Call Routing & Triage
The AI receptionist asks about reason for visit and urgency during intake, then routes the call appropriately: urgent medical needs to triage, routine appointments to scheduling, follow-ups to the right provider. Intake data is documented for whoever handles the call next.
Instead of booking a routine appointment first and triaging later, the AI identifies urgency on the call. Truly urgent patients are routed to a nurse immediately; routine patients move to scheduling. No wasted handoffs.
When an urgent call reaches your triage nurse, they already have the patient's name, DOB, allergies, medications, and exact chief complaint. They can make clinical decisions faster without repeating questions.
By the time a scheduler picks up the call, the patient's reason for visit, availability, and insurance info are documented. The scheduler confirms the appointment, not recollects information. Calls are shorter and more efficient.
Urgent calls go to clinicians; routine calls go to schedulers. Your staff works on what they're trained for, not answering the phone to take patient information that the system already captured.
Urgent symptoms identified and escalated automatically
Chest pain, difficulty breathing, severe injury routed immediately
Complete intake data passed to each routing destination
Triage nurse or scheduler receives chief complaint, allergies, meds, history as structured summary
Routine calls reach scheduling with all context captured
Appointment confirmed faster; no re-asking of basic information
Call routing rules customizable by practice and specialty
Different acuity thresholds for urgent care vs. primary care vs. specialist
The AI asks about chief complaint, symptom duration, and severity. Keywords and symptom combinations (e.g., chest pain, shortness of breath, severe bleeding) trigger escalation. Your practice can configure which conditions are considered urgent based on your protocols.
The AI can transfer the call to a nurse line, on-call provider, or external triage service if you use one. The intake summary and call recording are passed along so the clinician has full context. If no one is available, the patient is offered an ED referral or callback.
Yes. Urgent calls can ask a shorter set of questions focused on acuity and allergies; routine calls can ask for fuller history. The system adapts based on the patient's responses during the call.
The AI is listening for symptom escalations or patient statements that suggest urgency. If a patient reports new severe symptoms, the call can be re-routed to triage or a nurse even after initial routing to scheduling.
No. The AI's summary of the chief complaint, symptom timeline, and relevant history is passed to whoever receives the call next—triage nurse, on-call provider, or scheduler—as a structured, EMR-pasteable summary. They can confirm details but don't need to start from zero.
Yes. After-hours calls can be routed to an on-call provider, urgent-care triage line, or ED with the full intake context. Routine after-hours calls can be queued for callback in the morning with all patient information ready for your staff.
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