Are computers coming for your job? IBM’s Watson, a super computer powered with artificial intelligence, will have the medical profession looking over their shoulders after correctly diagnosing a patient within minutes – something doctors failed to do after months.
A female patient suffering from leukaemia had been baffling medical professionals from Japan after treatment and all previous treatment being prescribed for the condition was proving ineffective. It was a mystery for doctors. The team with no other ideas on what to do decided to call in IBM’s Watson for help and it proved to be a life-saving move.
The mighty machine spent just ten minutes studying the patient’s medical information and was able to cross-reference her condition against 20 million oncological records, which had been uploaded to its system by doctors from the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Medical Science.
It discovered the patient actually had a varying form of leukaemia than first diagnosed and told doctors it required different treatment.According to a report by Silicon Angle the new treatment proved far more effective than original methods.
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/it/ibm-minutes-solves-patient-care-stumped-doctors-for-months
HENRY KOTULA 