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IBM and Cleveland Clinic in Clinical Data Collaboration

Sep 30, 2004

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (GenomeWeb News) - IBM and The Cleveland Clinic yesterday announced an agreement to develop a data platform to integrate electronic medical records for basic and genetic research.

 

Financial details were not disclosed.

The Cleveland Clinic will use IBM's clinical genomics product, and services to integrate genomics information, and meet regulatory compliance requirements. The first phase of the collaboration will focus on constructing a data infrastructure to link medical and genetic information involving patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms.

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