AdvancedMD

Katie routes after-hours urgent calls to your on-call team

When your AdvancedMD office closes, Katie answers calls, identifies urgent cases, and routes them to your on-call provider. Non-urgent calls are captured and summarized for morning staff.

How it pays back

Urgent calls reach the provider, not voicemail

A patient with chest pain, severe bleeding, or acute symptoms reaches your on-call provider immediately. No call is lost to voicemail. Life-threatening cases don't wait.

Non-urgent calls are still handled

A patient with a question about their prescription or a routine follow-up is answered, their concern is documented, and the summary waits for morning staff. Nothing falls through the cracks.

Morning staff arrive to a summary, not a stack of voicemails

By the time your office opens, Katie has answered all overnight calls, triaged them, and created a structured summary. Staff can prioritize follow-up callbacks and triage.

Your on-call provider isn't interrupted unnecessarily

Katie filters calls. Only truly urgent cases reach the provider. Routine questions are documented and handled by staff in the morning, reducing unnecessary on-call burden.

Urgent calls escalated

Immediate routing to on-call provider based on clinical criteria

Non-urgent calls documented

Captured intake ready for morning triage

Call activity logged

Audit trail for AdvancedMD records and compliance

Frequently asked questions

How does Katie know which calls are urgent?

You define clinical urgency rules during setup. Katie asks screening questions and escalates calls that match your urgent criteria (e.g., chest pain, difficulty breathing, severe bleeding) to your on-call provider immediately.

What happens to non-urgent after-hours calls?

Katie answers the call, captures the patient's name, contact, and concern, and documents it in a structured summary. The summary is sent to your morning staff for triage and follow-up.

Does this work on weekends and holidays?

Yes. Katie runs 24/7, including weekends, holidays, and office closures. Your on-call schedule defines which calls escalate to the provider.

How does the on-call provider receive the escalated call?

Katie transfers the call to your on-call provider's phone number or on-call system. You configure the routing during setup.

Can morning staff see what happened overnight?

Yes. All after-hours calls are logged and summarized. Morning staff receive a dashboard of overnight activity so they can prioritize follow-ups and understand any urgent cases that were handled.

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