IBM debuts analytics software

IBM's new Patient Care and Insights analytics software is designed to improve patient care and lower operational costs by considering the specific health history of each individual patient.

The software helps healthcare organizations identify early intervention opportunities and coordinate patient care. Similarity analytics drive individualized care delivery. Providers can make personalized recommendations by finding other patients with similar clinical characteristics to see what treatments were most effective or what complications they may have encountered and they also can perform patient-physician matching so an individual is paired with a doctor that is optimal for a specific condition.

Healthcare professionals can analyze both structured and unstructured data using some of the same foundational natural processing language technology as IBM Watson to understand text-based information and present it for analysis. The predictive analysis capabilities enable healthcare organizations to identify patients at risk for developing illnesses or needing additional interventions. Providers can use predictive modeling, trending and scoring to anticipate patient outcomes and evaluate the potential effects of interventions.