a Dry cough, shortness of breath and fever the Occurrence of these symptoms, all the alarms ringing in many people currently bells.
in order To isolate the spread of Covid-19, is stopped, the population in the case of suspicion of infection, your symptoms over the phone with the family doctor or the local health Department to clarify.
This first risk assessment is now Offered to a “Corona-” apply – this should be able to assess whether it could be with certain symptoms, in fact, Corona.
for This purpose, the Health Innovation Hub (HIH) on its Website under the Heading “Corona digital” think of something.
A better supply through digitization
The “Health Innovation Hub” is already gone in April of last year at the Start. Federal Minister of health, Jens Spahn aims with this development especially on the opportunities of digitization for better patient care.
The Team consists of twelve experts, each with its own area of expertise – including pharmacists, Ralf König, which advises the German health Ministry for health (BMG) in the case of the digitization of the pharmacy market.
in Addition, the BMG will be faced with questions for further digitization in the healthcare sector on the page – the task of the team is, above all, the opportunities of digitisation to explore, as well as to develop ideas and concepts for the design of the supply and for the digital Transformation.
The Chatbot has been developed by the company Docyet. The Start-Up from Leipzig works together with various insurance companies and other partners from the health sector.
Via Chat to the first risk assessment
The Health Innovation Hub provides on its Website corona – based content and information can be found online in the section “Corona digital”, which contains a growing collection of neutral information about the topic of Coronavirus.
in addition to the Newsletter offered a further novelty: the “Corona-Bot found”. This digital health assistant should be able to estimate via Chat in a few steps, whether it actually has symptoms of the Coronavirus and whether it could be a Corona.
For these assessments will be updated, the Chatbot daily on the Basis of the latest scientific publications and to information of the Robert Koch Institute and the Federal government.
the evaluation works with the Corona-Bot
anyone Who has decided to take on a evaluation of the present symptoms by using the Corona-Bots to carry out, this can directly select the start – alternatively, it is also the opportunity to inform themselves at first only in detail about the Virus.
If you have opted for the Test, you can let on the basis of several criteria, the personal risk of corona infection is determined.
During the interrogation must be made, for example, information on the symptoms and places where it has in the last 2 weeks mostly stopped, or whether you have had contact to the Infected. Based on his results, the Chatbot provides a guide to action.
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The Corona-Bot does not replace a doctor or lab test
So, practically, the Corona-Bot be like: He first determines an estimate – not a precise diagnosis.
A doctor or the necessary Tests in the lab, he can’t replace so-so. A risk assessment on the Basis of the symptoms, locations and contact persons is possible.
Who wants to be quite sure, you should apply as soon as possible, initially by phone to the physician or the competent health authority, to a further assessment to obtain and discuss further steps and measures.
in Order to prevent the spread of the corona virus, and an infection is prompted for the population, measures such as Social Distancing and proper hand-hygiene to be observed and to leave the house only for important activities.
Antonia Hagedorn
*The contribution “Instead of a doctor visit?: A Chatbot risk assessment in Corona suspected of being” is published by FitForFun. Contact with the executives here.
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