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Follow on Google News | IT and IVD Companies A Perfect Match, Says ReportTraditional in vitro diagnostic tests can be interpreted by a physician or lab technologist, but for new complex tests that use DNA sequencing, proteomics or mass spectroscopy, computers are coming to the rescue.
According to Kalorama information, computer diagnostics could offer opportunity for clinical laboratory professionals to add value to clinicians in diagnosing diseases. IT companies in collaboration with test vendors are developing computer software that complements the skills of human test interpretation. The stakes are high as there is increased pressure to reduce medical errors, including misdiagnosis. Further, the ability to use clinical data to develop predictive algorithms adds significant value to lab test data. IVD companies including: Qiagen, Roche, Illumina, and Life Technologies are expanding their bioinformatics platforms to develop new diagnostics. “It’ In a bioinformatics- Software specialists such as Ingenuity Systems (Redwood City, CA) are teaming up with molecular technology companies to develop algorithms, while pathology test companies such as Dako and Aperio have also partnered with imaging software innovators such as Munich-based Definiens. The most well-known example, the report indicates is the use of IBM’s Watson supercomputer for cancer diagnostics. The computer is best known for defeating the best human Jeopardy! players on television. Doctors will access Watson through a tablet or computer. Watson will compare a patient's medical records to what it has learned and make several recommendations (not make a decision) in decreasing order of confidence. In the cancer program, the computer will be considering what treatment is most likely to succeed. The system uses Watson's computational and natural language processing abilities as well as Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) clinical expertise and cancer information to create an evidence-based decision support. Kalorama’ About Kalorama Information Kalorama Information, a division of MarketResearch.com, supplies the latest in independent medical market research (http://www.kaloramainformation.com/ End
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