Call Routing
During peak hours or after-hours, AI seamlessly handles call overflow by triaging urgency and routing emergency calls to on-call providers or urgent care—while routine calls queue for next business day.
True emergencies bypass the queue and reach on-call providers immediately—ensuring no critical patient is delayed.
AI handles after-hours volume, triages appropriately, and only escalates to on-call providers when medically necessary.
Routine callers are never stuck on hold or transferred to voicemail—they're logged, and your team calls them back during business hours.
Every call overflow and routing decision is logged with caller info, reason, and action taken—meeting compliance requirements.
Urgent calls escalated immediately
Emergency symptoms or critical issues routed to on-call provider or emergency services
Routine calls queued automatically
Non-urgent inbound calls captured and assigned to callback queue
Call triage logged in real-time
Every routing decision recorded for compliance and performance review
Configurable per specialty
Urgency rules and routing adjusted for cardiology, pediatrics, mental health, etc.
The AI asks direct triage questions: 'Are you experiencing chest pain, difficulty breathing, or thoughts of harming yourself?' For yes answers, the call is immediately escalated. For other symptoms, the AI gathers more detail to inform your on-call provider if escalation is needed.
If the on-call provider doesn't respond within a set timeframe (e.g., 30 seconds), the system can follow a backup protocol: try a second on-call number, escalate to hospital emergency department, or offer to send the patient to urgent care. Your practice defines the protocol.
Yes. Cardiology practices might flag chest pain and palpitations; pediatric practices might flag high fever or difficulty breathing in children. Your intake configuration defines what triggers escalation.
No. Every routine call is logged with caller details, reason, and preferred callback time. The callback queue is managed by your staff dashboard, and no call is closed until resolved.
Yes. Every call—whether escalated, queued, or booked—is timestamped with the routing decision and reason. This audit trail supports compliance reviews and quality assurance.
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