Here is how IBM helps Emory University Hospital to create advanced, predictive medical care for critical patients.

First, Connectikpeople may recall that, Emory is testing a new system that can identify patterns in physiological data and instantly alert clinicians to danger signs in patients.

Henceforth Emory University Hospital is using software from IBM and Excel Medical Electronics (EME) for a pioneering research project to create advanced, predictive medical care for critical patients through real-time streaming

analytics.

This means, the new system will enable clinicians to acquire, analyze and correlate medical data at a volume and velocity that was never before possible. 

Connectikpeople has observed that, the research application developed by Emory uses IBM’s streaming analytics platform with EME’s bedside monitor data aggregation application to collect and analyze more than 100,000 real-time data points per patient per second. The software developed by Emory identifies patterns that could indicate serious complications like sepsis, heart failure or pneumonia, aiming to provide real-time medical insights to clinicians.  

The system being piloted at Emory uses EME’s BedMasterEX, IBM InfoSphere Streams and Emory’s analytics to collect and analyze physiological patient data in real time.