Northwell Health debuts chatbot to cut down the maternal mortality rate
The bot will provide education, while also flagging potential problems before they become serious
Read more...In October, Facebook’s data scientists began using status updates to create a rough measure of the happiness expressed by English Speakers in the United States. Now, the company is expanding its index to three other English-speaking nations: U.K., Australia, and Canada.
“Measuring how well-off, happy or satisfied with life the citizens of a nation are is part of the Gross National Happiness movement,” the company stated a bit self-importantly in a blog post last October. “When people in their status updates use more positive words--or fewer negative words--then that day as a whole is counted as happier than usual.”
While the kind of temporary sentiment expressed in status updates is a pretty suspect indicator of true happiness, the project is yielding some entertaining findings:
All Four Countries
The bot will provide education, while also flagging potential problems before they become serious
Read more...The company, fresh off a $4M round, looks to bring tech to treatment for chronic autoimmune disease
Read more...The new program will at first be available to 40,000 Superior Healthplan members
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