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Define when a wrong answer should pause coverage

Give staff a clear response when a factual or scope problem is more serious than a wording preference.

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The operational decision

Give staff a clear response when a factual or scope problem is more serious than a wording preference. Public information becomes stale when office operations change. A lightweight review habit is more useful than a large launch document that nobody updates after the first week.

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Prepare the workflow

Specify who can remove an answer or stop the pilot, how the normal route is restored and what evidence is needed to restart.

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Example wording for approval

“If the assistant begins requesting patient details, pause that workflow and contact the pilot owner. Do not patch the issue by adding more patient questions.”

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Worked example

A fictional acceptance test shows the assistant asking for a date of birth after an appointment question. That is not merely a tone issue. The operator pauses the affected workflow, restores the agreed contact route and sends the defect to the script owner. Restart requires a corrected configuration and passing boundary tests, including a different patient-request phrasing. The incident note should identify the behavior and version without collecting real patient information to prove that the issue matters.

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Handoff record

Record these task-specific fields: incident category, affected version, pause owner, restart evidence.

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Acceptance check

Use a fictional out-of-scope collection failure. The team should identify the stop decision and restore path without waiting for a marketing review.

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