Amazon announced that senior living communities and health systems will be able to use the Alexa voice assistant at scale in their facilities starting next month, Mobi Health News reports.
The expansion of Alexa Smart Properties, also used for hotels, vacation rentals and offices, will allow healthcare providers to communicate with patients without needing to enter their rooms. Patients can also control devices in their room, listen to news or music and get hospital-provided information like the cafeteria menu or when rounds are supposed to start.
Residents in senior living facilities can more easily call their family members, and their care teams are able to make community-wide announcements, like sending schedules or updated event information.
On the privacy front, Amazon said the Alexa healthcare and senior living tools don’t require personal information to use the devices, and voice recordings aren’t saved. Read more.
