--- title: Orbita Blog - Conversational AI for Healthcare and Life Sciences | connected health description: connected health | Reflections, research, and curated data on how conversational AI redefines the patient journey and powers automation with empathy in healthcare and life sciences --- [![Orbita](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Orbita_November2020/images/header-logo.svg "Orbita")](https://orbita.ai) - Solutions - [Digital Front Door](https://orbita.ai/healthcares-digital-front-door/) - [Patient Access and Acquisition](https://orbita.ai/patient-access-and-acquisition/) - [Care Navigtion](https://orbita.ai/care-navigation/) - [Specialities](https://orbita.ai/specialties/) - [Platform](https://orbita.ai/platform/) - [Resource Center](https://orbita.ai/resource-center/) - About - [Why Orbita](https://orbita.ai/why-orbita/) - [Contact Us](https://orbita.ai/contact-us/) - [Partners](https://orbita.ai/partners/) - [Careers](https://orbita.ai/careers/) - [Trust Center](https://orbita.ai/trust-center/) [Request a demo](https://go.orbita.ai/orbita-request-a-demo-or-trial) ## Perspectives from Orbita Perspectives on how conversational AI redefines the patient journey and powers automation with empathy in healthcare and life sciences. [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/20190214_152826-1.png) Feb 21, 2019 **HIMSS19 – Consumer and Patient Engagement Need Voice Technology** Take-home pamphlets and regular physician check-ins have run their course in the history of patient engagement. These have long been the means of getting… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/himss-2019-patient-engagement-needs-voice-technology) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/Voice.health%20Hackathon%20image.png) Oct 30, 2018 **2018 Voice.Health Hackathon Success: What Happens in Boston Shouldn’t Stay Only in Boston!** On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, dozens of digitally savvy individuals gathered at the Cambridge Innovation Center in Boston for the 2018 Voice Hackathon, an… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/2018-voice-hackathon-success-what-happens-in-boston-shouldnt-stay-only-in-boston) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/AdobeStock_145960880.jpeg) Jun 19, 2018 **Clinical Trial Shows the Benefit of Voice in Disease Management** In a recent post, I gave a hypothetical example showing how voice could be an effective tool in a variety of healthcare scenarios a single patient may… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/clinical-trial-shows-the-benefit-of-voice-in-disease-management) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/Connected-Device-big.jpg) May 8, 2018 **From Prevention to Administration, Examples of Voice Assistant Use in Healthcare** In past posts, we’ve talked generally about the role of voice in healthcare. This post will be more specific. It will follow the journey of a patient who,… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/from-prevention-to-administration-examples-of-voice-assistant-use-in-healthcare) [![doctor-echo-057357-edited](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/doctor-echo-057357-edited.jpg) Jan 30, 2018 **5 Applications of Voice Assistants in Healthcare** Previous blog posts have noted that voice is a natural interface for communicating our thoughts and ideas. Recent innovations have made voice an obvious… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/applications-of-voice-assistants-in-healthcare) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/light-man-hand-pen.jpg) Oct 3, 2017 **HIMSS17 - The Latest In Digital Healthcare Technology** It’s hard to sum up HIMSS17 – the healthcare IT conference held last month in Orlando – in just one blogpost, but (thanks to the articles linked here),… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/himss17-the-latest-in-digital-healthcare-technology) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/Echo%20Show%20v%20iPad%20Siri.jpg) May 24, 2017 **Echo Show: the power of show and tell** Amazon’s recent announcement of Echo Show – a touchscreen device with Alexa voice technology built in – got a generally favorable reception, but in that… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/echo-show-and-the-power-of-show-and-tell) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/red-phone.jpg) Feb 27, 2017 **The Power of Voice Part 2: How Voice Assistants Can Improve Healthcare Outcomes** Part 1 "The Power of Voice Experiences for Elderly in Home Healthcare" outlines the differnt voice technologies available and how they can help with the… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/the-power-of-voice-part-2-how-voice-assistants-can-improve-healthcare-outcomes) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/Orbita_homepage_computer.jpg) Feb 8, 2017 **The Power of Voice Experiences for Elderly in Home Healthcare** It’s no secret that the US population is aging. According to the Population Research Bureau projections made in 2016, the number of Americans who are 65… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/the-power-of-voice-experiences-for-elderly-in-home-healthcare) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/piggy%20bank.jpg) Jan 25, 2017 **Health Insurance Companies Are Betting Big on Health Care IoT** Aside from health care consumers and providers, nobody may be more affected by technology in health care than the health insurance companies and other… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/health-insurance-companies-are-betting-big-on-health-care-iot) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/holding%20hands.jpeg) Jan 13, 2017 **Reducing Alert Fatigue in Healthcare by Engaging the At-Home Care Team** One of the by-products of the increasing use of technology in healthcare is that there are more and more alerts being sent to care providers. These range… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/reducing-alert-fatigue-in-healthcare-by-engaging-the-at-home-care-team) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/hospice-1797305_1920.jpg) Nov 17, 2016 **Several Ways That Technology Is Improving Patient Outcomes** Patient centered activity tracking The mobile IoT (Internet of Things) along with miniaturization is making possible never before dreamed of ways to… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/several-ways-that-technology-is-improving-patient-outcomes) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/health-medical-concept_MkoUC_sd_L.jpg) Nov 3, 2016 **Telehealth Becomes Just Plain Health** Back in late September, at the Health IT Summit held in New York, Healthcare Informatics sponsored a panel discussion entitled “Telehealth: New Platform… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/telehealth-becomes-just-plain-health) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/Stock_Photos/man-woman-lake.jpg) Oct 20, 2016 **Orbita Platform Announcement at Partners Connected Healthcare Symposium** Today we are very pleased to announce the availability of the Orbita Digital Experience Platform for connected home healthcare applications. While the… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/oct2016-platform-announcement) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/woman-690036_1280.jpg) Sep 21, 2016 **Telehealth On The Rise** In case you’ve been wondering, the evidence is in. Telehealth is truly taking off. 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