Proposed Product, Facility, Entity, or Service
In this paper, we present the IBM Watson as an analytic data software for the Crisp Hospital. Today, IBM declared that it has framed a Watson Health imaging scholastic restorative focuses; walking radiology suppliers; imaging innovation organizations cooperative; and a worldwide activity containing over fifteen driving wellbeing frameworks.
According to IBM, more than 100 different techniques were used for analyzing natural language as well as identification of sources together with finding and generating a hypothesis(Wagle, 2013). Watson services included parsing the questions into different keywords together with different sentence fragments so as to find statistically related phrases. Watson key innovation is the creation of a new algorithm for the operation but also its ability to execute hundreds of proven language analysis algorithms in a simultaneous way so as to find the correct answer. The sources of information that Watson will use for analysis in the rural hospital will include treatment guidelines, electronic medical records, notes from doctors and nurses as well as patient information.
IBM Watson in Rural Hospitals
In rural hospitals, IBM Watson would contribute to clinical decision support systems use by the medical professionals. The IBM Watson will aid physicians in the treatment of their patients, once the doctors have posed queries to the system describing symptoms and some related factors. The system will parse the input so as to identify the most significant pieces of information; it will then mine patient data so as to find facts which are relevant to the patient's medical history. The IBM Watson will then examine the available data sources so as to form and test the hypothesis and then provide a list of personalized, confidence-scored recommendations(Wagle, 2013). The IBM Watson will help in integrating disparate data sources so as to improve care for at-risk patients. Bringing the promise of precision medicine to more patient's, IBM Watson will interpret genetic testing results faster as well as with greater accuracy as compared to manual efforts. IBM Watson will identify the patients with care gaps and automate personalized interventions, keeping the patients engaged as well as helping them manage their care in between the visits.
The IBM Watson is also owned by Crisp Regional Hospital that provides advanced specialty medical care to many community centers. More than 50 physicians practice within Crisp Regional Hospital, providing hospital and outpatient care in family medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, emergency medicine, and 20-plus other specialties and subspecialties. The hospital's mission is to serve their patients and their families, their community and one another.
There would be challenges in the implementation of the IBM Watson. The first challenge is the data skills talent gap. In this case, complicated analytics tools are emerging to help organizations mine value from growing sources of data that is generated by customer interactions, and the hospital's' internal processes. Nevertheless, a shortage of skilled data science experts leaves the community hospital without internal experience to harness the IBM Watson software for an effective analytics program. The second challenge for the implementation of IBM Watson is the cost of managing and protecting patient's data. In this case, the volume of data collected as well as stored by Ridgeway community hospital can overwhelm the traditional data centers together with network infrastructures. Only storing, securing as well as backing up the information from patients tends to strain IT budgets together with staff resources and possible data breaches which are costly to manage. The third challenge of the implementation of IBM Watson is technology integration. Hospitals Ridgeway included are adding new technologies each single year comprising mobile management platforms as well as cloud deployments and edge network. The interface between the components is not seamless specifically when the data devices should remain secure. This brings resource strain on the Ridgeway community hospital and hence a challenge.
IBM Watson's ability to apply cognitive investigation to data in seconds will allow the Ridgeway Community Hospital to scale their human experience(McCullough, Casey, Moscovice, &Burlew, 2011). Through fully leveraging IBM Watson's ability to analyze as well as mine structured and unstructured patient data in a holistic and contextual manner, the Ridgeway hospital can make faster and better service decisions.
Facility Services about Crisp Regional Hospital
The barriers to the implementation of IBM Watson in the Crisp Regional Hospital include; high switching costs associated with its implementation, it is seen as a disruptive technology, and the maintenance is also costly(IBM Watson, 2017b). Another barrier to the implementation is that it takes time for the integration of the IBM Watson into the health center. The goal of the Crisp Regional Hospital is to provide patients with the quality care they deserve by providing quality healthcare services. The team of professionals at the facility strives to deliver patient's care and services with compassion and respect.
Crisp Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
The team includes nurses, certified nursing assistants as well as physical, occupational together with speech therapists who offer skilled care to the residents. Their goal is to help residents stay active as well as engage in activities like daily exercise. With the use of the IBM Watson facility, the Crisp Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will be able to offer long-term nursing as well as rehabilitation care for the older patients with the emphasis on maintaining and improving the quality of life. There are also therapeutic plans for the patients with neurologic needs, sports injuries, and joint replacement among others.
Cordele Health and Rehabilitation Center
It offers long-term rehabilitation services to patients facing cardiac, orthopedic, neurological and other health challenges. The goal of Cordele Health and Rehabilitation Center is to help patients return home with their previous level of function restored as well as an improved quality of life through the use of IBM Watson. The facility gives inpatient physical word related as well as language training administrations via an intelligent group approach(Crisp Regional Hospital, 2017).
Care South Homecare Professionals
CareSouth Homecare Professionals are focused on providing a smooth and resourceful as well as timely progression all through the recovery journey. Under the guidance of the personal physician, the clinical team of nurses and the therapists together with medical social workers develops and delivers a personalized plan of care which consists of medical and rehabilitation services at home. The facility has a working private doctor convention that gives the patient a chance and opportunity to recuperate at home where there is security. With the use of IBM Watson, CareSouth provides skilled care to homebound patients in their home and assisted facility under the supervision of the patient-physician. The IBM Watson offers the evaluation of patient needs, education of patients and the caregivers together with the coordination of care with patient' healthcare team.
Crisp Regional Warwick Healthcare Center
This facility offers central clinical as well as preventive administrations to the people who live around Warwick in Worth County. The facility consists of an attendant specialist who has oversight by the family medication physician. Crisp Regional Warwick Health Center serves and administers their services to patients of any age including children and old people. It gives preventive administrations of influenza as well as pneumonia and shingles. This is relevant to IBM Watson because it is evident that Crisp regional health center has an improved performance of services, there is a sustainable competitive advantage in Crisp facilities and centers. The Hospital can handle large quantities of patient data and can process unstructured data of the patients.(IBM Watson, 2017b).
Crisp County High School
Through the Crisp Regional Hospital, the Crisp County School provides an on location athletic trainer to all understudy rivals and offers medical assistance and crisis mind together with recuperation for the athletes who require musculoskeletal treatment. The athletic coach of the Crisp County School watches over the rivals using effective modalities, for instance, ultrasound, electrical incitement as well as continuous pressure together with warm treatment among others. The Crisp County High school provides automated standard blackout testing on all the physical games at the Crisp school twice each year.