Watson Health Cloud

American Sleep Apnea Association, IBM launch sleep-focused ResearchKit app

By Aditi Pai 01:54 pm March 2, 2016

The American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA) has partnered with IBM Watson to launch a ResearchKit study app, called SleepHealth. Researchers aim to use the app to explore the connection between sleep habits and health outcomes. It's also the first ResearchKit app to partner with IBM Watson. "We've made life the laboratory for this study by crowd-sourcing data and input to achieve an unprecedented...

IBM Watson launches health unit, acquires two companies, and teams up with Apple, Medtronic, J&J

By Jonah Comstock 11:05 am April 14, 2015

IBM Watson has taken a giant step deeper into the healthcare industry with the formation of a new business unit called Watson Health and a new cloud offering called the Watson Health Cloud. The move also includes some big name partners -- Apple, Johnson and Johnson, and Medtronic -- and two acquisitions: Cleveland-based Explorys and Dallas-based Phytel. Watson has been involved in healthcare...