You might already be using Amazon’s or Google Home’s Alexa assistants for multiple purposes: to play musical content, obtain information, communicate with your loved ones, and even to control your home through connected home automation products.
But did you know that you can also use it to achieve your health and fitness goals? Amazon has a clear and vested interest in healthcare. With one of the largest workforces on the planet and significant financial backing, the e-commerce giant has already invested heavily in the space and created a host of novel healthcare solutions.
In this article, we will take a look at how Alexa is revolutionizing the healthcare industry.
Allow diabetes patients to manage their solution effectively
Sugarpod is a Wellpepper diabetes care plan that won Amazon’s “Alexa Diabetes Challenge”. This application allows patients with type 2 diabetes to integrate new routines to improve and optimize their daily activities. As part of the process, a hardware device is used to perform frictionless scans to monitor potentially dangerous symptoms. The integration of voice technology allowed Wellpepper to simplify the process for patients by breaking down various activities related to the control of type 2 diabetes, and perform them in a much more interactive way.
Helps older people to take medicine
Libertana Home Health Care in the USA has used an Alexa-based online application to help nurses be more attentive to their elderly clients. With the companion app, the nurse can quickly check if a patient has taken their medication and even give family members the same access for their loved one.
With this in mind, Alexa is simplifying routine tasks for caregivers and providing peace of mind for the family at the same time.
Helps in taking care of mental health
Physical health is of prime importance, but when the head is not well, it is difficult for the body to feel up to it. In this regard, meditation has proven itself. With Alexa, analogously to physical training commands, you can ask your assistant to suggest meditation exercises, especially to help you improve your sleep, as better sleep is the key to the better overall hygiene of life!
Access to live first aid tutorials
Mayo Clinic had also created a new Alexa skill that provides instant access to first aid information. As part of the skill, users can receive personal care instructions and quick responses from trusted sources on any Alexa-enabled device. Simply put, the user can say things like “Alexa, ask Mayo First Aid how to treat a burn”, and immediate responses are available through the Alexa voice assistant.
Buying and managing insurance claims through Alexa
Liberty Mutual Insurance has created the insurance industry’s first Alexa-based service, a voice service that allows customers to navigate the insurance process using only voice. With the new Safeco and Liberty Mutual Alex skill, users can request a quote and navigate through various frequently asked questions about the insurance process.
While this helps streamline the process for users, the insurance company can save a lot of time and money by outsourcing this common task that is often reserved for customer service agents.