Workflow
How an automated post-procedure call cadence is set up per procedure type, what happens when a patient does not pick up, and where the nurse still has to be the one on the line.
Post-op calling is the first task dropped when the clinic is full, and it is dropped silently. A configured cadence runs the same way on the busiest day of the month, which is the difference between a follow-up protocol that exists on paper and one that happened.
You define the intervals: day one and day seven for one procedure, day three and day fourteen for another. The schedule follows the booked procedure type rather than applying a single interval to everything, and your clinical team can change it without rebuilding anything.
A patient who does not answer gets a voicemail and a retry, and can leave a preferred callback time. The attempt is logged either way, so the patients who were genuinely never reached are a visible list your staff can work instead of an invisible gap in the protocol.
Routine recovery calls where the answers are unremarkable become a summary to read. Calls where something was flagged go to a person straight away. The nursing time goes to the second group, which is where it was always worth spending.
When a patient reports they are ready to proceed with the next stage of treatment, available times are offered and booked on that call, rather than generating a task to phone them back about scheduling.
Automated follow-up timing
Day 1, day 7, and custom intervals post-procedure
Complication assessment
Fever, swelling, numbness, neurological changes captured and escalated
Appointment rescheduling on call
Next procedure or follow-up booked in real time if indicated
Outcome capture
Pain scale, mobility, and clinical notes returned as structured summary for staff review
Call attempt persistence
Multiple attempts and callback requests if patient initially unavailable
Your clinical team does, per procedure type. The cadence is configuration, not a fixed product behavior, and it can be adjusted when your protocol changes.
A voicemail is left asking the patient to call back or reply, the attempt is logged, and the call can be retried later or at a callback time the patient specifies. Persistent non-response stays visible for your staff to work manually.
No. It replaces the routine ones, and it routes anything flagged to a person. The design assumption is that most post-op calls are unremarkable and a minority need a clinician, and that nursing time should follow the minority.
A structured summary of the answers rather than a transcript, so review is a scan rather than a re-listen. Your team files it into the chart per your workflow.
Yes, if your practice configures it that way. The schedule is defined by your team, so provider-specific protocols can carry their own intervals.
Yes. If the patient indicates they want to move forward, available slots are offered and the appointment is booked, with a confirmation sent to the patient.
Next step
How appointments get booked on the call
Booking, rescheduling and calendar rules the receptionist applies on every call.
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Workflow playbooks
Step-by-step workflows for the calls a practice actually gets.
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