From Voice Mail Hell to Flash Crashes: Now Your Doctor is a Computer Algorithm

Train of Thoughts ^ | 091211 | Train of Thoughts

[the invisib1e hand]

...if WellPoint is the provider of your government-mandated health insurance and, as the nations largest such entity, it likely is. Here's the press release as it appeared in something called "Business and Health":

...WellPoint said it plans to use Watson's data-crunching to help suggest treatment options and diagnoses to doctors, which is part of a general trend for incorporating computer-influenced supervision into care.

Insurers say the procedure would ensure that doctors and hospitals who adopt electronic medical records and other digital tools will be capable of recording, tracking and checking their work.

The company added that they hope the technology will ...reduce costs.

[the invisib1e hand]

...because only a machine can implement the Complete Lives System.

[Oztrich Boy]

“Please state your medical emergency”