If Google had such a service it would be called Google Health

IBM unveiled a prototype of a new software system that allows doctors to manage the medical records and data of patients and patients - through a display system that simulates the human body

A visualization image of a skeleton illustrating the state-of-the-art technology activity.
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The new technology, developed in the IBM research laboratories in Zurich, makes use of a XNUMXD virtual figure - an avatar - that represents the patient's body, and allows the doctor to view the medical records in a completely new format. The Anatomic and Symbolic Mapper Engine, or in its English acronym ASME, allows the doctor to point with the computer mouse to each of the body parts of the virtual character, in order to search the medical records database of a given patient, referring to the relevant medical history of that organ, or the physiological subsystem to which it is related.

Similar to the Google Earth software, which allows surfers to focus on a certain geographical area on the planet, IBM's ASME software allows to speed up the processes of locating medical information. Such a system may form the basis of an electronic medical records management system, thanks to its ability to combine and link data from a wide variety of sources into one unified display frame, in an easy-to-use interface.

So, for example, when a patient comes to the doctor's office and complains of back pain, for example, the doctor will be able to tap on the spine area of ​​the virtual character - and receive in a single step all the results of the imaging tests and the history of previous treatments or back problems the patient has complained about in the past. You can refine and refine this search, by defining additional variables such as time frame or other diseases.

Advanced machine learning technology and 300,000D models allow IBM scientists to overcome a series of technical challenges on the way to the new records management solution, including the automatic integration of information from heterogeneous sources, including textual information and structured information. The ASME system uses the SNOMED database, which includes over XNUMX medical terms, in order to bridge imaging methods, graphic presentation and text documents.
The world of medicine is currently grappling with the problem of sharing information and data between different doctors, medical centers and insurance and medical service entities. Each of these is required to manage its own medical records, and uses a variety of imaging tools, structured databases and textual reports. Building a universal system for managing medical records is an engineering-technological challenge, to the extent that it requires consideration of privacy issues and information security.
IBM's ASME system is supposed to be the same central junction of medical information coming from different sources - and to present this information in an efficient and easy-to-use format for the attending physician.