Scheduling
When a migraine patient cancels, the AI alerts your waitlist and texts or calls eligible patients to offer the newly available slot. Your appointment schedule is full again within minutes, not hours.
A 2 p.m. cancellation doesn't mean an empty chair. The AI contacts your waitlist, fills the slot, and your provider has a paying patient instead of downtime.
Patients waiting for a migraine appointment don't have to call and check. When a slot opens, they receive a text or call offering the exact date and time—many accept on the spot.
The AI offers the slot to waitlist patients in order of join date. The first patient to accept books it; if they decline, the AI moves to the next person. No manual favoritism or staff arguments over who 'deserves' the slot.
When a waitlist patient accepts a backfilled slot, the appointment is written to your EMR instantly. Your provider's schedule is updated before your staff even hangs up the phone.
Patients on your waitlist are usually motivated—they want to be seen. Backfill offers to waitlist patients connect you with higher-intent patients, so your schedule fills with people ready to be seen.
Automatic cancellation detection
AI monitors cancellations in real time; backfill outreach begins immediately
Smart waitlist matching
Only relevant patients contacted (e.g., new patient slots go to new-patient waitlisters)
Same-day backfill booking
Most cancellations are filled within hours, not days
EMR instant sync
Backfilled appointments write to your schedule as soon as patient accepts
Waitlist transparency
Patients know they'll be contacted if a slot opens; no surprise calls
The system matches the cancelled appointment type (e.g., new migraine consult with Provider A) to waitlist patients seeking the same. New patient slots go to new patient waitlisters; established patient slots go to existing patients. Time-sensitive cases (urgent, escalated) are prioritized.
The AI waits 30 minutes for a response (text or voicemail acceptance). If no response, the offer expires and the AI moves to the next waitlist patient. After 3 contacts, the AI stops and your staff can manually follow up or re-offer the slot the next day.
Yes. If a patient cancels after hours (text or online), the AI can immediately contact waitlist patients via text. If a waiting patient accepts, the appointment is booked and they receive confirmation. Calls are made only during business hours unless your practice allows evening outreach.
Yes. Patients on your waitlist are already engaged and motivated to be seen. Backfill offers to waitlist patients connect you with higher-intent patients ready to book, so your schedule fills with people committed to attending.
The AI handles unlimited simultaneous cancellations. If 3 migraine appointments cancel in the same hour, the AI contacts eligible waitlist patients for each slot in parallel, booking them as acceptances come in.
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