{"id":13095,"date":"2019-04-23T07:34:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T11:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13095"},"modified":"2019-04-23T07:34:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T11:34:20","slug":"amazons-alexa-to-offer-voice-skill-for-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13095","title":{"rendered":"Amazon&#8217;s Alexa to offer voice skill for therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jackie Drees for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Amazon Alexa will launch a skill this summer that can connect users with a live, human therapist,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/04\/19\/therapy-through-amazon-alexa-could-improve-access-mental-health.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC<\/a> <\/em>reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Alexa skill, called The Difference, is the voice assistant&#8217;s first skill for mental therapy. Individuals with an Amazon Echo device can use The Difference to connect with a therapist within 30 minutes. The new service is still in beta. Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/healthcare-information-technology\/amazon-s-alexa-to-offer-voice-skill-for-therapy.html\">article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/computer-circuit-board.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7931\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/computer-circuit-board-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/computer-circuit-board-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/computer-circuit-board.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jackie Drees for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Amazon Alexa will launch a skill this summer that can connect users with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,20,14,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-health-care-redesign","category-medical-technology","category-telehealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13096,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13095\/revisions\/13096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}