Triage & Routing
AI receptionists capture urgent symptoms during the call while simultaneously assessing severity and routing to the right provider or care level—urgent calls are both triaged and scheduled.
Intake and triage happen immediately. Patients don't stay on hold or get voicemail. Urgent cases are escalated to staff or on-call provider right away.
Provider sees exactly what the patient reported on the call, reducing repeat explanations and speeding diagnosis and treatment.
Chest pain goes to the ER, minor rash goes to a same-day appointment, after-hours call goes to on-call—triage directs traffic before booking.
Patient doesn't leave a message and wait for a call back. Appointment is confirmed during the urgent call.
Intake summary is waiting for them. They call the patient back already informed about symptoms and severity.
Urgent calls triaged in real time
Severity assessed and routed to appropriate care level during the initial contact
Same-day appointments booked
Urgent patients walk out of the call with a confirmed time slot
Symptom summary ready for provider
On-call or urgent-care provider sees structured notes before calling back
No after-hours voicemail
Evenings and weekends, urgent calls are answered and triaged immediately
The AI asks focused questions about symptoms, onset, severity, and red flags (chest pain, difficulty breathing, bleeding, etc.). Based on the responses, it assesses urgency level and routes accordingly. For high-risk symptoms, it always escalates to staff or on-call provider immediately.
The AI errs on the side of caution. Ambiguous or potentially serious symptoms are escalated to staff or on-call provider. Your clinical team makes the final triage decision, not the AI alone.
Yes. For life-threatening symptoms (chest pain, severe bleeding, difficulty breathing, loss of consciousness), the AI can immediately transfer to 911 or advise the patient to go to the ER. Your practice settings control these rules.
Yes. The AI answers all calls 24/7. Urgent calls after hours are triaged and either booked for the next day or escalated to your on-call provider immediately, depending on severity.
At any point during the call, the patient can ask to speak to someone. The AI transfers to staff if available, or notes the request and has staff call back immediately. Your practice can also set thresholds where the AI transfers urgent calls directly to on-call staff without delay.
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