Harvard startup creates AI health coach to improve communication

Cara Livernois | | Health Exec | Artificial Intelligence

Memora Health, a startup led by a Harvard Medical School student, has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) health coach to help answer patient questions after returning home from the hospital.

For many patients, coming home from the hospital and reviewing their new care routine can be confusing. In response to observing a large amount of hospital readmissions, CEO Nisarg Patel and his team, developed a health coach trained by AI to answer any questions patients may have regarding their health once discharged.

The virtual health coach communicates to patients via text message and aims to improve communication between patients and their providers.

“Our AI, which is called Felix, is built to talk the way a nurse would talk with a patient over the phone, and it can answer questions that patients have about both their own health as well as how to better manage their [prescriptions],” Patel told BostInno.

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This Harvard Med Startup Wants to be Your Digital Health Coach

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Cara Livernois, News Writer

Cara joined TriMed Media in 2016 and is currently a Senior Writer for Clinical Innovation & Technology. Originating from Detroit, Michigan, she holds a Bachelors in Health Communications from Grand Valley State University.

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