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

Category: ai-ml

Tags: telehealth, healthcare, conversational-ai, real-time, patient-empowerment

Score: 5.3/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 5, Documentation: 3, Utility: 5)

Sidekick by OpenHand is a desktop AI companion that listens during telehealth visits to explain medical terms in real-time and suggest questions. It summarizes the visit afterward into a single record. The project is interesting for applying conversational AI to patient empowerment during medical appointments.

Target audience: patients, healthcare providers, health-tech developers

Repository: https://openhand.health

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