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"This technology brings a potential to have a renaissance of medical diagnosis,"

She also said she believes that at some point Watson will have the speech-recognition capability to actually go into an exam room and listen to a patient talk about their symptoms while it runs through their medical records

"The physician will make the decisions but Watson can help."

"Dr. Watson," says he expects the computer, which can respond to questions with answers instead of data and spread sheets, to radically improve doctors' care of their patients.

Watson is expected to be able to take a patient's electronic medical records, digest them, summarize them for the doctor and point out any causes for concern, highlighting anything abnormal and warning about potential drug interactions.