Diving Deeper into Amazon Alexa ’s HIPAA Compliance

Amazon.com made waves in health care when it announced that its Alexa Skills Kit, a suite of tools for building voice programs, would be HIPAA compliant. Using the Alexa Skills Kit, companies could build voice experiences for Amazon Echo devices that communicate personal health information with patients. Alexa’s various roles in health care stand to confuse (or potentially exploit) users. The post Diving Deeper into Amazon Alexa’s HIPAA Compliance appeared first on The Hastings Center.
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