--- title: Orbita Blog - Conversational AI for Healthcare and Life Sciences | virtual health assistant description: virtual health assistant | Reflections, research, and curated data on how conversational AI redefines the patient journey and powers automation with empathy in healthcare and life sciences --- [![Orbita](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Orbita_November2020/images/header-logo.svg "Orbita")](https://orbita.ai) - Solutions - [Digital Front Door](https://orbita.ai/healthcares-digital-front-door/) - [Patient Access and Acquisition](https://orbita.ai/patient-access-and-acquisition/) - [Care Navigtion](https://orbita.ai/care-navigation/) - [Specialities](https://orbita.ai/specialties/) - [Platform](https://orbita.ai/platform/) - [Resource Center](https://orbita.ai/resource-center/) - About - [Why Orbita](https://orbita.ai/why-orbita/) - [Contact Us](https://orbita.ai/contact-us/) - [Partners](https://orbita.ai/partners/) - [Careers](https://orbita.ai/careers/) - [Trust Center](https://orbita.ai/trust-center/) [Request a demo](https://go.orbita.ai/orbita-request-a-demo-or-trial) ## Perspectives from Orbita Perspectives on how conversational AI redefines the patient journey and powers automation with empathy in healthcare and life sciences. [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/iStock-1249720547-1.jpg) Aug 5, 2020 **How the Amazon Echo Show Can Combat Loneliness During COVID-19** In a matter of months, the term “social distancing” has gone from a hypothetical intervention plan to prevent the spread of a contagious disease to our… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/how-the-amazon-echo-show-can-combat-loneliness-during-covid19) [![Using Chatbots for Employee Health and Safety During a Pandemic](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/iStock-1219165049.jpg) Apr 28, 2020 **Using Chatbots for Employee Health and Safety During a Pandemic** We live in a new world. The novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, has put unprecedented pressures on our healthcare systems and on our society as a whole. And,… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/using-chatbots-for-employee-health-and-safety-during-a-pandemic) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/iStock-1182248151.jpg) Apr 3, 2020 **Augmenting the COVID-19 patient journey with virtual triage and monitoring** No matter who you are or where you live, everyone has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in some way. As the contagious virus travels across the world… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/augmenting-the-covid-19-patient-journey-with-virtual-triage-and-monitoring) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/iStock-1212804340.jpg) Mar 31, 2020 **Healthcare workers, delivery drivers, vent manufacturers, and grocery store clerks: supporting our front line** Who is our front line and how do we keep them healthy? Healthcare workers, delivery drivers, ventilator manufacturers, and grocery store clerks share the… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/healthcare-workers-delivery-drivers-vent-manufacturers-and-grocery-store-clerks-supporting-our-front-line) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/Orbita%20COVID-19%20Screening%20Chatbot%202.png) Mar 20, 2020 **Reduce healthcare system overwhelm with Orbita's screening chatbot** In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, health systems are being flooded with worried patients who are concerned they may have the virus, as well as… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/reducing-healthcare-system-overwhelm-with-a-screening-chatbot-from-orbita) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-03-15%20at%205.05.02%20PM.png) Mar 17, 2020 **Orbita releases new no-cost COVID-19 Screening chatbot, enabling healthcare organizations to quickly integrate coronavirus Q&A and screening tools into existing websites** See news release from Tuesday, March 17, 2020 To assist healthcare organizations in their response to COVID-19, Orbita today announced its new Orbita… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/orbita-releases-new-no-cost-covid-19-chatbot) [![Orbita_Engage_Hompage__1600x750_v3](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-02-28%20at%209.27.21%20AM.png) Mar 4, 2020 **2020: Access to Care Through the Digital Front Door** For the purpose of bringing this blog post to life, we've included examples of a fictional healthcare organization named Valley Health. As consumers… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/2020-access-to-care-through-the-digital-front-door) [![](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-01-06%20at%201.06.46%20PM-1.png) Feb 13, 2020 **Get Found Via Voice Search** The first search engine was created by Alan Emtage in 1990 and named Archie. Yahoo! was then born in 1994. Altavista in 1995. Ask Jeeves in 1997. And… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/get-found-via-voice-search-and-voice-seo) [![Nick White, Orbita EVP Patient Care Solutions](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/smart_speaker_image_1200x627_v1.png) Dec 18, 2019 **Why Voice? Conversational AI in Healthcare and Virtual Health Assistants** Nick White, Orbita EVP Patient Care Solutions Recently I made one of the biggest decisions in my career to leave a stable role at one of the Big Four… Read more](https://blog.orbita.ai/why-voice-conversational-ai-in-healthcare-and-virtual-health-assistants) [![Orbita](https://blog.orbita.ai/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Orbita_November2020/images/footer-logo.svg "Orbita")](https://orbita.ai/) - Solutions - [Digital Front Door](https://orbita.ai/healthcares-digital-front-door/) - [Patient Access and Acquisition](https://orbita.ai/patient-access-and-acquisition/) - [Care Navigtion](https://orbita.ai/care-navigation/) - [Specialities](https://orbita.ai/specialities/) - [Resource Center](https://orbita.ai/resource-center/) - About - [Why Orbita](https://orbita.ai/why-orbita/) - [Contact Us](https://orbita.ai/contact-us/) - [Partners](https://orbita.ai/partners/) - [Careers](https://orbita.ai/careers/) - [Trust Center](https://orbita.ai/trust-center/) [Contact us](https://orbita.ai/contact-us/) - [Privacy Policy](https://orbita.ai/orbita-privacy-policy/) - [Terms of Use](https://orbita.ai/orbita-terms-of-use/) Copyright © 2025. 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