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| JUN 1, 2022
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| JUL 8, 2022
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| MAR 1, 2022
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| JUL 21, 2022
Launched in 2016, Google Assistant has largely caught up with its virtual assistant rivals Siri and Alexa. Apple launched Siri in 2011, and Amazon followed three years later with Alexa—but Google has been gaining user share and likely leads worldwide due to the dominant global position of Android.
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| JAN 7, 2022
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| NOV 5, 2021
Chatbots, voice assistants, and voice-enabled devices can provide digital biomarkers of a range of conditions. The Alexa-powered Amazon Echo smart speaker, for example, can be used to detect irregular heart rhythms and monitor infants’ breathing.
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| JUL 19, 2022
And nearly 46% of US adults would try a voice assistant to manage a chronic condition. Large hospitals are clearly ahead when it comes to ramping up RPM adoption. In fact, 60% of large hospitals have an RPM program in place with plans to expand compared with 8.5% of midsize clinics and 6% of small clinics, according to a recent KLAS report.
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| OCT 26, 2021
Amazon’s new Alexa-powered tool for hospitals and senior living centers keeps providers and patients more connected—a sign Amazon wants a bigger piece of the senior care market.
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| MAR 22, 2022
Smart speakers that can help patients manage a medical condition weren’t very popular with boomers and seniors, per Mobiquity. About one-third (34%) of adults over age 56 said they would try a voice assistant for a medical condition—and this is the age group that likely has more chronic medical conditions that require some level of management from clinicians.
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| JUL 22, 2022
New Medicare patients could also give Amazon a larger audience to market its senior-focused healthcare tools (like its Alexa Together elder care subscription service), too. What’s next? Amazon could set its eyes on a health insurance acquisition next to provide a connected ecosystem of care—but it won’t be easy.
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| JUL 20, 2021
Alexa, Refill My Prescription. Amazon introduced the Echo smart speaker and accompanying voice assistant, Alexa, in 2014, while its healthcare-oriented wearable, Halo Band, followed in August 2020. (The Echo is the smart speaker device, but users typically don’t change the wake word and default to saying “Alexa” every time they address it, leading to a lot of confusion.)
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| AUG 18, 2020
Boomers aren't entirely nondigital—they were, after all, the pioneers of adopting home computers—but at this point in their lives, they're a bit more reluctant about adopting newer technologies. That's true even for tech with real-life utility, such as voice assistants and smart-home devices, which could help boomers age in place and deal with the physical challenges that accompany increasing age. Along with concerns about things like privacy, it’s partly a matter of the inertia about adopting new things that tends to set in as one gets older.
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| DEC 9, 2021
Voice-based clinical assistants are gaining investor attention, but it’ll be difficult for entrants to carve into the market with the threat of Microsoft-owned voice assistant Nuance. For example, besides Suki, Robin Healthcare recently scored $50 million to build out its “Alexa for healthcare” scribe device that uses AI to record patient-provider interactions and upload clinical notes into the EHR.
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| APR 5, 2022
Any platform that starts to develop where anyone can be a content creator and developer, like on the Alexa and Echo platforms, allows the company to build out wonderful customer experiences. Read the full interview. 2. Meta finds a fitness pipeline in the Apple ecosystem.
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| JUN 3, 2022
Similarly, respondents expressed disinterest in using virtual assistants (47.9%), virtual reality and voice technology (44.9%), and smart glasses (48.4%). Still, most physicians agree that their roles today demand staying digitally savvy.
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| APR 1, 2022
Any platform that starts to develop where anyone can be a content creator and developer, like on the Alexa and Echo platforms, allows the company to build out wonderful customer experiences. We are excited to open up Peloton as a platform.
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| MAR 11, 2022
Even larger companies like Best Buy (Best Buy Assured Living) and Amazon (Alexa Together) have been developing tech-enabled solutions for making the jobs of caregivers easier. What’s next? All things considered, scalability for this new service might be hard, so Walmart could look to partner with home health agencies that are experiencing high rates of turnover among their caregiver employees.
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| JUL 9, 2021
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| APR 28, 2022
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| FEB 1, 2022
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| MAR 25, 2021
Amazon’s Alexa. Amazon is integrating its voice assistant into its constantly evolving healthcare play—and has begun building voice programs targeting seniors users who are receiving care from the home. In November 2020, Amazon introduced Care Hub, which links Alexa voice assistant users' accounts with those of aging relatives to better keep tabs on seniors from afar via Alexa's mobile app.
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| JAN 10, 2022
Tablets and smart speakers were far less popular than smartphones, desktops, or laptops. Millennials and Gen Xers favored video visits over phone calls. This may be due to the need to consult on behalf of a child or adult dependent. Both groups accessed care via an app on a smartphone as their primary means of communication.
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| MAR 13, 2020
eMarketer principal analyst Mark Dolliver, junior analyst Blake Droesch and vice president of content studio Paul Verna discuss some ways COVID-19 has impacted people's lives, what voice ads sound like, foldable phones, if online outrage impacts a brand, Quibi's nonskippable ads, how many Americans have looked through their partner's phone and more.
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| MAY 17, 2021
For example, its Cloud for Healthcare solution and top-rated healthcare AI offerings could enhance and complement Nuance’s voice assistant products. As Microsoft races to tighten its grip in the healthcare industry, it will likely use Nuance to boost its products’ appeal in the eyes of hospitals and health systems.