Advoca is a personal health companion app created by NHS doctors that lets users track symptoms, medications, and appointments in a single, GDPR‑compliant journal. The app generates clear, shareable summaries for care teams and offers a research community where anonymised data can be contributed and rewarded, helping users both manage their condition and support medical studies.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Patients often struggle to keep organized records of their symptoms, medications, appointments, and medical conversations, leading to missed information, misunderstandings, and reduced ability to participate actively in their care.
Solution
Advoca is a mobile health companion app designed by NHS doctors to centralize personal health data. Users can log symptoms, medications, mood, and test results via typing or chat, and the app visualizes trends over time. The app records and transcribes appointment audio, then generates AI‑driven summaries that explain medical terminology in plain language and highlight next steps. A built‑in chatbot provides trusted answers to health questions, while anonymized data can be shared with research studies for rewards. All data handling complies with GDPR and HIPAA‑aligned standards, and the core functionality is free to use.
Target Audience
Advoca targets adult patients managing chronic or newly diagnosed conditions who want to organize their health information and improve communication with clinicians, as well as caregivers who need access to summarized care records.
Features
- Chat‑style health journal that captures symptoms, medications, and mood, automatically surfacing trends and producing clear reports for clinicians
- Secure audio recording of appointments (including offline capture), instant transcription, and AI‑generated plain‑language summaries with key points and action items
- In‑app chatbot offering evidence‑based answers to user health queries, sourced from verified medical information
- Ability to prepare notes and questions before appointments and receive structured post‑visit summaries for sharing with caregivers
- Optional participation in a research community where fully anonymized data contributes to studies and users earn rewards, with double rewards for premium members
- GDPR‑compliant data storage, local encryption of recordings, and user‑controlled consent for data sharing