Mental Health
Mental health practices lose new patient calls after hours because voicemail isn't an option for someone in crisis, and a busy signal is a closed door. MedReception answers every call instantly, captures new patient information and clinical context during the conversation, and routes urgent cases to your on-call provider or emergency contact. Routine intake is structured and ready for your morning review. No missed opportunities. No callback queue.
By MedReception AI, physician-built by Paul Toomey, MDPublished
A prospect calling your practice at 9 PM on a Friday is looking for help now, not a callback slot on Monday. MedReception answers that call live, captures their story and reason for contact, and either connects them to your on-call provider if urgent or logs them as a new patient intake for your morning. They know they reached a real practice, not a dead line.
Your AI receptionist gathers name, phone, insurance, emergency contact, current symptoms, medication history and any safety concerns while the caller is on the line. That conversation is returned as a structured summary for your clinician to review and file. Your staff enters the new patient into your EMR and schedules the first appointment. No follow-up intake call needed.
You set the escalation rules: suicidal ideation, active self-harm, acute psychosis, or any other red flag your practice defines. When a caller mentions those concerns, the call is routed to your on-call clinician or emergency contact right away, with full context. Routine new patient inquiries skip the pager entirely and land in your morning queue.
Caller demographics (name, DOB, phone) and appointment booking are written to your EMR as a new patient record. The clinical summary, reason for visit, symptoms, medication history and safety concerns, is captured during the call and returned as a structured summary for your staff to review and file. Your clinician reads the summary, confirms the appointment and the chart is ready before the first session.
Every call answered
No voicemail, no busy signal, no missed new patients after hours
Urgent calls escalated
Your on-call provider alerted per the rules you set; routine intake queued for morning
Structured intake captured
Demographics, history, symptoms and context logged during the call, ready for your clinician review
EMR-independent and portable
Switch practices or EMRs; your AI receptionist moves with you and keeps your after-hours setup
You define the escalation rules during onboarding. Examples: any mention of suicidal ideation, active self-harm, acute psychosis, or a caller stating they are in crisis. When the AI detects those keywords or phrases, the call is routed to your on-call clinician or emergency contact immediately, with full conversation context. Routine new patient intake skips the escalation and lands in your morning queue for your staff to review and book.
The call is answered by MedReception's AI. If the call is routine (new patient inquiry, appointment request, general information), the AI captures their intake and logs it for your morning team to review and schedule. If the call is urgent per your rules, it is routed to whoever you have designated as on-call that night. Either way, the caller is never left in voicemail.
Caller demographics (name, date of birth, phone number) and appointment booking are written to your EMR as a new patient record. The clinical summary, reason for visit, symptoms, medication history and safety concerns, is captured during the call and returned as a structured, pasteable summary for your clinician to review and file. Your staff confirms the appointment and the chart is ready before the first session.
MedReception integrates directly with athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Elation, Cerbo, Hint, Tebra, ModMed, Practice Fusion, Jane, Office Ally, SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, Accuro, pMD, PS Suite and Nextech. If your EMR is not on that list, Katie still answers every call, captures intake and handles booking requests your staff enters. Custom integration available: want MedReception integrated with your EHR? We build custom EHR integrations; book a demo and we will scope yours.
Launch takes about one week from signup. Your EHR connection and practice phone number are ready in 1 to 3 days. Registering your number for patient texting takes about 5 business days. Your onboarding team walks you through escalation rules, intake templates and on-call routing so you are ready to answer calls the moment we go live.
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