"The disclosure comes at an uncomfortable moment for IBM. Tomorrow, the company’s chief executive, Ginni Rometty, will make a presentation to a giant health inf

"The disclosure comes at an uncomfortable moment for IBM. Tomorrow, the company’s chief executive, Ginni Rometty, will make a presentation to a giant health information technology conference detailing the progress Watson has made in health care, and announcing the launch of new products for managing medical images and making sure hospitals deliver value for the money, as well as new partnerships with healthcare systems. The end of the MD Anderson collaboration looks bad." About 18 months ago IBM acquired a massive amount of medical imaging. http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/ibm-completes-1b-acquisition-of-merge-healthcare http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/ibm-completes-1b-ac... MD Anderson is in a bit of controversy regarding how they order imaging (and other treatments) and insurance companies are deciding not to reimburse care at MDA. http://blog.takecommandhealth.com/md-anderson-health-insurance/ http://blog.takecommandhealth.com/md-anderson-health-insuran... Perhaps this has not been a total research failure but a political move. Watson Healthcare may increase the efficiency of imagine analysis among competitors of MDA. Imaging is one of the biggest revenue generators for a hospital.