We built a real-time desktop companion for patient's telehealth visits

About We built a real-time desktop companion for patient's telehealth visits

Sidekick joins your telehealth visit in real time, explains medical terms and suggests questions worth asking. Request early access from OpenHand.

In the maker’s words

Hey HN, Some friends and I built an app called Sidekick that joins your telehealth visits in real-time. It explains medical terms and suggests useful questions, including ones you may not have thought to ask. After the visit, it provides a summary including next steps, so you can focus on the conversation instead of taking notes. The idea of Sidekick came from our team's experiences with healthcare. Our founder, Rahul, had stage three cancer at 17. His mom had to manage everything around his care: taking notes through treatment, figuring out what questions to ask, etc. A decade later and he’s now in remission, but still sees a lot of specialists and deals with the same challenges. Another teammate became a caregiver after his dad had a severe stroke. He found himself taking notes, looking up medical terms, and trying to keep track of what was said during every doctor visit. Others have d…

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• Hacker NewsShow HN: We built a real-time desktop companion for patient's telehealth visits12 points8 comments2 days ago
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