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Patient Safety Learning launches Oscar, the friendly health chatbot


We’re living in an unprecedented time and facing new challenges. We’re asking questions we’ve never had to ask before – questions that differ according to our unique circumstances, concerns and needs.

With an increasingly complex health and social care system, Patient Safety Learning wants to continue working towards a future that is safe for both patients and staff.

It’s for this reason that we’ve launched Oscar, the friendly health chatbot. Available on the hub, Oscar answers the public’s question about their safety – or that of their family members and friends – during the coronavirus pandemic.

Oscar is not a diagnostic tool. We at Patient Safety Learning are not medical experts ourselves, but we want to connect patients to the best guidance currently in the public domain. This is what Oscar seeks to do, in pointing visitors to helpful and trustworthy answers, relevant to their specific situations.

Whether you’re a well adult seeking general information about how to stay safe from coronavirus, a concerned woman about to give birth and wanting to know your options, or a carer looking for advice, Oscar is here to help you find the answers you need. In time, as we see how the public uses Oscar – and especially as we hear your feedback – we plan to build on the range of information Oscar currently offers. 

Like everything else on the hub, Oscar is free to use.

Please do send us any feedback, including information you’d like Oscar to provide, by emailing feedback@pslhub.org

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How would you signpost the public to this innovation?  Is the chatbot available outside of the hub for the public to find.  The hub is likely not the first place the public will look for this type of help.

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Thanks very much for your feedback. We’re a small charity and we're using our website, social media and other channels to try and get the word about Oscar out. We would also love for those who use Oscar to spread the word more widely. We’ll be promoting with patient networks and would like to syndicate it onto other websites too. We welcome ideas, for Oscar’s development and promotion.

 

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