星空入口

Another innovative piece of technology that鈥檚 redefining tools available to diagnose mental health conditions comes from Sonde. Using their Mental Fitness smartphone app, Sonde鈥檚 AI-powered vocal biomarkers can analyze and interpret a patient鈥檚 speech to monitor and report on a variety of depressive symptoms such as energy, concentration, and optimism.

See How MDs are Incorporating Smart Speakers Into the Mix

Smart speakers can make a leap into the medical field 鈥� and here鈥檚 how.

Amazon Alexa has a ton of neat capabilities, but did you know HIPAA compliance was one of them? In fact, the healthcare industry has recently begun using Alexa in a variety of ways to help streamline services between practitioner and patient. For instance, Alexa has teamed up with Express Scripts to help customers not only stay informed about prescription status, but even set notifications for when prescriptions will arrive at their doorstep. Alexa is also collaborating with Livongo to set up an app that allows patients on continuous glucose monitoring to intermittently check their glucose readings with a simple prompt of 鈥淗ey Alexa, ask Livongo for my most recent blood sugar.鈥�

On the subject of smart speakers, you don鈥檛 want to forget what ElliQ^庐, an 鈥渁ging in place鈥� smart speaker, is doing to revolutionize modern medicine. This robot, which more resembles a Pixar character than a smart speaker, is equipped with a speaker, a smart tablet, and video camera. ElliQ^庐 goes way beyond your typical medical reminders and messaging features. In fact, ElliQ^庐 takes the concept of aging in place to the next level by 鈥渆mpowering older adults鈥� independence and offering them a sense of comfort, company, and fun at home.鈥�

Not only will ElliQ^庐 engage in conversation and personalized activities that promote the patient鈥檚 well-being, it has a learning feature incorporated into it that will memorize the patient鈥檚 schedule based on movements around the house. ElliQ^庐 will even go as far as pinging the patient if it detects any sort of alteration from the patient鈥檚 routine schedule.

Streamline Services With Cutting Edge EMR Chatbots

If that鈥檚 not enough to get you excited about the future of AI-based medicine, check out electronic medical record (EMR) chatbots. EMR chatbots are beginning to be incorporated into hospitals and offer dialogue-based AI to practitioners looking to get pertinent clinical information in a flash.

Farmanfarmaian explains these chatbots aren鈥檛 too dissimilar from that of an Alexa smart speaker. For instance, an ER physician that鈥檚 just clocking in can ask the chatbot to read off the notes written in the patient鈥檚 chart prior to their arrival. The AI error rate for recognizing spoken English among these chatbots is less than 3 percent, Farmanfarmaian says. That鈥檚 impressive processing power. For reference, an American, native born English speaker鈥檚 average error rate is no more than 4 percent.

Stay tuned to future issues of Tech & Innovation In Healthcare as we continue to analyze how technology is reshaping and enhancing patient care.