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RHÖN and IBM will join forces to accelerate pre-clinical assessment of patients through cognitive computing built on top of our Watson capabilities. The goal is to equip doctors and medical staff with evidence and data insights before the patient even enters the clinical phase. This will result in improved medical care during pre-clinical assessment both for ambulant and inpatient care so that the right patient receives the right treatment at the right time.
In this context we are looking to hire a Post-Doctoral Fellow into our research team. We look for an enthusiastic person skilled in Natural Language Processing and medical ontologies in German, who is capable of programming and keen on taking up new tools and approaches. We very much work in a team where each member complements the others. The work will have a direct impact on the client as well as on research in healthcare informatics.
In the future, RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG, one of the largest healthcare providers in Germany, will cooperate with IBM in order to optimise patient management. The concept of the joint project is to ensure data-assisted patient navigation providing the best possible healthcare at the pre-clinical stage already and subsequently moving into either the in-patient or out-patient treatment. Inappropriate patient referrals, which cost both time and money, can therefore be avoided. Better use of patient data can also help in providing further recommendations for treatment.
IBM will contribute innovative “cognitive computing“ technology to this joint project. In a first phase, a cognitive assistance system will be installed at the “Center for Undiagnosed and Rare Diseases” at the university hospital in Marburg to help in the very work-intensive processing of such medical cases. The IBM Research – Zurich Laboratory will be responsible for the technological management of the project. The knowledge obtained from the first project phase at the university hospital in Marburg will then be analyzed and used for other hospitals in the corporate group.
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Contact
Matthias Reumann, PhD
Sustainable, resilient health systems research
IBM Research – Zurich
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mre@zurich.ibm.com
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