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8 Companies That Want A Piece Of The DoD's $11 Billion EHR Contract

Sarah Kuranda | CRN | July 4, 2014

Interest is starting to mount for the Department of Defense (DoD) contract to modernize the department's health system for more than 9.7 million military beneficiaries. With an $11 billion price tag, it is no wonder that the contract is attracting some big-name solution providers and vendors...

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9 Healthcare Innovations Driven By Open Data

Joel Gurin | Information Week | November 18, 2014

...IBM and the Cleveland Clinic announced that Watson was turning to more serious pursuits and had "enrolled" in medical school. It's been a productive partnership: Last month, they launched a new Watson program using genomic data to find the best options for cancer patients...

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After A Year Of Medical School, IBM's Watson Passes First Milestone

Andrew Nusca | ZDNet | February 8, 2013

IBM's year-long residency at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Wellpoint is finally producing cognitive computing breakthroughs (and two new products). Read More »

Cleveland Clinic Taps IBM's Watson For Med School

Julie Bird | FierceHealthIT | October 30, 2012

The Supercomputer known as Watson will help medical students at Cleveland Clinic to analyze medical problems and develop evidence-based solutions. Read More »

Cleveland Clinic, IBM Making Progress On Watson Supercomputer

Joseph Goedert | Health Data Management | October 15, 2013

A year after starting work with IBM to develop ways for the Watson supercomputer to support medical training and serve as a doctor’s assistant, the Cleveland Clinic has issued a progress report that includes two new technologies. Read More »

Clinical Decision Support Should Be Open Source

Andy Oram | EMR & EHR | January 26, 2015

Clinical decision support is a long-standing occupant of the medical setting. It got in the door with electronic medical records, and has recently received a facelift under the term “evidence based medicine.”...

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DOD Collects Feedback From Industry On EHR System Proposal

Staff Writer | iHealth Beat | April 29, 2014

The Department of Defense is sorting through industry feedback on an electronic health record system proposal, Health Data Management reports. Industry comments on a request for information were due last week (Slabodkin, Health Data Management, 4/25).

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Dr. Watson? How IBM System Can Improve Diagnosis, Treatment

Henry Kenyon | Government Computer News | September 16, 2011

IBM’s revolutionary Watson technology now has its first commercial application. The sophisticated data retrieval and analysis system, which was seen in February handily defeating the top human contestants of the "Jeopardy!" quiz show, will be helping doctors and clinicians at WellPoint to treat cancer patients.

HARMAN and IBM Watson Internet of Things Introduce Cognitive Rooms that Bring Connected Experiences to the Consumer

Press Release | IBM | April 19, 2017

HARMAN Professional Solutions and IBM Watson Internet of Things (IoT) today unveiled Voice-Enabled Cognitive Rooms. Using IBM's Watson artificial intelligence (AI) technology and HARMAN AKG microphones, JBL speakers and AMX AV control and switching systems, the companies bring highly connected experiences to medical facilities, corporate offices, hotels, cruise ships and other hospitality environments...

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IBM Enlists Watson Ahead Of Pentagon Health Solictation

Kathleen Miller | Bloomberg | April 24, 2014

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) will add technology from its Watson supercomputer, known for beating humans on “Jeopardy!,” to its federal health unit before the Pentagon seeks bids on a $11 billion health-records project.  

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IBM Expands U.S. Federal Healthcare Practice

Darryl K. Taft | eWeek | April 27, 2014

IBM announced it will be using its big data and Watson cognitive computing technology in its federal health care practice.

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IBM Pitched Its Watson Supercomputer as a Revolution in Cancer Care. It’s Nowhere Close

Casey Ross | STAT | September 5, 2017

It was an audacious undertaking, even for one of the most storied American companies: With a single machine, IBM would tackle humanity’s most vexing diseases and revolutionize medicine. Breathlessly promoting its signature brand — Watson — IBM sought to capture the world’s imagination, and it quickly zeroed in on a high-profile target: cancer. But three years after IBM began selling Watson to recommend the best cancer treatments to doctors around the world, a STAT investigation has found that the supercomputer isn’t living up to the lofty expectations IBM created for it. It is still struggling with the basic step of learning about different forms of cancer...

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IBM Unveils New Watson-Based Analytics Capabilities

Mike Miliard | Healthcare IT News | October 25, 2011

IBM has launched a new technology designed to extract relevant clinical information from unstructured data. Based on the same natural language processing technology used in IBM's Watson, its new Content and Predictive Analytics for Healthcare is aimed at preventing patient readmissions. Read More »

IBM's Watson Wants To Fix America's Doctor Shortage

Russell Brandom | The Verge | October 15, 2013

The supercomputer's greatest opponent may be the American healthcare system Read More »

IBM’s Dr. Watson Is NOT A Meaningful User

Margalit Gur-Arie | HIT Consultant | February 19, 2013

IBM’s Dr. Watson of Jeopardy! fame has finally completed its residency and fellowships and, presumably to its creators’ utter delight, is now a practicing Oncologist. The prodigy “cognitive system” completed its training in less than a year at the illustrious Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and although only proficient in lung cancer right now, Dr. Watson’s career as an advisor to oncologists everywhere is off to a great start... Read More »