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> MD Anderson Cancer Center will use the SmartLinx Medical Device Information System from Capsule Tech to integrate medical device data into the hospital's electronic medical record system (EMR). The SmartLinx will use two mobile clinical computers to integrate data form more than 2,000 medical devices across 650 patient beds, eliminating the need for manual data entry. Release

> The Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system is working with software giant SAP to help predict surgical outcomes for patients with chronic knee pain. Dubbed GreenCare, the system aims to provide real-time data analytics to allow physicians to better inform a patient of the potential outcome for knee surgery. Release

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