http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gUcOBLoEFR1Zl012vgqM1puTRq9Q?docId=538a2d727d2448bda056fc5ab2ffd4e9 For "Jeopardy!" Watson was fed encyclopedias, dictionaries, books, news, and movie scripts. For health care, it's on a diet of medical textbooks and journals. It could also link to the electronic health records that the federal government wants hospitals to maintain. Medical students are peppering it with sample questions to help train it.
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Chase, a Columbia University medical school professor, says anecdotal information — such as personal blogs from medical websites — may also be included.
"What people say about their treatment ... it's not to be ignored just because it's anecdotal," Chase said. "We certainly listen when our patients talk to us, and that's anecdotal."
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Chase's suggestion that medical blogs be included may have something to do with his own medical history.
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