IBM Applies Computing Muscle to Help Premature Babies

IBM is teaming up with the University of Ontario Institute of Technology to develop monitoring software that would closely observe and predict the health status of premature babies during their most critical time. From a press release: Monitoring "preemies" as a patient group is especially important as certain life-threatening conditions such as infection can be detected up to 24 hours in advance by observing changes in physiological data streams. The type of information that will come out of the research project is not available today. Currently, physicians monitoring preemies rely on a paper-based process that involves manually looking at the readings from various monitors and getting feedback from the nurses providing care. "This research has the potential to reatly impact neonatal care through reduced mortality and... [read full story]