Watson, IBM's Quiz Show Champ, Moves Into Health Care

Health insurer WellPoint is signing up IBM's Watson, the mainframe computer outfitted with some nifty software to make human-like decisions in seconds. The computer will sift through medical data and patient information to make recommendations to Read More...

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Posted Sep 12 2011, 07:57 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog