The National Cancer Center in Japan Employs Advanced Text Analysis Tools to Help Match Patients With Treatment Protocols

Overview

IBM Research, working together with Global Business Services (GBS), teamed with the National Cancer Center in Japan to develop a prototype program for Medical Text Analysis and Knowledge Mining for Clinical Decision Intelligence. (MedTAKMI-CDI). MedTAKMI-CDI is an online analytical processing system that enables the gathering, interpretation and analysis of clinical data stored in multiple sources. MedTAKMI-CDI currently handles information on roughly 7,000 patients receiving treatment at the National Cancer Center. MedTAKMI-CDI employs a multi-level model for information gathering. Different modules within that framework cover everything from simple demographic information to treatment timetables. Compiling and analyzing warehouses of medical data, MedTAKMI-CDI helps provide hospitals with a plethora of information about patient groups.