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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • October 24, 2003
    An article by Ed Frauenheim:

    ``Annual IT spending in so-called information-based medicine is likely to climb to roughly $30 billion over the next decade, an IBM executive asserts.

    ``Dr. Joseph Jasinski, manager of worldwide operations for IBM's life sciences unit, said Thursday that health care organizations such as hospitals and academic medical-research centers are rapidly moving to harness IT for a more data-driven approach to medicine.

    ``IBM defines information-based medicine as the use of IT to analyze large amounts of information--such as patient records, genetic data and population data--in order to help physicians make better diagnostic and treatment choices. For example, a doctor could prescribe a specific cancer drug, taking into account a patient's genetic makeup.''

    Full story:
    http://news.com.com/2100-7337_3-5096123.html

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