Amazon says it will soon equip U.S. hospitals with Alexa, it’s virtual assistant. Amazon said Monday (October 25th) that hospitals including Boston Children’s Hospital, Cedars-Sinai in California, BayCare in Florida, and Houston Methodist would soon use Alexa-enabled devices to help patients communicate with health staff and control devices in their room on a much more efficient and more importantly... easier. Amazon says using the devices in healthcare could mean staff don’t need to enter patients’ rooms unnecessarily, enabling them to “increase productivity, be able to give more personalized care in a triage type manner , conserve medical supplies and protective equipment and free up staff time to provide more personalized care.” The addition of these devices could be a real game changer in Healthcare. The hospitals will use Amazon’s Alexa Smart Properties system from next month. Let's see how this works out!
Source-Yahoo
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