Artificial intelligence in healthcare is only as good as the patient data that is collected. The information must be accurate, and precision management of patient data is critical for AI to succeed.
The failure of IBM’s marketing-first approach to clinical AI was entirely predictable, but it didn’t have to be this way. Here’s how AI can be implemented effectively.
Discover what tools are essential for efficient, safe surgical extractions in today’s health care landscape, from elevators to forceps and beyond.
Through a new collaboration, Humana's Employer Group members will gain access to IBM Watson Health's AI-powered digital assistant. The chatbot will provide information on member benefits, claims, referrals and cost estimates for medical services.
Our latest eBook offers examples of how some of the players in healthcare are thinking about AI, seeking to apply it across care coordination, drug development and early detection of disease and how to address some of the challenges the technology poses for adoption and implementation.
The Biden Cancer Initiative has announced that multiple healthcare organizations — including BreastCancerTrials.org, IBM Watson Health, Massive Bio and Syapse — are creating a shared platform called the Oncology Clinical Trial Information Commons, which will help cancer patients to know their clinical trial options.
These two announcements come after Deborah DiSanzo left her role as IBM Watson Health general manager last year.
The layout of your phlebotomy station can significantly impact efficiency. A well-thought-out setup ensures that every tool is within reach, minimizing unnecessary movement and reducing patient wait times.
Deborah DiSanzo, who has served as general manager of IBM Watson Health since 2015, is stepping down from her position and heading to the strategy team for IBM Cognitive Solutions, according to STAT.
Spokesman Doug Shelton verified that IBM's recent round of layoffs hit its Watson Health unit, but he did not specify how many individuals lost their jobs, according to The Herald Sun.
Machine learning tools are certainly spawning some exciting applications such as using medical images to analyze tumors and offering a new way to improve clinical trial matching. But how long will it take for these tools to become part of mainstream medicine?
From good news to bad news, 2017 was chock-full of noteworthy stories. But a few stood out among the rest. These are the five most-read articles published in 2017.
Finding the best analytics tools for health care revenue management can revolutionize operational processes. Compare the leading software options to discover helpful team resources.
A former IBM Watson Health employee recounts his experience where repeated promises of AI integration into life science products were never fulfilled as hype overtook reality.
There's only so much HIMSS conference a publication like MedCity News can cover, so it's impossible to know everything that has gone on here in Orlando, but let's give it our best shot.
"Competitive advantage in healthcare will not come from digitization," Rometty said. "It's going to come from cognitive." But there must be transparency.
A giant elephant just entered the Valencia Ballroom at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
From Vinod Khosla's talk about the healthcare startups he loves to hate to Illumina and IBM's partnership, here are the most noteworthy stories to emerge from the rain-soaked J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference and the satellite events around it.