Digital Assistants in Healthcare 2020-2025: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Has Emerged as a Major Boon Amid COVID-19 - ResearchAndMarkets.com
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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Digital Assistants in Healthcare Market - Growth, Trends and Forecasts (2020-2025)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.coms offering. The Global Digital Assistants in the Healthcare Market is projected to register a CAGR of almost 33.7%, over the forecast period. Developments in the Natural Language Understanding (NLU) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) ha led to an increased number of functionalities that a digital assistant can offer from right from acting as a receptionist or a virtual nurse giving answers to simple medical queries to becoming an emotional support companion. With no established treatment, an exponential rise in cases, limited resources, and vulnerability of the medical staff of catching the virus, the industry has found itself struggling to deal with the crises. For instance, in Singapore, the National University Health System (NUHS) and Bot MD have partnered to launch the NUHS-Bot MD AI clinical assistant app for frontline medical staff to gain quick access to hospital-specific information, including COVID-19 guidelines and operational directives.