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IBM Watson Health

IBM Watson to pull the plug on Merge Eye

October 15, 2019 By Sean Whooley

UPDATED with a clarification from IBM Watson Health. Topcon Healthcare Solutions said today that it is a preferred vendor for IBM Watson Health Imaging in support of a transition plan for the Merge Eye imaging platform. IBM Watson plans to discontinue customer support for the Merge Eye Station digital fundus imaging platform and the Merge […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Imaging, Optical/Ophthalmic Tagged With: IBM Watson Health, Topcon

Artificial intelligence and medicine: Is it overhyped?

March 22, 2019 By Fink Densford

Artificial intelligence raises exciting possibilities for healthcare, but are companies promising more than they can deliver? AI could possibly fuel the future of medtech, enabling such thrilling innovations as implanted devices that instantly react to minute changes, software that can identify the best treatment options for individuals facing life-threatening conditions and fully-functioning autonomous surgical systems. […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Health Information Technology, Research & Development, Software / IT Tagged With: AI, artificial intelligence, HeartFlow, IBM Watson Health, idx, Scripps Research Institute

IBM Watson Health announces slew of AI-based research partnership deals

February 13, 2019 By Fink Densford

IBM Watson Health today announced a number of new partnership deals, including an expanded collaborative deal with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and 10-year, $50 million collaborative research deals with the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The Cambridge, Mass.-based IBM division said that it inked an extended partnership with […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Software / IT Tagged With: IBM Watson Health

Medtronic, IBM Watson debut hypoglycemia prediction feature for diabetes app

January 3, 2019 By Sarah Faulkner

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and IBM Watson Health today launched a new feature for its Sugar.IQ personal diabetes assistant app that can predict the likelihood of a user experiencing a low glucose event within a four-hour window. The feature, called IQcast, uses AI tech from IBM and becomes more accurate as the low blood sugar event draws nearer, according to […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Digital Health, Featured, Patient Monitoring, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: IBM Watson Health, Medtronic

Report: IBM Watson Health head DiSanzo steps down

October 19, 2018 By Fink Densford

International Business Machine‘s (NYSE:IBM) Watson Health GM Deborah DiSanzo is stepping away from her position heading the division to join the strategy team for IBM Cognitive Solutions, according to a STAT News report. Cognitive Solutions and IBM Research senior VP John Kelly will step in to take the reins of the healthcare-focused division, according to […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Software / IT Tagged With: IBM, IBM Watson Health

IBM pushes back on negative Watson Health stories

August 14, 2018 By Fink Densford

IBM Watson Health (NYSE:IBM) is pushing back against reports that its artificial intelligence powered products deliver less than promised, claiming that the reports are unfair and ignore its capabilities. A number of news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal and STAT News, have recently published criticisms of IBM’s Watson Health offerings, claiming that its capabilities fall […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Software / IT Tagged With: IBM Watson Health

Report: IBM Watson delivered ‘unsafe and inaccurate’ cancer recommendations

July 25, 2018 By Fink Densford

Internal documents from IBM Watson Health (NYSE:IBM) indicate that the company’s Watson for Oncology product often returns “multiple examples of unsafe and incorrect treatment recommendations,” according to a new report from STAT News. The documents come from slides presented last year by IBM Watson Health’s deputy chief health officer, according to the report, and include feedback […]

Filed Under: Oncology, Software / IT Tagged With: IBM Watson Health

IBM Watson Health, VA extend precision oncology partnership deal

July 19, 2018 By Fink Densford

IBM Watson Health (NYSE:IBM) and the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs said today they extended their partnership using artificial intelligence to help interpret oncological data in the treatment of veteran patients. The partnership, originally signed between the two groups two years ago as part of the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative, will now be extended through to […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Oncology, Software / IT Tagged With: IBM Watson Health

Here are the top 5 medtech stories of mid-2018

July 13, 2018 By Chris Newmarker

A growing U.S. trade war with China and other countries casts a pall on medtech — and U.S. business in general — in mid-2018. The landscape of the medical device industry continues to evolve, though. There’s a major corporate spinout in the works, as well as a mega-merger that apparently was not to be. Read […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Emerging Markets, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: AI, Boston Scientific, China, Donald Trump, GE Healthcare, IBM Watson Health, Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits, Stryker, tariffs

Medtronic, IBM Watson Health launch AI-powered diabetes management app

June 27, 2018 By Sarah Faulkner

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT), in partnership with IBM Watson Health, this week announced commercial availability of its AI-powered Sugar.IQ diabetes management app. Using artificial intelligence, the Sugar.IQ app evaluates how a user’s blood sugar levels respond to variables such as food intake, insulin dosing and other daily routines. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Digital Health, Patient Monitoring, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: IBM Watson Health, Medtronic

Report: IBM Watson Health cuts back on hospital biz

June 18, 2018 By Brad Perriello

The Watson Health operation at International Business Machine (NYSE:IBM) is reportedly cutting back on the portion of its business that sells to hospitals due to a softening market for value-based healthcare offerings. Managers for IBM Watson Health told workers last week that changes to the Affordable Care Act caused hospitals to spend less on managing outcomes-based contracts, […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Software / IT, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: IBM Watson Health, value-based healthcare

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