Auto Response Generation in Online Medical Chat Services
Hadi Jahanshahi, Syed Kazmi, Mucahit Cevik

TL;DR
This paper presents a machine learning-based auto-response system for online medical chat services, aiming to improve response efficiency and quality during telehealth consultations, especially in busy sessions.
Contribution
It introduces a two-step response generation framework using clustering and supervised learning trained on a large dataset of medical chat messages.
Findings
Achieved 83.28% precision@3 in response accuracy
Effectively filters infeasible messages with high robustness
Utilizes over 900,000 anonymized chat messages for training
Abstract
Telehealth helps to facilitate access to medical professionals by enabling remote medical services for the patients. These services have become gradually popular over the years with the advent of necessary technological infrastructure. The benefits of telehealth have been even more apparent since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, as people have become less inclined to visit doctors in person during the pandemic. In this paper, we focus on facilitating the chat sessions between a doctor and a patient. We note that the quality and efficiency of the chat experience can be critical as the demand for telehealth services increases. Accordingly, we develop a smart auto-response generation mechanism for medical conversations that helps doctors respond to consultation requests efficiently, particularly during busy sessions. We explore over 900,000 anonymous, historical online messages…
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Taxonomy
TopicsDigital Mental Health Interventions · Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation · Social Media in Health Education
