What You Should Know:
Healthcare.com polled over 1,000 U.S. adults in a healthcare tech survey and found:
20% of Americans say the privacy of their health data has been violated45% say AI in Healthcare is TrustworthyAmong 8 possible AI uses in healthcare, the top three reported by pollees are :Virtual health assistants (33%), targeted treatments (30%), and diagnosis of blood diseases (21%)Among 12 possible
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Virtual Health Assistants
22 Executive Digital Health Predictions to Watch in 2023
Jon Bloom, MD, CEO and Co-founder of Podimetrics
From a digital health perspective, 2022 was a reset year for many and a serious reality check. We went from sky high growth to the sky is falling, and in 2023 I think this market correction movement will continue forward. To me, the biggest surprise of 2022 was that despite the market tanking, digital health companies continued to truck forward with huge deals. This includes massive acquisitions like Amazon and OneMedical, as well as deals like
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Orbita Lands $9M For Conversational AI-Powered Voice and Chatbot Solutions for Healthcare
What You Should Know:
- Orbita raises $9M for conversational AI-powered voice and chatbot platform co-led by Philips Health Technology Ventures and HealthX Ventures along with investors Cultivation Capital and Newark Venture Partners.
- Orbita's powerful conversational AI platform enables healthcare organizations to cost-effectively create and manage HIPAA-compliant virtual healthcare assistants for consumer and clinical applications that increase patient engagement, reduce cost of care,
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Orbita Launches Voice-Enabled, AI-Driven Bedside Virtual Health Assistant
- Conversational AI leader announces OrbitaASSIST, a digitally reimagined voice-powered, AI-driven virtual health assistant proven to improve patient communication at the bedside. - Research shows as much as 70% reduction in median response time to calls for help, 87% of nurses feeling more confident in responding to calls, and 100% of patients preferring it for future hospitalization.Orbita, the provider of healthcare's most powerful conversational AI platform, announced today that it is now
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Powered by Amazon Echo, Frontive Launches Smart Personal Health Platform
- Powered by Amazon Echo, Frontive launches smart personal health platform to securely give patients and family caregivers highly personalized and relevant healthcare instructions.- Relieves patients and family members from time-consuming manual data entry and maintenance by automatically extracting and updating select items directly from patients' personal health records.- Pilot with Lowell General Hospital reveals positive patient and clinician experienceFrontive, a digital health company,
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Sutter Health, Suki to Pilot AI-Powered, Digital Voice Assistant with Doctors in Northern California
Not-for-profit Sutter Health network, today announced it is teaming up with Suki to pilot an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered voice-enabled digital assistant with doctors in Northern California. Using a combination of commands, the voice-enabled tool will help create a clinically accurate note that will integrate with Sutter’s Epic EHR system to maximize time with patients.Digital Voice Assistant Pilot Overview & BenefitsAs part of the collaboration, Sutter will initially introduce Suki
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Medical Office AI Assistant Nimblr Integrates with Amazon Alexa
Nimblr, which offers the first AI assistant for medical appointments, announced today its platform integration with Amazon Alexa, enabling patients to book and reschedule appointments using voice commands, eliminating the need to pick up the phone. Other voice command platforms will follow in the near future. Nimblr’s Holly AI assistant is meant to automate medical practices’ appointment cycle, to help reduce no-shows, a huge problem that costs the industry up to $150B a year. It also
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Accenture: 61% of Consumers Have Used Virtual Health Assistants
Consumers are increasingly using a variety of digital self-service tools for managing their health, according to results of a survey from Accenture 2018 Consumer Survey on Digital Health released this week at HIMSS18.The survey of 2,301 U.S. consumers reveals that consumers are becoming more accepting of machines — ranging from artificial intelligence (AI), to virtual clinicians and home-based diagnostics — having a significantly greater role in their overall medical care. For example, one in
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