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IBM is donating a new software code that will assist healthcare providers and other industries to work on shared content in real-time. The code, created through IBM’s Project Blue Spruce, will be donated to the Dojo Foundation’s Open Cooperative Web Framework.
Project Blue Spruce allows simultaneous interaction and updates in real-time via the web browser on any computer. Researchers for the National Institutes of Health are already putting this code to use in analyzing health records of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPDGene).
IBM Technology with OpenCoweb Framework act as the key components in systems used by COPDGene investigators and allow clinics and medical imaging findings to correlate increasing understanding of the disease and underlying genetic factors. Users can review clinical data and CT scan images of more than 10,000 individuals.
“IBM believes an ongoing commitment to open source and cooperative applications is a critical component for building a smarter, healthier planet,” said David Boloker, chief technology officer, Emerging Technologies, IBM. “We are pleased to open code and drive innovation in partnership with the Dojo Foundation Project in an effort to streamline and enhance research and real-time interactive analysis of participant data.”
