voice assistants

This new round of funding brings the company's total raise to roughly $95 million. 

Nuance, a voice AI company, has announced that its technology will be integrating with Epic's EHR apps. 

Notable announced its Series A funding round led by F-Prime Capital Partners and Oak HC/FT to further develop its wearable AI voice assistant for doctors. 

In early 2016, Boston Children’s Hospital was among the first healthcare organizations to leverage Amazon Alexa with KidsMD, a skill that helps parents understand their child’s symptoms, seek basic medication dosing guidance, or decide whether an in-person visit is necessary.

Ben Schilens, chief revenue officer at Orbita, and Jonah Comstock, editor of MobiHealthNews, discuss the opportunity developers have to improve patient engagement by tying voice to their applications.

Voice assistants are on the rise among European physicians with more than half of those practicing in major European countries either interested in or actively using these technologies, according to survey data collected by DRG Digital | Manhattan Research.