Caregiver Apps Add AI Assistants, Raising Regulatory Questions
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Caregiver apps including Medisafe, Caring Village, Mejo, Briggzy and Citizen Health are adding AI features such as assistants and health teammates, according to Wired.
Citizen Health's Ari, currently in beta, texts caregivers and patients and can access medical records and Google Calendar.
Harvard Law professor I. Glenn Cohen says most of these tools are not reviewed by the FDA and are not covered by HIPAA, the federal health privacy law.
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AICaregiver apps including Medisafe, Caring Village, Mejo, Briggzy, and Citizen Health are adding AI features such as assistants and health teammates. Citizen Health's Ari, currently in beta, texts caregivers and patients and can access medical records and Google Calendar, while Harvard Law professor I. Glenn Cohen notes that most of these tools are not reviewed by the FDA and are not covered by HIPAA.
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