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Worried About Coronavirus? Now You Can Text Message A Chatbot With Questions

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Worried About Coronavirus? Now You Can Text Message A Chatbot With Questions

March 12, 2020

Worried About Coronavirus? Now You Can Text Message A Chatbot With Questions

First, wash your hands. Then, pick up the phone. 

Two telemedicine startups are working together on a program that allows worried patients to text their concerns about the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, to a chatbot that can link them to remote doctors. The goal is to help them avoid waiting in crowded clinics that may increase the risk of infection for them and for healthcare providers. 

The full Forbes article can be viewed at this link.  

 

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