IBM Watson Still Chasing Health Care

March 20, 2012

WillQuitSmoking.com recently shared a video on a new analytics system being used at a healthcare facility in Austin, Texas that is using this technology to save lives by manages large amount of unstructured data.

According to the article, “Seton Healthcare Uses IBM Content and Predictive Analytics to Improve Care & Lower CHF Readmissions,” Seton Healthcare relies on IBM Content and Predictive Analytics to identify high-risk congestive heart failure (CHF) patients for interventive care and to avoid preventable readmissions.

The article states:

Natural language processing enables analysis of both structured (ie lab results) and unstructured data (ie physician notes, discharge summaries), opening the door to rich clinical and operational insights that were hidden in inaccessible free text files. Seton can now identify trends and patterns in patient care and outcomes, uncovering sometimes obscure correlations or disparities buried in years of medical records; these can dramatically improve diagnosis and treatment.

One of the reasons that this article is really cool is because you can learn by watching a video, not using a live, online demo of the technology. Yep, we think movies are much better than live systems. Are videos easier to control than a game show? Yep. Yep. Yep.

Jasmine Ashton, March 20, 2012

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