Rise and Fall of Explorys and Ibm Watson Health - A Personal Memoir of a Healthcare Moonshot That Misfired

This book chronicles the story of Explorys and IBM Watson Health and what led to its downfall in just 3 short years. Written by one of Explorys' founding engineers, the book relates the rise and fall of both Explorys and IBM Watson and provides a message for future tech entrepreneurs and IT managers alike.

List of contents

Chapter 1 - The Creation Of Explorys. Chapter 2 - The Actual Creation Of Explorys. Chapter 3 - Scaling a Startup. Chapter 4 - Moving A Startup. Chapter 5 - Acquisition Due Diligence. Chapter 6 - IBM Watson Health: Formation. Chapter 7 - IBM Watson Health: Stalling. Chapter 8 - IBM Distinguished. Chapter 9 - IBM Watson Health: Decline. Chapter 10 - In Spite Of Everything. Chapter 11 - Meanwhile..... Chapter 12 - The End of Watson Health.

About the author

Doug Meil is a software architect for data and analytic solutions. Doug created the Cleveland Big Data Meetup in 2010 and organized it for 14 years with 81 meetup events and over 4,000 members. Doug was also the founding engineer of Explorys, a healthcare informatics startup that was acquired by IBM to be a foundational part of the newly created Watson Health division. Doug has also written over 30 posts for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) on software development and other technical topics and has also written for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Doug was an Apache HBase committer during the early days of Hadoop and is an ACM Senior Member.

Product details

• Authors: Doug Meil
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 27.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032793603
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3279360-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History, Management: leadership & motivation, Management: leadership and motivation, Health systems & services, Public ownership / nationalization, Health systems and services, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Healthcare