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Product & Platform

Democratizing Access to Medical Expertise

OPENPediatrics is a groundbreaking open-source platform developed through a collaboration between IBM and Children’s Hospital Boston. Aimed at addressing the global shortage of medical expertise in pediatric care, OPENPediatrics facilitates the sharing of best practices for treating critically ill children among healthcare providers worldwide. The project embodies a significant leap forward in medical education and knowledge dissemination, underscoring the potential of digital platforms to impact healthcare outcomes positively and foster a more interconnected and informed medical community.

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Ask CarePlex — the facet bar now reading 5 SUGGESTED TESTS and 15 TREATMENTS, with Addison suspected · Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus · no hy[perthyroidism]. The answer arrives as counted facets rather than a list of documents — tests, treatments, experts, trials and risks each quantified — which is the interface expression of the case study's "reducing distance to insight" claim. From the Ask CarePlex sequence — the archive's central interaction, in which a physician types a clinical hypothesis in plain language and the platform answers against the patient record. The patient throughout is Tania Dinosio, 10yo Female, #314159 — note the record number is π.
Clients/Partners
Children’s Hospital Boston, IBM Interactive
Roles
Rich Internet Application Developer
Industry
Product & Platform
Deliverables
Information Architecture , Prototyping , Wireframing
Recognition (Summary)
MITx

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