The empathetic audio companion for people impacted by cancer.Elly is a leading empathetic audio companion for people impacted by cancer. The app helps patients improve their quality of life and emotional well-being through Elly’s friendly voice. She is a persona who comforts, supports and motivates patients to live healthier and happier. Elly is recommended by leading hospitals, oncologists and allied health professionals, who have limited face-time with patients to provide support, education and motivation. Each day, patients listen to a 90 second Daily Summary of audio content through the Elly smartphone app. Elly references a motivational story, she discusses an oncology topic, and leaves patients with an inspirational message. She also provides content around motivation, unspoken, mindfulness, coronavirus, self care, exercise, sleep, nutrition and symptoms. The human voice is a critical part of developing human connection, and is essential for educating and supporting patients in an empathetic way. Users hear from other cancer patients and key subject matter experts on in-depth experiences from Elly’s thoughtfully curated library of Sessions.Elly conducted an internal phase I clinical trial with 100 cancer patients in 2019, and showed that the product improves patients' quality of life while increasing their participation in their own health with a projected cost saving of $9,000 per patient per year. Elly is developing research collaborations with a number of large US based health systems like Ochsner, Duke and Cedars-Sinai to conduct large scale implementations and clinical studies in 2020. Backed by Google, JumpStart Foundry, StartUp Health and Nex Cubed.
