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As far as I'm aware there have been zero peer reviewed publications showing Watson actually doing something in medicine. When a doctor thinks he or she has a be
by JunkDNA 13y ago
As far as I'm aware there have been zero peer reviewed publications showing Watson actually doing something in medicine. When a doctor thinks he or she has a better approach than what is being done, they use the scientific method to find out of their hypothesis holds up. So far I've seen lots of IBM conference presentations and press conferences. But where is the data? Where are the increased survival rates? Where are the reduced medical errors compared to controls? That is science. Everything else is snake oil unless you have that.
- dbcooper 13y agoIndeed. It's a little annoying to keep seeing these IBM PR releases about fictional medical suppositions, when one is working on drug screening, diagnostics, and such from within a reality constrained lab!
- hershel 13y agoThe way i understand it, this system offers data to physicians ,it doesn't offer treatment, so it doesn't have to be clinically tested. It is the the responsibility of the hospital and doctors to evaluate and see if it offer any benefit to them.That's the usual standard information systems are bound to. But watson is quite new. I'm pretty sure testing will come with time.