Meet The Authors
David Metcalf, PhD
Dr. Metcalf is Director of the Mixed Emerging Technology Integration Lab (METIL) at UCF’s Institute for Simulation and Training. He has experience in web-based and mobile technologies converging to enable learning and health care.
Teri Fisher, MSc, MD
Dr. Teri Fisher is a physician and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. He is an experienced TEDx and keynote speaker, educator, consultant, and podcaster on the topics of voice technology, healthcare, education and marketing. He is the founder and host of “Voice First Health”.
Sandhya Pruthi, MD
Dr. Pruthi is a physician and professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic. She originally was a medical reviewer of health content and later assumed responsibilities as Chief Medical Editor.
Harry Pappas
Harry Pappas is the founder & CEO of the Intelligent Health Association. He is a technology centric professional with expertise in 3D printing, Auto-ID, Biometrics, BLE, Lo Ran, NFC, Robotics, RFID, RTLS, and wireless technologies.
Meet The Art Director / Production Editor
Michael Eakins, MFA
Michael Eakins is the Creative Lead of the Mixed Emerging Technology Integration Lab (METIL) at the Institute for Simulation & Training. Michael has produced a wide variety of digital and print publications across multiple industries such as education, industry, and academia.
Meet The Contributing Authors
We have assembled over 30 of the world experts in voice technology and healthcare as chapter contributors to this book. Here is a list of these contributing authors (in the order in which they appear in the book).
Hear more from the authors from the live virtual launch event!
Ilana Meir
Audrey Arbeeny
Nathan Treloar
Stuart Patterson
David Kemp
Rupal Patel
Anne Weiler
Devin Nadar
Robin Christopherson
Bruce Wallace
Frank Knoefel
Timon LeDain
Steve Szoczei
Geoff Parker
Ed Sarfeld
Lee Engfer
Joyce Even
Paula Marlow Limbeck
Jay Maxwell
Jennifer Warner
Matthew Cybulsky
Heather Deixler
Bianca Phillips
Harjinder Sandhu
Yaa Kumah-Crystal
Dan Albert
Neel Desai
Taylor Brana
Michelle Wan
Ed Chung
Jim Schwoebel
Suraj Kapa
Table of Contents
1. The Opportunity for Voice in Healthcare
2. Increasing the Effectiveness of Voice Interactions through Design
3. The Science Behind Sonic Branding: How Audio Can Create Better Patient, Caregiver, and Healthcare Provider Outcomes
4. Secure Voice
5. Automated, Virtual Caregiving using Voice-First Services: Proactive, Personalized, Wholistic, 24×7 and Affordable
6. Voice and Wearables
7. Synthetic Voices For Healthcare Applications
8. Voice First Health Interview: A Diabetes Care Plan
9. Voice First Health Interview: Alexa Skills for Pediatrics
10. The Rapid Rise of Voice Technology – And Its Awesome Power to Empower
11. An Overview of Voice Technology in Healthcare
12. Mayo Clinic: Patient-Centered, Innovation-Driven
13. Voice First Health Interview: Voice Technology for Behavioral Changes
14. The Laws of Voice
15. Voice First Health Interview: Medical Documentation in the Voice First Era
16. Voice First Health Interview: An Electronic Health Record Voice Assistant
17. The Power of Voice in Western Medical Education
18. Voice First Health Interview: Voice Technology for Educational Simulations
19. Voice Control of Medical Hardware
20. Voice First Health Interview: Voice Applications with Dr. David Metcalf of METIL
21. Voice First Health Interview: Vocal Biomarkers and the Voice Genome Project
22. Artificial Intelligence and Voice Analysis: Potential for Disease Identification and Monitoring
23. Roundtable Discussion with David Metcalf, Teri Fisher, and Sandhya Pruthi
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“Our ability to communicate through the spoken word, and the relationship to technology and healthcare, is the basis for this entire book.”
Section 1:
An Introduction to Voice Technology
Four fundamental chapters that introduce the key concepts of voice technology in healthcare.
Section 2:
Voice Technology & the Patient Experience
Seven chapters that examine the possibilities of voice technology from the patients’ perspective.
Section 3:
Voice Technology & the Provider Experience
Eight chapters that describe how voice technology will transform the way providers care for their patients.
Section 4:
Voice Technology and the Future of Healthcare
Four final chapters with a look to the exciting future of voice technology in healthcare.
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