Wellpoint to help IBM bring Watson technology to market
http://healthcareitnews.com/news/wellpoint-help-ibm-bring-watson-technology-market
I remember how well Watson competed with the Jeopardy champions and wonder how it will be used commercially. Well, it seems like the answer seems to be in Healthcare.
With Watson's "human" approach in answering question and its fast computation and power, the synergy of both could help answer millions of patients with that human touch.
As the article points out, Watson could help doctor in diagnosis of patients. The diagnosis could take longer with human computation but Watson could do it faster and promptly. ""There are breathtaking advances in medical science and clinical knowledge, however this clinical information is not always used in the care of patients. Imagine having the ability to take in all the information around a patient's medical care – symptoms, findings, patient interviews and diagnostic studies. Then, imagine using Watson analytic capabilities to consider all of the prior cases, the state-of-the-art clinical knowledge in the medical literature and clinical best practices to help a physician advance a diagnosis and guide a course of treatment," said Sam Nussbaum.
At the end is that Watson might be able to handle simple calculation but would it be able to handle harder diagnosis. That is what I am worried (wrong diagnosis, etc). For me, healthcare IT has progressed to another level of computation power. Like the calculator was in its heyday.
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