The collaboration will also focus on leveraging Watson to process an electronicmedicalrecord(EMR) based on a deep semantic understanding of the content within an EMR.
What he was referencing back in 2009 was the electronic data stored by his healthcare providers in their electronicmedicalrecord(EMR) system (to which he had no access).
Planned for future availability is SAP Mobile ElectronicMedicalRecord(EMR) by Samsung (pictured above), which enables doctors and nurses in hospitals to easily access and update patient records.