Wednesday, January 11, 2012

A Medical Watson

computers are only as good as what is inputed to them, and inputing everything may cause more dilution (what if the real answer is not something reported before) not to mention cost more money (i.e. order every test and have a computer wade through the data). humans should use them to help with fact-finding/knowledge base and try to improve care with less money. can we blame the computer if it is wrong? http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/10/doctors-or-algorithms/