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Using Analytics to Find Bone Marrow Donors and Detect Brain Injuries

By Alex Williams / November 19, 2010 11:22 AM / Comments

IBM is diving deep into the healthcare market with an array of analytics technologies it has accumulated with the $11 billion in acquisitions it has made in the past several years.

For instance, IBM is working with the National Bone Marrow Program (NMDP) to reduce by half the time it takes to find a donor.

The NMDP operates the "Be The Match Registry" of more than eight million potential donors and more than 160,000 cord blood units.

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