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MD Anderson shelved IBM Watson cancer advisor

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Feb 2025

MD Anderson's Oncology Expert Advisor pilot burned through $62M with IBM Watson yet still couldn't integrate with Epic or produce trustworthy recommendations, so the hospital benched it after auditors flagged procurement and scope failures.

Incident Details

Perpetrator:Vendor
Severity:Facepalm
Blast Radius:UT audit cited $62M spent outside standard procurement, the pilot never made it into patient care, and leadership had to rebid decision-support tooling amid reputational fallout.