Eastern vs. Western Medicine: IBM's Using Electronic Records to Compare Cure Rates

The benefits of Eastern versus Western medicine have been debated for decades. But the only way to really test the difference is scientifically--it's a difficult task, although there are plenty of ongoing studies. IBM's joining that fray with a tool to analyze medical records in collaboration with the Guang Dong Hospital of Traditional Medicine
(South China's largest traditional hospital).

Today at their Smarter Cities event in Shanghai, IBM's announcing that its Healthcare Information...