IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts

Re:IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts by austinjp on Sunday January 23, 2022 @12:38PM (#30048253)

Part of the job, as stipulated by medical regulators around the world, is keeping up-to-date with evidence. This can be achieved by reading journals and attending conferences, in theory.

But.... journal publishers exploit their monopolies, and conferences are funded by corporate sponsors. So perhaps they're not so different.

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Re:IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts by listenallyall on Sunday January 23, 2022 @01:02PM (#30048495)

Medical conferences basically would not exist if it wasn't for suppliers and drug companies paying for sponsorships, trade show booths, opportunities to speak, etc. Not really any different than any industry's trade conferences.

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Re:IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts by throwawayboise on Sunday January 23, 2022 @02:32PM (#30049571)

Sounds just like every technology conference I've ever been to. A bunch of software and hardware vendor booths, and most of the speakers being authors hawking their latest books.

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