AI voice tech has been integrated into most American’s lives in some way, including smart speakers like Amazon’s Alexa (Echo) to smart phones assistants like Apple’s Siri. Beyond the basic smart speakers, AI voice tech has grown into new areas of healthcare, including vocal biomarkers. What are Vocal Biomarkers? Vocal biomarkers are metricizing a…

Adapted from the book “How AI Can Democratize Healthcare” by Michael Ferro & Robin Farmanfarmaian While Behavioral Health innovations, new business models and the shift to virtual care were already booming prior to 2020, they have now gained center stage. The reason is clear — the pandemic itself has been…

Adapted from the book “How AI Can Democratize Healthcare” by Michael Ferro and Robin Farmanfarmaian The remote patient monitoring industry has grown dramatically over the past 4 years. There are many different wearables and sensors that have gone mainstream and have also been integrated into healthcare, including the Apple Watch…

Installment 7 of the AI in Healthcare Series with Michael Ferro Written by Robin Farmanfarmaian While Behavioral Health innovations, new business models and the shift to virtual care were already booming before the covid pandemic, they have gained center stage in 2020 and 2021. The reason is clear — the…

Installment 6 in the AI in Healthcare Series with Michael Ferro, Jr Written by Robin Farmanfarmaian Virtual reality is enabled by the rapid advancement and convergence of multiple technologies — sensors, cameras, connectivity, computing power, computer storage, increased processing speeds — but the software itself is driven by artificial intelligence…

Installment 5 of the AI in Healthcare Series with Michael Ferro, Jr Written by Robin Farmanfarmaian Americans will generate more clinical grade biological data like daily vital signs in the next 5 years than has previously been recorded in the past 20 years. …

From AI voice bots to vocal biomarkers Installment 4 of the AI in Healthcare Series with Michael Ferro Written by Robin Farmanfarmaian In the past couple of years, the error rate for understanding spoken English using the most cutting edge AI voice programs has dropped to under 3%. If you…

The Payor? The Patient? The Provider? The Employer? Major Health Plans? The Gov’t? Installment 3 of the AI in Healthcare Series with Michael Ferro Written by Robin Farmanfarmaian The answer is … it’s complicated. It depends on what the software does and the benefits of using the software. There are…

Second Installment on the Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Series with AI expert and healthcare tech entrepreneur Michael Ferro. Written by Robin Farmanfarmaian Click here to read the first installment of the AI in Healthcare Series Digital therapeutics are expected to grow into a $14B industry over the next 6 years. The Digital Therapeutics Alliance defines DTx as products that “deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions to patients…