Launch
New trial of AI phone assistant to monitor patients with long-term illness
The Brief
- The NHS is trialling Dora Care, an AI virtual assistant that conducts telephone consultations with patients.
- The assistant is designed to help clinicians monitor people with long-term illness.
- The source describes the project as being in its trial phase.
Why it matters
It shows how AI phone assistants may take over routine patient check-ins in the NHS, which could change how clinicians monitor people with long-term conditions.
Who’s affected
- People with long-term illness receiving NHS care
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An AI assistant that conducts telephone consultations with patients is being trialed in the NHS to help clinicians monitor people with long-term illness. In the trial phase, the virtual assistant, called Dora Care, is designed to deliver safe and empathetic phone calls for people…