Bilingual Call Handling
Concierge practices in diverse communities field calls from bilingual member panels. A small staff cannot cover both languages during business hours or after-hours. MedReception's bilingual AI answers member calls in English and Spanish, handles intake and appointment requests in both languages, and routes urgent calls to on-call providers. Your team reviews structured summaries and makes all decisions. No clinical automation, no guesswork, just more calls answered and fewer members lost to voicemail.
By MedReception AI, physician-built by Paul Toomey, MDPublished
Members call in their preferred language and reach a live voice immediately. Katie speaks 59 languages and books appointments end to end only in English, Spanish and Korean. No hold queues, no transfers to find a Spanish speaker, no missed calls because your front desk was on another line. Bilingual lines answer in English and Spanish; the caller stays on one call.
Member calls are answered with full context: medical history, medications, allergies, and the reason for the call, all in a structured summary your staff reviews before responding. Insurance information, photo ID, and questionnaire answers are captured and handed to your team for review and filing. MedReception, which is HIPAA compliant (verified by Compliancy Group, with BAA included), does not write clinical documentation or make decisions; your clinicians do.
You set the routing rules: which calls go to which provider, which are urgent, which can wait for a callback. Katie escalates emergencies to your on-call team and books routine appointments without your staff touching the phone. Prescription refills, billing questions, and appointment changes are handled in the member's language and logged for your review.
Launch takes about one week from signup. Your EHR connection and phone number are ready in 1 to 3 days. Registering the number for member texting takes about 5 business days. After launch, your MedReception team edits call flows, adds new providers, and refines routing at no additional charge. Custom-built per your practice, not plug-and-play.
Every call answered
Bilingual lines in English and Spanish, day or night, no voicemail dead ends
Urgent calls escalated
Routed by provider and acuity as you define it; on-call providers reached immediately
Structured intake captured
Medical history, medications, allergies, and reason for call returned for staff review and chart filing
Named EHR integrations
Portable across EMR switches; your AI stays with you if you change systems
No. Bilingual lines answer in English and Spanish, and the caller stays on the same call. There is no automatic language detection or mid-call translation. If a caller switches languages, they remain on the same line.
Yes. Katie speaks 59 languages and books appointments end to end only in English, Spanish and Korean. Appointments are written to your EMR as soon as the member confirms.
Katie captures the reason for the call and escalates to your on-call provider or designated clinician based on the rules you set. Katie does not make clinical decisions; your providers do. The member's information and the call summary are routed to the right person immediately.
Katie writes appointment bookings, new member creation, and demographics (name, date of birth, phone) to your EMR. Medical history, allergies, medications, and the reason for the call are returned as a structured summary your staff reviews and files. Insurance information and photo ID are captured and handed to your team for review. Never approves, denies or changes a prescription.
Launch takes about one week from signup. Your EHR connection and phone number are ready in 1 to 3 days. Registering the number for member texting takes about 5 business days. Your MedReception team provides white-glove onboarding throughout.
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