CVS Health To Use IBM’s Watson To Predict Medical Emergencies

CVS Health and IBM launched a partnership in July 2015 to use the Watson cognitive computing technology to create an offering to transform care management services for people with chronic diseases and to identify people at risk of medical emergencies who could benefit from customized engagement programs. The partnership brings together both companies' expertise in predictive analytics and the Watson cognitive computing technology. The offering will use a mix of health information sources (*see editor's note), such as medical health records, pharmacy and medical claims, environmental factors, and behavioral data from fitness devices with the goal of helping health . . .