Clinical Workflows
Set the red-flag phrases that skip the booking queue, route them to the on-call provider or nurse line by time of day, and test the chain before launch.
The AI continuously monitors for red flags (chest pain, difficulty breathing, uncontrolled bleeding, suicidal ideation). When detected, calls are immediately escalated—preventing critical delays.
Urgent calls route directly to the on-call provider's phone or to a nurse triage line, bypassing routine booking queues. Patients with true emergencies get through in seconds.
Escalation events and call summaries are captured during the call and returned as a structured, EMR-pasteable summary. Clinical staff review the context immediately and file it to the chart, knowing the AI identified a high-risk call.
While urgent calls escalate, the AI continues to handle routine appointments, new patient intake, and scheduling—no bottleneck, no staff workload spike.
Real-time urgency detection
Flags red-flag keywords and clinical symptoms during the call
Instant escalation routing
Urgent calls route directly to on-call provider or nurse line
Structured escalation summary
Urgency markers and call summary captured for staff review and chart filing
Configurable by specialty and time
Define urgency thresholds and routing rules by department and hours
You configure urgency keywords and clinical phrases in the admin portal (e.g., 'chest pain', 'bleeding', 'can't breathe', 'suicidal', 'severe'). When the AI detects these during the call, it immediately escalates to your defined urgent routing (on-call provider, nurse line, ER).
Urgent calls after hours can be routed to an on-call provider's personal phone, a 24/7 nurse hotline, an answering service, or an emergency department. You configure the routing rules, and the AI applies them based on time of day and specialty.
Routine calls continue to be handled normally by the AI. Escalations are instantaneous and don't pause or delay routine booking—the AI processes both concurrently.
Yes. The AI captures the call summary, detected urgency flags, and the fact that the call was escalated and returns them as a structured summary for your clinical staff to review and file to the patient's EHR record. Your team controls the filing workflow.
Yes. During setup, your team configures test routing (e.g., a designated staff phone or admin inbox) to verify urgency detection and escalation workflows before going live with production routing.
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