+ How can I use a healthcare chatbot?
Healthcare chatbots can integrate with your current workflow and augment patient support with automation or handle more complex tasks like member login & services.
You can download our infographic on “Ways to use healthcare chatbots” to learn more about how SmartBot360 is used.
+ How SmartBot360 uses AI?
AI in chatbots are used to extract keywords in patient messages. Most chatbots work well when patients follow the chatbot’s prompts and choices, but often fail when they go off-script.
We have found that this is very common in healthcare, as patients are impatient and want to get straight to their required information. Being able to effectively respond to such off-script patient utterances is what differentiates AI chatbots from scripted chatbots.
A more specific healthcare example is whenever patients have an emergency or a simple question asking about insurance, the bot would be able to extract the intent and guide the patient accordingly.
+ Benefits for patients?
Patients expect immediate replies to their requests nowadays with chatbots being used in so many non-healthcare businesses. If they cannot easily navigate to a page with the answer to their question, there is a higher chance of them bouncing and going to another provider. A chatbot can either provide the answer through the chatbot or direct them to a page with an answer.
As long as the chatbot does not mess up and provides an adequate answer, the chatbot can help guide patients to a goal while answering their questions.
+ How do patients engage with a chatbot?
Most patients see a chatbot as a way to speak to a live agent or to have their questions answered in an interactive way. Patients expect immediate replies to their queries nowadays with chatbots being used in so many non-healthcare businesses. If they cannot easily navigate to a page with the answer to their question, there is a higher chance of them bouncing and going to another provider.
Despite providing set multiple-choice options that creators expect chat requests to be, most patients still type in a question that can be answered by following the multiple-choice prompts. This is where AI comes in and enables the chat to extract keywords to then provide an answer. The chatbot can either provide the answer through the chatbot or direct them to a page with an answer.
+ SmartBot360 AI vs other chatbots?
The data sources an AI engine learns from is an important factor in whether or not an AI can pull the correct information. Most chatbots use one data source of keywords to detect and to have certain responses to those keywords, but this does not work well in cases where patients do not use provided keywords.
SmartBot360’s AI uses data from four sources to have a more comprehensive AI that does not get confused. Aside from setting up the flow diagram, SmartBot360 users can also upload a FAQ sheet that contains keywords and answers, previous chat logs, and pages on their website. AI is important in healthcare chatbots because whenever a patient has an emergency or asks something similar to an existing question, it can answer or direct them to the appropriate page with the next steps to take.