Watson for Oncology

IBM shares data on how Watson augments cancer treatment decision-making

By Heather Mack 05:40 pm June 2, 2017

It’s been six years since IBM first alluded to plans to build artificially intelligent physician’s assistant. Even as that mission became more concrete with a formal launch of the health-focused Watson and years of near-constant announcements and partnerships, it still hasn’t been clear just exactly what impact the cognitive computing program will have on healthcare. But newly shared data could...

Florida's Jupiter Medical Center becomes first US hospital to use IBM's Watson for Oncology

By Bernie Monegain 05:18 pm February 1, 2017

Jupiter Medical Center, a not-for-profit 327-bed regional medical center in Jupiter, Florida, will employ cognitive computing platform IBM Watson for Oncology. Jupiter is the first US community hospital to adopt the technology. The goal: to provide insights to physicians to help them deliver personalized, evidence-based cancer treatment. In the U.S., there will be an estimated 1.7 million new...