IBM launched a new initiative for public health development – the IBM Health Corps. It will work with different health organizations as to help develop new ways in dealing different health issues across the globe.
On EWeek.com, IBM was featured to use their cognitive approach in dealing with such health issues. With this, the company deploys its best problem-solving teams to find solutions on a wider scale.
Jen Crozier, vice president of Global Citizenship Initiatives with IBM’s Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs said in a post on the Citizen IBM Blog:
“We believe the next paradigm shift in health is represented by the cognitive era. IBM is at the forefront of this movement having launched Watson Health, a new business unit that leverages cognitive computing to solve complex health and medical challenges for patients, physicians, researchers, and health insurers across the globe.”
Truthfully, what he implies here is that with the help of modern technology, it makes the medical world be more adept with the available information across the globe – thanks to the help of IBM’s ability to collect and assess data for such purposes.
Nancy Aossey, president and CEO of International Medical Corps said:
“Our partnership with IBM has strengthened our capacity to use data and analytics to increase community resilience to crises, and we look forward to continuing work with IBM to help underserved communities survive and thrive.”
Yes, there are some communities that have very limited access to medical information and services, but since this initiative implies public health – it could be well-serving our fellow men on a less fortunate setting.
So far, IBM was able to dispatch almost 3,000 IBM employees from nearly 60 countries. They are sent for more than 1,000 projects for 38 countries within 8 years,
It seems that IBM is not just a tech powerhouse – but a big name in terms of public health services.
Date: March 18, 2016