Health insurance agency behind falling popularity of Watson - Korea Biomedical Review

The "Watson sensation" that hit Korea's medical industry seems to be waning. The domestic hospitals competed to introduce the artificial intelligence program of IBM last year, but no more joined the boom this year. Starting with Gachon University Gil Medical Center which introduced the AI system in December 2016, eight hospitals jumped on the Watson bandwagon last year --Pusan National University Hospital, Konyang University Hospital, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, Chosun University Hospital, Chonnam National University Hospital and VHS Medical Center. Some attribute the lack of followers to skepticism about the AI system, which had grown since the U.S. MD Anderson terminated its contract with IBM Watson last year. More point out, however, that it is the systemic limitations that cooled down the Watson fervor in Korea.