Brandy Archie
Founder + CEO, AskSAMIE
Bio: Brandy Archie, OTD, OTR/L, CLIPP is an occupational therapist and founder of AskSAMIE—a digital platform designed to make daily living safer, easier, and more affordable for older adults and people with disabilities. With over 17 years of experience in home health and elder-focused care, Dr. Archie built AskSAMIE to bridge the gap between clinical guidance and real-world solutions by combining AI-powered recommendations, adaptive equipment, and virtual OT support. Her work is grounded in the belief that accessibility should be a right—instead of a privilege.
Org Info: AskSAMIE improves outcomes for older adults and people with disabilities by equipping occupational therapists—healthcare’s most cost-effective change agents—with a tech ecosystem that streamlines product recommendations, documentation, and client access. Our dual-sided platform connects OTs with caregivers, enabling scalable care delivery, practice growth, and better support at home.
What motivated you to pursue your current work? (i.e., What is your “why”?)
I became an occupational therapist to help people live more independently, but I kept seeing the same problem—patients discharged without the tools they needed to stay safe at home. The solutions existed, but they weren’t covered by insurance or easily accessible. I started AskSAMIE to fix that gap. My “why” is rooted in my own community, where chronic conditions and systemic barriers make living well harder than it should be. We’re building infrastructure that makes it easier for people to live fully—and for the professionals who support them to deliver care in a more equitable, preventive, and scalable way.
What distinct value does your work bring to the digital health field?
AskSAMIE brings occupational therapy—a highly effective but underutilized part of the care continuum—into the digital health space with scalable infrastructure. We combine AI, adaptive equipment, and clinician-guided support to address functional decline before it becomes a medical crisis. By equipping both caregivers and OTs with tools to solve real-world challenges, we create a dual-impact ecosystem that improves outcomes and reduces costs. Our work uniquely bridges the gap between the home and the healthcare system, making preventative, accessibility-focused care easy to deploy—and opening new pathways for digital integration with primary care and value-based care models.
How does your work impact your target end-users or stakeholders?
Our work empowers people with disabilities to live safely at home and equips occupational therapists with tools to scale their impact. Through our Community Grant Program, participants received $1,500 in adaptive equipment and virtual OT support—resulting in a 20% drop in rehospitalizations, 67% reported improvement in quality of life, and a near elimination of fall-related fear. These results show that our model works. By combining clinically guided recommendations, curated products, and AI-driven tools, we support both the individual and the professional—creating a care ecosystem that improves lives while easing the burden on families and the broader healthcare system.
What is one exciting update or near-term opportunity that you would like to share with the digital health community?
Since launching the OT side of our platform just 2 months ago we’ve added hundreds of OTs to our network. More importantly, we are starting to get organic requests from individuals, employers and partners to find OTs through us. This is key because it is proving that our observation (and hunch) was right. The demand for OT outside of the hospital exists, but easy access is missing!
Bio: Brandy Archie, OTD, OTR/L, CLIPP is an occupational therapist and founder of AskSAMIE—a digital platform designed to make daily living safer, easier, and more affordable for older adults and people with disabilities. With over 17 years of experience in home health and elder-focused care, Dr. Archie built AskSAMIE to bridge the gap between clinical guidance and real-world solutions by combining AI-powered recommendations, adaptive equipment, and virtual OT support. Her work is grounded in the belief that accessibility should be a right—instead of a privilege.
Org Info: AskSAMIE improves outcomes for older adults and people with disabilities by equipping occupational therapists—healthcare’s most cost-effective change agents—with a tech ecosystem that streamlines product recommendations, documentation, and client access. Our dual-sided platform connects OTs with caregivers, enabling scalable care delivery, practice growth, and better support at home.
What motivated you to pursue your current work? (i.e., What is your “why”?)
I became an occupational therapist to help people live more independently, but I kept seeing the same problem—patients discharged without the tools they needed to stay safe at home. The solutions existed, but they weren’t covered by insurance or easily accessible. I started AskSAMIE to fix that gap. My “why” is rooted in my own community, where chronic conditions and systemic barriers make living well harder than it should be. We’re building infrastructure that makes it easier for people to live fully—and for the professionals who support them to deliver care in a more equitable, preventive, and scalable way.
What distinct value does your work bring to the digital health field?
AskSAMIE brings occupational therapy—a highly effective but underutilized part of the care continuum—into the digital health space with scalable infrastructure. We combine AI, adaptive equipment, and clinician-guided support to address functional decline before it becomes a medical crisis. By equipping both caregivers and OTs with tools to solve real-world challenges, we create a dual-impact ecosystem that improves outcomes and reduces costs. Our work uniquely bridges the gap between the home and the healthcare system, making preventative, accessibility-focused care easy to deploy—and opening new pathways for digital integration with primary care and value-based care models.
How does your work impact your target end-users or stakeholders?
Our work empowers people with disabilities to live safely at home and equips occupational therapists with tools to scale their impact. Through our Community Grant Program, participants received $1,500 in adaptive equipment and virtual OT support—resulting in a 20% drop in rehospitalizations, 67% reported improvement in quality of life, and a near elimination of fall-related fear. These results show that our model works. By combining clinically guided recommendations, curated products, and AI-driven tools, we support both the individual and the professional—creating a care ecosystem that improves lives while easing the burden on families and the broader healthcare system.
What is one exciting update or near-term opportunity that you would like to share with the digital health community?
Since launching the OT side of our platform just 2 months ago we’ve added hundreds of OTs to our network. More importantly, we are starting to get organic requests from individuals, employers and partners to find OTs through us. This is key because it is proving that our observation (and hunch) was right. The demand for OT outside of the hospital exists, but easy access is missing!