaviNet. In many ways, that is what IBM is doing now with Watson Health.
In an example of the kind of messages users would get, the app may direct them to avoid certain foods based on their metabolism.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Go big or go home, healthcare. 2016 is the year to make big things happen.
IBM and Medtronic are part of a group that has won a grant from the Israeli government to open a digital medicine incubator.
Big Blue is opening Watson Health's global headquarters near Boston and introducing IBM Watson Health Cloud for Life Sciences and IBM Watson Care Manager. This comes barely a week after Salesforce debuted a data aggregator called Salesforce Health Cloud.
IBM debuted the first of two television commercials highlighting how third-party businesses are building apps on the supercomputing platform, and digital health company Welltok is included. A second ad will feature Watson Health.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
IBM Watson Health VP Kathleen McGroddy Goetz delivered the closing keynote at MedCity CONVERGE on Wednesday.
IBM will re-enter the electronic health records business and also give supercomputer Watson the ability to "see" medical images, thanks to a planned $1 billion acquisition of Merge Healthcare.
Cybersecurity is becoming a greater challenge for the healthcare industry, costing the system $6 billion annually. Since medical information contains patient Social Security numbers, addresses and insurance information, hackers seek out the places that store all of this information together: hospitals. Healthcare data breaches accounted for 43 percent of all breaches in 2014. More recently, […]
AARP has pushed for apps and digital health tools that address the needs of the diverse population of its members aged 50 and older. But substantial elderly populations aren’t limited to the US. It’s a big issue in Japan where 33 million seniors make up one-quarter of the country’s population. An IBM initiative with Apple […]
CEO of IBM Ginni Rometty feels extremely optimistic about Watson Health and the Baird 2015 Growth Stock Conference will feature PerkinElmir.