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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hoping to prove that automation will improve health care and cut costs, International Business Machines Corp. said Monday it's developing a test system for sharing electronic medical data among hospitals, agencies and patients.
The Interoperable Health Information Infrastructure test project, which is expected to be operational by year end, will connect IBM sites in San Jose, Calif., Rochester, Minn., and Haifa, Israel. Researchers will use a variety of real and doctored data.
The system will help identify the best standards for such information as well as any additional challenges that might crop up before such a network is deployed on a global scale, said Neil de Crescenzo, IBM Business Consulting Services' health care industry leader.
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