CVS Health and IBM will use Watson cognitive computing to create an individualized healthcare service, according to News Medical.
Here are five points:
1. The two companies plan to offer healthcare services a personalized platform that will optimize care for chronic disease patients.
2. IBM's Watson technology is meant to think like a human, understanding natural language and changing data-based hypotheses as circumstances shift.
3. Watson will pull from "medical health records, pharmacy and medical claims information, environmental factors, lifestyle questionnaires and self-quantification devices," according to the article.
4. This collaborative approach will allow healthcare providers to closely watch patients' all-around health progress, from lifestyle choices to chronic condition management.
5. CVS Health and IBM plan to work together to pinpoint individuals who will heavily benefit from this individualized platform, according to the article.