M.D., MBA is the president & CEO of Lee Health

Lee Health is committed to combining clinical excellence and compassionate care with leading-edge innovation. Throughout our nearly 110-year history, we have adopted new technologies and pursued approaches to care to continuously improve and evolve to meet the needs of our patients throughout our community.

Today, we’re excited to embrace artificial intelligence, which we use in different ways to enable improved and streamlined communication and empower our patients and community with the knowledge to manage their health more confidently. One way we’re doing that is with Leah by Lee Health, our new personal digital healthcare assistant.

Part of the Lee Health Musculoskeletal Institute, Leah is available 24/7/365 to help anyone experiencing knee, hip or shoulder pain. Powered by AI and informed by insight from first-party research and Lee Health Orthopedics staff, Leah can help our current and future orthopedic patients navigate their journey—from reviewing symptoms to exploring options for care to making an appointment. Leah lends a helpful and empathetic approach to someone experiencing joint pain and helps make their experience more personal, engaging and supportive.

You can interact with Leah without registering as a user by visiting leah.leehealth.org/orthopedics. If you decide to register as a user, Leah will learn about you, remember your interactions and follow up on questions or concerns.

Leah was designed in collaboration with our orthopedics team to ensure the information provided is safe, accurate and in line with the latest medical guidelines. Leah is user-friendly and delivers information respectfully, reassuringly and clearly. This is not a replacement for a physician—rather, Leah is meant to be a trusted companion that helps patients feel more informed and supported before and between visits.

On behalf of the Lee Health Musculoskeletal Institute, I invite you to interact with Leah and experience the future of compassionate community care today. You can also go to tinyurl.com/LeahbyLeeHealth to watch a short video to learn more about Leah by Lee Health.

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Larry Antonucci, M.D., MBA is the president & CEO of Lee Health, Southwest Florida’s major destination for health care offering acute care, emergency care, rehabilitation and diagnostic services, health and wellness education, and community outreach and advocacy programs. Visit LeeHealth.org to learn more.