In addition to helping advance clinical care, data and insights from Watson will also be shared with the research community, creating tremendous potential benefits for patients, researchers and society. The US Department of Veterans Affairs ( VA ) has started to use IBM technology to speed up the identification and early treatment of cancer . Over the next 2 years , the VA hopes to increase the number of patients served 30 fold through using the technology . Veterans represent 20 % of the nation ’s care patients , the largest single group in the US .
The US Department of Veterans Affairs ( VA ) has started to use IBM technology to speed up the identification and early treatment of cancer . Over the next 2 years , the VA hopes to increase the number of patients served 30 fold through using the technology . Veterans represent 20 % of the nation ’s care patients , the largest single group in the US .