What You Should Know: - TRIPP, the award-winning global XR wellness company, announced an investment and partnership in Equa Health, the company bringing a clinically validated approach to mindfulness training. - Through the partnership, TRIPP will leverage Equa Health’s mindfulness approach, developed over 15 years with research from Carnegie Mellon University, to launch a series of clinically validated meditations in virtual reality. A combination of science and XR technology, the
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Serenity Engage Integrates with Amazon Alexa Senior Living
What You Should Know: - Serenity Engage announces new, innovative technology integrated with Amazon's Senior Living solution from Alexa Smart Properties. - By marrying Amazon's Alexa voice AI and video technology with Serenity's platform, Serenity's custom Alexa deployment serve as a personalized, digital concierge - bringing simplicity and connection to an otherwise complex, siloed system. Bringing Simplicity to the Complex Senior Care Ecosystem Senior care providers and
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Amazon Launches New Symptom Checker for Alexa Devices
What You Should Know: - This week, Amazon announced the launch of its new Symptom Checker for Alexa devices and provide a list of possible medical conditions for common ailments like fever, rash, stomachache, runny nose, and headaches to help you make better-informed decisions about your health. - This symptom checker experience was inspired by the COVID-19 self-checker feature that Alexa teams was launched in March 2020. Alexa, Check My Symptoms As part of this
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Teladoc Health and Amazon Team Up to Launch Teladoc on Alexa
What You Should Know: - Whole-person virtual care provider Teladoc Health, today announced a first of its kind experience with Amazon Alexa with the launch of voice-activated general medical virtual care on supported Echo devices. - Customers in the U.S. will now be able to connect with a Teladoc care provider 24/7 from supported Echo devices for general medical needs. First of its Kind Alexa Experience Provides Hands-Free Access at Home to General Medical Care To get started,
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Alexa, Can You Call My Nurse? Amazon to Build Vocera Skill for Alexa
What You Should Know: - Vocera announced a collaboration with Amazon to deliver Vocera skill for Alexa. This HIPAA-compliant solution provides an easy, personal, and direct way for hospitalized patients and aged care residents to connect with their caregivers and more. - Through the hands-free Vocera skill, Alexa clarifies the nature of patient requests, establishes urgency, and updates the patient on the status of the care team’s response in a personalized, conversational manner. Vocera
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Amazon Brings Alexa to Senior Living Communities and Health Systems
What You Should Know: - Today, Amazon announced two new solutions, as part of Alexa Smart Properties that will enable senior living communities and healthcare providers to integrate Alexa into their properties to empower residents and patients to stay connected, informed and entertained, just by asking Alexa. - Designed specifically for the needs of senior living communities and healthcare facilities, Alexa Smart Properties simplifies deploying and managing
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UPMC Health Plan Launches Virtual Concierge for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant Devices
UPMC Voice Assistant Alexa 3 - Fine_Cut_0322 - UPMC Health Plan What You Should Know: - UPMC Health Plan announced today the launch of a Virtual Concierge that will assist commercial plan members with some of their most frequently asked questions related to their benefits and coverage and how to access care and services. - The Virtual Concierge is available 24/7 to provide audible responses and can even send helpful links via messages. - The Virtual Concierge tools directly
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Wolters Kluwer Launches Alexa Skill to Keep Patients Engaged With Their Care Team at Home
What You Should Know: - Wolters Kluwer, Health launches new Alexa skill, Emmi Care Plan to keep patients engaged with their care team at home following discharge from the hospital. - Using a natural dialogue that automatically adjusts to patient responses, customers can engage with the skill on Alexa-enabled devices simply by saying, “Alexa, ask Emmi Care Plan” to complete periodic health assessments, reminders, and additional education. To keep health consumers engaged with their
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Best Buy Health Launches Phone for Seniors w/ Amazon Alexa Voice Services
What You Should Know: - GreatCall, a division of Best Buy Health launches Lively Flip phone for seniors, with new voice capabilities via Amazon Alexa. - The Lively Flip is the next evolution of the Jitterbug, designed to help older adults stay connected to family, friends, and health services – at a time when staying connected is especially important. - Lively Voice services with Amazon Alexa is an all-new, enhanced feature that gives users the option to use their voice to make calls,
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Amazon Alexa, Sharecare Integrate to Answer More than 80k Health & Wellness Questions
What You Should Know: - Sharecare integrates with Amazon Alexa’s voice service to answer more than 80,000 health and wellness questions. - And now, when Alexa responds to customers’ questions about health topics, Sharecare is among the roster of trusted health information sources to which the voice service attributes answers. Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place through its comprehensive and data-driven virtual heath
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