Phrazer handheld communicator

Steve Hards

Not telehealth exactly, but since much of the topic is about patient-doctor communications, this may be of interest: the hospital-oriented Phrazer is said to be “the world’s first multilingual communication system, where patients provide medical background information, symptoms or complaints with the help of a virtual onscreen doctor speaking in their own native tongue. This information is then summarized into a medical record compatible with all major EMR systems.” Gizmag item Phrazer handheld communicator aims to break through the healthcare language barrier (note the price – and the comment).