Kinney Drugs pulls back AI phone assistant after hundreds of customer complaints
The bot’s role was to communicate with patients about prescriptions and refills. But customers quickly reported a number of issues with the tech, as first reported by VTDigger.“But one thing I want to point out is getting privacy and security right does not mean we got the experience right. We did not, and we own that,” Kinney Drugs President John Marraffa said.Marraffa says Kinney will return to its old model for incoming patient calls — the classic touch-tone phone system.
- ▪The bot’s role was to communicate with patients about prescriptions and refills.
- ▪But customers quickly reported a number of issues with the tech, as first reported by VTDigger.“But one thing I want to point out is getting privacy and security right does not mean we got the experience right.
- ▪We did not, and we own that,” Kinney Drugs President John Marraffa said.Marraffa says Kinney will return to its old model for incoming patient calls — the classic touch-tone phone system.
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