Exploratory Descriptive Analysis of Smart Speaker Utilization in the Emergency Department during the COVID-19 pandemic

In March 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights stated they would use discretion when enforcing HIPAA regarding remote communication technologies which promoted telehealth delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was in an effort to protect patients, clinicians, and staff. More recently, smart speakers, voice activated, hands-free devices, are being proposed as productivity tools within hospitals.
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Computers in Emergency Medicine Source Type: research