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Thursday, September 15, 2011

WellPoint Meet Watson

More on the use of Artificial Intelligence techniques for medical diagnosis.  I happen to be visiting the offices of WellPoint this afternoon.  Note the mention of evidence-based health care.  That is good.  I also want to hear how this will be integrated with professional based diagnoses.  A key point.

WellPoint and IBM Announce Agreement to Put Watson to Work in Health Care

WellPoint, Inc.and IBM  announced an agreement today 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. .... "

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