How would you feel?“If you were to find out that the AI/ML system was used to make recommendations on your care and no one told you, how would you feel? Well, come to think of it, do you know whether an AI/ML system was used the last time you saw a physician?”

Week 6 Discussion

The last question is very poignant, “If you were to find out that the AI/ML system was used to make recommendations on your care and no one told you, how would you feel? Well, come to think of it, do you know whether an AI/ML system was used the last time you saw a physician?”

How would you feel?

Our learning activities, “How does IBM Watson work?” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7E1TJ1HtM0) and “Watson Health for Diabetes Management” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFD8HFqNR18) describe how wearables, data management and analytics in the Watson Health Cloud. IBM is then able to make predictive analytics for a give patient and sends information/recommendations to the patient’s smartphone. IBM claims they can predict if a patient is on their way to experiencing a diabetic event and send the patient information and recommendations to avoid the predicted event.