IBM Unveils New Watson-Based Analytics Capabilities

IBM has launched a new technology designed to extract relevant clinical information from unstructured data. Based on the same natural language processing technology used in IBM's Watson, its new Content and Predictive Analytics for Healthcare is aimed at preventing patient readmissions.

Austin, Texas-based Seton Healthcare Family is the first client to adopt and use the technology. Officials say it will enable clinicians to glean relevant knowledge from troves of patient data – helping "analyze the past, understand the present and predict future outcomes."

By combining IBM's Watson technology with industry solutions offerings, Seton plans to focus the new content and predictive analytics solution on the root causes of hospital readmissions, and ways it can decrease preventable multiple hospital visits...