IBM Launches Software To Help Hospitals And Government Healthcare Agencies Identify And Manage Medical Challenges

SOMERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2005-- Successfully Concludes Pilot With CMS, FDA, New York Presbyterian, Vanderbilt and Wishard Health Systems; Announces Canadian Government as First Customer IBM today announced the availability of software, shaped by the input of Federal agencies and private hospitals, that enables adopters to exchange clinical data during a medical crisis, such as an influenza outbreak, the spread of tainted or problematic food and medicines, and inappropriate health care -- or can track longer-term health problems, such as those related to diabetes or asthma.