Watson

Two Technologies

Natural Language ProcessingAllows natural spoken interaction with computers

Semantic AnalysisAllows mapping and use of raw documents to gain specific information

deepQA Project

Paradigm Shift in Question-Answering

Watson Breakthroughs• Improved accuracy

• Raw data immediately available

• Revolutionized user interface

Applications

“It could be stated that NLP will introduce a new paradigm in medical information retrieval and knowledge processing.”—Peter Spyns

Clinical Decision SupportSoftware that matches patient data with general medical knowledge.

Recommendations & Analysis

Integration Center

Patient Data

General Data

Patient DataWatson puts to use the information we already have about our patients.

Brings Research to LightAllows medical research to be put to use faster

ROI

Improved Care + Efficiency• Quality of care

• Expedited patient turnover

• Better use of specialists

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