IBM researchers in Zurich have developed a 3d engine technology to display patient health records. It integrates heterogeneous data sources and complex text-based information and links that data to the anatomical model in an easy-to-navigate format. The technology is likened to Google Earth. “In hopes of speeding the move toward electronic healthcare records, we’ve tried to make information easily accessible for healthcare providers by combining medical data with visual representation, making it as simple as possible to interact with data that can improve patient care,” the lead researcher Andre Elisseeff said. The is particularly interesting in light of Microsoft’s initiative launched this week to move medical records online.

[source: Gizmag]

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