ENT Practices
ENT practices in Fresno field urgent calls: earaches, sinus infections, hearing concerns, post-op check-ins. Voicemail doesn't triage these. MedReception AI answers instantly, captures symptoms and urgency, routes acute cases to your clinician, and books routine appointments, so no call goes unanswered and no urgent patient waits until morning.
By MedReception AI, physician-built by Paul Toomey, MDPublished
A patient with sudden hearing loss or severe ear pain reaches your AI, describes the issue, and is routed to your on-call provider or directed to urgent care based on your triage rules. Routine follow-ups and new-patient appointments are booked automatically. Nothing sits in voicemail.
The AI gathers medical history, current medications, allergies, and symptom details during the call. Your staff receive a structured summary ready to paste into the chart. Patients don't repeat themselves when they reach the clinic, and your clinician has context before the appointment.
New patient demographics and appointment bookings write directly to athenahealth, Elation, Tebra, or your other integrated EMR. Medical history, allergies, symptoms, and medications are captured as a structured summary for your staff to review and file. No double-entry, no data lag, no missed bookings.
You don't hire a second receptionist or an answering service. The AI covers peak hours, lunch breaks, after-hours, and weekends. Your team focuses on clinical work, not phone volume.
Every call answered
Day or night, no voicemail dead ends
Urgent calls escalated
By your triage rules, routed to clinician or ED
Structured intake captured
Medical history, allergies, symptoms returned as EMR-pasteable summary
13+ EMR integrations
Appointments and patient demographics sync to your system
You set the triage rules. The AI listens for keywords you define (sudden hearing loss, severe pain, post-op bleeding, etc.) and escalates those calls to your clinician or voicemail. Routine appointments and refills are handled by the AI and booked into your schedule.
No. The AI captures the patient's medical history, symptoms, allergies, and medications during the call and returns them as a structured summary. Your staff review it and file it into the chart. Your clinician always makes the clinical decision.
Katie, our AI receptionist, answers every call and handles intake regardless of your EMR. Your staff enter booking requests into your system manually. 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.
Managed plans include a monthly block of minutes, then a per-minute rate. No setup fee. After your first three months, you can switch to a reduced-cost annual plan priced on your actual usage. Book a demo to see pricing for your call volume.
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How appointments get booked on the call
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ENT practices
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Operational Impact
Front desk workload
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