Smart Speakers and Health Care

This recent research from the Mayo Clinic makes for some dense reading. But the key takeaway is that the healthcare industry is on the cusp of integrating smart speakers in how how healthcare will be delivered to seniors in the future. New applications will be developed that take advantage of smart speakers like the Google Mini Nest. For providers, smart speakers enable easy access to medical information, improve clinical efficiency, and reduce workload by handling trivial and nonclinical tasks. So there are some exciting times ahead for in-home health support for seniors!

Here is the research: https://www.mcpdigitalhealth.org/article/S2949-7612(24)00019-1/pdf