About Alexa Smart Properties for Healthcare
Alexa Smart Properties for healthcare provides technologies that smart property solution integrators can use to deploy and manage Alexa devices in properties such as hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. It provides Alexa APIs for device fleet management for properties. You can use these APIs to build Alexa capabilities into management applications. These solutions enable property owners and managers to administer Alexa devices on their properties with ease.
For an overview of features and benefits, as well as how to sign up for the Alexa Smart Properties for healthcare program, see Alexa Smart Properties for healthcare.
Alexa Smart Properties for healthcare defines the following key concepts and terms:
Endpoint
An endpoint represents an Alexa-connected device (like an Echo device) with which an Alexa customer can interact. In Alexa Smart Properties for healthcare, you manage Alexa Echo devices as endpoints by using the Endpoint API. With this API, you can enumerate the endpoints owned by an Amazon Business account, view and change endpoint settings, associate endpoints with specific rooms, and query connectivity status of endpoints.
Unit
A unit represents a node in a hierarchy. A unit can represent an organization, a property, or a room. In Alexa Smart Properties, you create a hierarchy of units to model properties, and individual rooms. You can manage up to three levels of hierarchy in the Alexa Management Console and up to fifteen levels of hierarchy using the Property Hierarchy Management API.
Room
A room represents a physical room in a property. Alexa devices and smart home appliances are installed in a room. Alexa endpoints (devices) and skills are associated with individual rooms.A room is a unit at the lowest level in your property hierarchy.
Property
A property represents a physical property, such as a hospital or assisted living community. A property is typically a collection of rooms or groups of rooms. A property is a unit that is typically at the highest level in your property hierarchy just below the organization.
Organization
An organization represents a business entity under the Amazon Business account that's registered with Alexa Smart Properties.
Alexa Smart Properties for healthcare REST APIs
Alexa Smart Properties for healthcare provides the following APIs to manage the hierarchy of units, manage endpoints, and manage experiences on those endpoints within your organization.
REST API | Description |
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Enables you to specify operations for Alexa to automatically perform for users. | |
Manages the enterprise communication experience. | |
Manages groups of devices that are associated with a unit. | |
Finds the endpoints associated with a unit. | |
Manages endpoints registered to your Amazon Business account. | |
Manages the enterprise notification experience. | |
Displays suggestions on the home screen. | |
Manages properties and rooms. | |
Manages user permissions via roles. | |
Manages skills. | |
Manages settings for units. |
To get started with Alexa Smart Properties for healthcare APIs, see Get Started with Alexa Smart Properties for Healthcare APIs.
Related topics
- Get Started with Alexa Smart Properties for Healthcare APIs
- About Managing Roles in Alexa Smart Properties for Healthcare
- Manage Properties and Rooms
- Alexa Smart Properties for Healthcare Device Purchase and Setup
- Manage Skills in Alexa Smart Properties for Healthcare
- Customize Your Multimodal Devices
Last updated: Mar 14, 2023