The 2017 Hitlab Innovators Summit named Lighthouse as the winner of its World Cup Challenge, which focused on using voice-activated technology to improve healthcare access, delivery, and outcomes. Lighthouse received $50,000 for its voice-activated application, designed to provide more accessible and engaging care for diabetes patients.
Read MoreCo-hosts Dr. Matt Cybulsky (Principal, Ionia) and Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) speak with Dr. Jim Rickards, Senior Medical Director for Population Health and Delivery System Collaboration at Moda Health, as well as author ofOur Health Plan: Community Governed Healthcare That Works. Dr. Rickards discusses his experience with the CCO model and elaborates on optimism that technology, including voice-first technology, can play an integral role in achieving better outcomes for patients and providers.
Read MoreAddressing a market of an estimated 208,000 patients younger than 20 years living with diagnosed diabetes, My Diabetes Coach is a combination voice-enabled and connected health solution built on Macadamian’s Hive software platform. An Alexa skill engages the user to provide accurate, empathetic, personalized feedback and suggestions.
Read MoreFive companies are close to winning $75,000 from the 2017 HITLAB World Cup of Voice-Activated Technology in Diabetes presented by Novo Nordisk. The Plainsboro, N.J.-based Novo Nordisk and innovation and teaching lab HITLAB launched the competition on Aug. 25, looking to find the best original ideas to help patients with Type 2 diabetes through improved healthcare access, delivery and outcomes, the companies said.
Read MoreWhile its easy to think of voice apps as just another platform to develop apps for, voice interfaces offer a whole new way of interacting with consumers and present their own host of design challenges.
Read More“Voice is everywhere,” Noelle LaCharite, a senior manager at Amazon Alexa Machine Learning, said during a keynote. “People love it. Customers, patients love the idea of saying something and really technical things happening on their behalf when they do that.”
Read MoreThe age of voice-driven technology is coming, and it’s coming quickly. ComScore reports that 40% of American adults already use voice search in their everyday lives, and estimates that 50% of all queries will be voice searches by 2020.
Read MoreCo-hosts Dr. Matt Cybulsky (Principal, Ionia) and Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) speak with Nate Treloar, President and Chief Operating Officer of Orbita. The company, produces a voice-first product designed to influence patient outcomes by tying voice interactions to a mobile app, allowing for better management of chronic conditions. The discussion spans not just the 'humanity' of Orbita's offerings, but the increasing role voice technology will play in all of our lives sooner rather than later. Part of the VoiceFirst.FM network.
Read MoreA new skill for Amazon's Alexa voice assistant will direct New York patients to convenient emergency and urgent care locations with the shortest waits.
Read MoreSeattle-based Wellpepper, developers of a digital patient engagement service, have been announced the winners of the Alexa Diabetes Challenge for their voice-enabled diabetes support platform Sugarpod.
Read MoreThe Alexa Diabetes Challenge has a winner. Drumroll please! Luminary Labs has announced that the winner of the $125,000 grand prize is Sugarpod by Wellpepper, chosen from among five finalists who presented their prototypes on demo-day in New York.
Read MoreType 2 Diabetes has become a health crisis in the U.S. The rate of type 2 diabetes has nearly doubled in the last twenty years and the disease is now among the top ten causes of death.Sadly, the problem is only going to get worse: The CDC has projected that the rate of type 2 diabetes could triple by 2050.
Read MoreCheck your feet. Track your blood sugar. Have you taken your meds? That's the sort of thing diabetes patients might eventually hear from Alexa using Sugarpod, a voice-enabled diabetes care plan from Wellpepper that took the top prize in a Merck-sponsored contest.
Read MoreNovo Nordisk has teamed up with HITLAB (Health Innovation Technology Lab, Inc.)to launch the 2017 HITLAB World Cup of Voice-Activated Technology in Diabetes presented by Novo Nordisk awarding prizes totaling $75,000. Managing diabetes requires strict adherence to dietary, physical activity, and medication protocols.
Read MoreSayKara was developed by a group of former employees from companies like speech recognition giant Nuance and Amazon. The team is based in Seattle and is launching this week after several years quietly developing the technology and securing a $2.5 million seed round from local investment firm Madrona Venture Group.
Read MoreThere were five finalists presenting at the Alexa Diabetes Challenge enlisting Amazon’s voice-activated, machine learning-enabled robot in New York City this week at Merck’s event. But one application that resonated strongly with attendees involves the potential to improve the mood of diabetes patients, many of whom struggle with depression that comes with coping with being diagnosed with a chronic condition associated with potentially life-threatening complications.
Read MoreAmazon's voice technology Alexa has a lot of opportunity to be used in health care, whether it's for remote monitoring of sick patients or in helping doctors take notes during patient visits. But there's one big problem. Alexa is not yet HIPAA-compliant, meaning it doesn't meet the federal rules that protect patient privacy when it comes to their personal health data.
Read MoreBasic health information and advice provided by the Mayo Clinic is now available on Amazon Alexa-enabled devices. Owners who have downloaded the Mayo Clinic First Aid skill (Amazon’s version of apps) need only voice their concerns to receive answers to dozens of everyday health issues or other self-care instructions.
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