3M will open a new research and development technical center in Dublin, Ireland, which will work closely with the company's healthcare information services division, according to a June 24Irish Timesreport.
The new center, dubbed the 3M Digital Science Community, will create more than 100 jobs in the next two to three years.It adds to 3M's existing presence in Dublin and Athlone, Ireland, where it currently employs more than 500 people.
The center collaborates with 3M Health Care's Health Information Services Division, which provides technologies including algorithms, artificial intelligence, clinical speech recognition and computer-assisted coding to document patient encounters, measure quality of healthcare delivery and improve clinical outcomes.
"This new center will bring together elite technology professionals to share knowledge and ideas helping to address the challenges that our customers face in a dynamically changing global market," said Michael Dolezal, PhD, vice president of the 3M Digital Science Community, according to the report.