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Friday, September 30, 2011

Watson and Wellpoint

Another good article, this in Analytics Magazine on the application of the IBM Watson AI technology and Wellpoint Inc.  " ... WellPoint, Inc. and IBM announced an agreement to create the first commercial applications of the IBM Watson technology. Under the agreement, WellPoint will develop and launch Watson-based solutions to help improve patient care through the delivery of up-to-date, evidence-based health care for millions of Americans. IBM will develop the base Watson healthcare technology on which WellPoint's solution will run ... "
Quite ambitious.  It is also interesting how the companies involved are avoiding the use of the term AI, although the methods used are exactly what we used in the 90s for enterprise applications.  Now as then, there will be challenges in using these methods in conjunction with well established professional groups in healthcare.

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