Healthcare IT Today February 7, 2020
Given its position atop the EHR industry, the things Epic does can have an outsized influence on the healthcare world. Will such be the case when Epic debuts its new voice assistant at HIMSS20? I’d argue that this time, perhaps, not so much.
According to a piece appearing in Healthcare IT News, Epic is debuting an assistant called “Hey, Epic!” At the upcoming HIMSS20 show. The assistant, which Epic describes as ambient voice technology, works in much the same way as the now-ubiquitous Alexa assistant bundled with a wide range of Amazon smart speakers.
In this case, the device and smart assistant are set up to get information for clinicians and help them take action. The clinicians will be able...