Newly developed software helps doctors care for premature babies

have announced a 'first-of-a-kind' research project to help doctors detect subtle changes in the condition of critically ill premature babies. The project will see a group of internationally recognized researchers, led by Dr. Carolyn McGregor, a UOIT associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Health Informatics, use advanced stream computing software developed by IBM Research to work toward greatly enhancing the decision-making capabilities of doctors. The software ingests a constant stream of biomedical data, such as heart rate and respiration, along with environmental data gathered from advanced sensors and more traditional monitoring equipment on and around the babies. The researchers will also use the software to apply findings from Dr. McGregor's body of research to help make "sense" of the data and, in... [read full story]