Google unveiled a number of enhancements for Search, Fitbit, and developers at its yearly health event, The Check Up. In terms of Search, the business promises to soon locate community health centres and make it obvious whether those establishments offer free or inexpensive care choices. It appears that a label with the words “offers free or low-cost care based on individual circumstances” will be present.
Google also claims to have used Duplex to phone tens of thousands of US healthcare professionals and confirm their information. Additionally, the conversational AI has been utilised to determine whether state Medicaid plans are accepted by different providers.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a number of delays, but this year, Medicaid will have a re-enrollment deadline. People who are now registered in the programme in the US would lose their healthcare coverage if they don’t re-enroll by March 31. Google said it will make it simpler for everyone to locate re-enrollment information on Search in order to ensure that customers maintain their coverage.
Google has partnered with ThroughLine, the “largest verified network of mental health and crisis helplines around the world,” to support anyone in need of assistance during a crisis. As a result of the collaboration, Google will increase the number of crisis hotlines it lists at the top of Search results for queries about personal crisis situations, like domestic violence and suicide, in additional languages and nations.
