Amazon Alexa
The platform provides games, music and meditation tools.
Industry players warn that while voice technology has the ability to reach a larger audience, it must be implemented with privacy as a top priority.
Codenamed Dylan, the system could be used to help an individual better communicate with others.
Developed by providers, payers and other stakeholders, each of the new voice-based services is designed to conveniently bring health knowledge and management into the home.
Recently granted patents show a shopping cart that monitors your heart rate, Alexa listening for coughs.
Amazon's Alexa Fund and the Google Assistant Investment Program have both poured money into the LA-based hands-free patient assistant tool.