Suki recently announced one of its biggest partnerships to date: it is integrating its voice assistant into Epic’s EHR. The startup's assistant can be thought of as like Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa — but for doctors.
Voice AI is the new frontier in healthcare. With its constantly evolving landscape, the healthcare sector is famous for its extensive patient and employee challenges. When outdated manual processes and systems fail the average clinician and begin to affect patient outcomes, it is key advancements in voice-powered artificial intelligence and automation that helps them get […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
The voice solution Suki Assistant uses machine learning and natural language processing to accurately understand and document information and respond to physician commands, according to the company.
The company is working on a voice assistant to lighten clinicians’ documentation burdens by automating some of that work. It faces competition from large companies like Nuance, which was acquired by Microsoft earlier this year.
Saykara, which built an AI voice assistant for medical professionals, had to quickly adjust when most healthcare appointments shifted to online. The company integrated its services with Zoom and began helping health systems with scheduling tasks.
To remain as agile as possible, organizations should consider using chatbots, smart speaker applications, and other modalities but caution must be taken to ensure these solutions fully address healthcare privacy and security requirements.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Medical voice assistant startup Suki closed a $20 million funding round. Flare Capital Partners led the round, and co-founder Bill Geary will join Suki’s board.
Seattle-based Saykara claims its voice-based physician assistant can now fully automate some patient interactions, meaning no scribe is required in the back end to confirm the system’s results. The system can also automatically fill out the correct fields in the EHR, requiring no clicks.
Recently the company unveiled an ambient mode that is able to listen to contextual clues and record important clinical notes without the use of a "wake word" to engage the technology.