After-Hours

Capture vertigo after-hours calls, triage severity, queue for on-call callback

Vertigo patients call after hours with acute dizziness, balance concerns, or medication questions. AI answers, captures the situation, and routes to your on-call provider with full clinical context.

How it pays back

On-Call Provider Gets Full Context

Instead of a voicemail or truncated callback request, your on-call provider sees the patient's name, chart, prior vertigo episodes, current medications, and the caller's description of symptoms and urgency level. Your provider reviews the AI-captured summary and makes the clinical decision.

Urgent Calls Reach You Immediately

AI identifies high-risk symptoms (acute neurological signs, syncope, severe imbalance) and marks those calls for immediate provider callback. Lower-urgency calls are queued for next business day.

Reduced ER Referrals

Your on-call provider can assess and advise based on complete symptom history, potentially avoiding unnecessary ER transfers and improving patient convenience.

After-Hours Revenue Capture

Patients who cannot reach your clinic after hours often go to urgent care or ER instead. AI answering builds trust and keeps revenue in your practice.

Every after-hours call answered

No voicemail, no service delays, no dropped calls

Urgent calls escalated

High-risk symptoms flagged for immediate on-call provider callback

Caller context provided

EMR history and AI-captured symptom summary visible to on-call provider

Call queue managed

Prioritized callback list organized by severity and patient preference

Frequently asked questions

What happens when a patient calls after 5 PM with vertigo symptoms?

The AI answers, greets the patient, and asks about their symptoms, current medication, and urgency. The AI captures this information, looks up the patient in your EMR, and creates a prioritized callback request for your on-call provider with the full summary attached.

How does the AI know if a vertigo call is an emergency?

The AI assesses red flags during the call: sudden onset, focal neurological signs, syncope or near-syncope, severe imbalance, head trauma, or other indicators you've configured. High-risk calls are flagged for immediate callback; others are queued for next business day.

Can the caller request an on-call callback, or does the AI have to assess first?

The AI asks a brief set of questions to understand the situation and urgency, then creates the callback request. If the caller indicates an emergency (e.g., severe acute onset, inability to stand), the AI can notify your on-call provider immediately while gathering more details.

What if the on-call provider doesn't answer the AI's alert?

Your clinic sets escalation rules. The AI can retry after a set interval, escalate to a backup on-call provider, or advise the caller to go to the ER if the call is high-risk.

Is the after-hours call documented in the patient's chart?

Yes. The call recording and structured summary are retained for your staff to review and file the next business day. Your on-call provider's assessment and any advice given are also documented by your team.

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