Pharmacists at some 7,800 CVS drugstores across the U.S. will soon be able to tap IBM’s Watson cognitive computing system in the hopes of predicting customers’ health problems before they arise.

That’s thanks to a new partnership announced Thursday by IBM and CVS Health that aims to use predictive analytics and Watson cognitive computing to improve care management for those with chronic diseases. More specifically, the effort will involve the use of Watson’s natural language processing capabilities to help healthcare practitioners gain insight from a mix of sources including medical records, pharmacy and medical claims information, mobile apps and fitness devices and then make suggestions based on that information.

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