In a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s not only important to deliver medical care but to also provide information to help people make decisions and prevent health systems from being overwhelmed.
Microsoft is helping with this challenge by offering its Healthcare Bot service powered by Microsoft Azure to organizations on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response to help screen patients for potential infection and care.
For example, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released a COVID-19 assessment bot that can quickly assess the symptoms and risk factors for people worried about infection, provide information and suggest a next course of action such as contacting a medical provider or, for those who do not need in-person medical care, managing the illness safely at home.
The bot, which utilizes Microsoft’s Healthcare Bot service, will initially be available on the CDC website.
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For more information on the bot, please visit:
- BLOG: Delivering information and eliminating bottlenecks with CDC’s COVID-19 assessment bot
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2020/03/20/delivering-information-and-eliminating-bottlenecks-with-cdcs-covid-19-assessment-bot/
To try the bot, visit:
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 assessment bot
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/testing.html
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