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D.S. Harder coined the term automation, while he was the engineering manager at Ford Motors in the 1940s. It was when Henry Ford introduced his moving assembly line and large manufacturing plants during the Second Industrial Revolution that the term automaton picked up the pace. Decades later, automation is driven by software applications and the Internet of Things, where machines can communicate with each other faster and execute complex tasks better while human operators oversee…

Cognitive Automation in Healthcare: AI and machine learning are already transforming the way the medical industry functions, and how patients get access to healthcare services. From integrating AI for handling rigorous documentation tasks to personalized healthcare support using conversational bots, physicians are increasingly reliant on new cognitive automation solutions to streamline diagnosis, treatment, and the patient recovery process.  However, pundits would argue that the adoption of cognitive systems in healthcare is slower than required. The…