With the goal of personalizing healthcare, improving outcomes and cutting costs, IBM’s Watson Health will aggregate massive amounts of disparate patient data. The company has struck deals with Apple, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic to collect and use more information from devices.
To address privacy concerns, IBM is offering ways to strip personal information from wearables and plug that information into Watson to look for aggregate trends. Its health cloud will be able to de-anonymize information when needed for doctors to see how to apply a patient’s specific health information to their care.
Wearable Tech + Digital Health NYC 2015 – June 30 @ The New York Academy of Sciences