IBM & Danish Hospital Develop 3-D Patient Health Records to Improve Patient Care

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News Physicians at Thy-Mors hospital in Denmark and IBM recently tested a three-dimensional patient health record that helps medical staff easily navigate an electronic patient file. The software features an avatar, a 3-D representation of the human body, that acts as a hub; clicking anywhere on the avatar brings up medical records associated with the area selected. The avatar can be rotated and different views — circulatory system, nervous system, or muscles — are available. Physicians can zoom in and out to generate the level of detail needed. Arrows indicate the . . .