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. Earlier this morning, Amazon announced in a blog post that its voice-based Alexa platform now supports the development of software that communicates HIPAA-protected health information through an invite-only Alexa Skills Kit program.To kick off the new capability, the company also highlighted the launch of six new Alexa skills built by healthcare providers and other stakeholders. Each is designed to help members, patients and caretakers manage care at home with easy-to-use voice commands.From our view, Alexas data protection makes for great opportunity in healthcare, because what were trying to do is make it easier for patients to access information, easier for patients to track their health and easier for patients to interact with their healthcare system, Dr. John Brownstein, chief innovation officer at Boston Childrens Hospital, which released one of the six new skills, told MobiHealthNews. Voice represents a great leap forward as much as it is challenging for someone to log into their patient portal, download and train them in a mobile app, out of the box Alexa works. It just makes sense to use these tools that are hands free and utilize the main modality that we use to communicate, voice, to improve care.

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