IBM’s Rometty: ‘Cognitive healthcare is mainstream, it’s real and it’s here’
"Competitive advantage in healthcare will not come from digitization," Rometty said. "It's going to come from cognitive." But there must be transparency.
"Competitive advantage in healthcare will not come from digitization," Rometty said. "It's going to come from cognitive." But there must be transparency.
The South Florida group is applying Watson-powered "cognitive peer review" to medical imaging in an effort to diagnose aortic stenosis earlier.
At the ViVE conference in LA, Smarter Technologies Chief Medical Officer Ruben Amarasingham MD talked with Katie Adams about the company's larger goals for AI: to improve the accuracy of data and make healthcare less burdensome for physicians and clinicians.
What are the limits of cognitive computing? They will never replace the human touch of doctors.
IBM Watson Health is meant to bring in best practices from an institution and cross-reference those with the vast body of medical knowledge out in the world.
The IBM Watson Health medical imaging collaborative seeks to make "cognitive imaging" a routine part of medical practice in oncology, neurology, diabetes care, eye care, cardiovascular disease and other image-heavy specialties.