Amazon ends program for HIPAA-compliant Alexa skills
Posted On: Dec. 12, 2022 9:31 AM CSTAmazon.com Inc. is ending support for a program that allowed patients to share Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-protected health information with health care organizations through Alexa devices, reports TechCrunch. The program allowed consumers to ask the virtual assistant for help with things like booking an appointment, accessing hospital post-discharge instructions, checking on the status of a prescription delivery and more, according to the report.