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Family Med · Australia

Family Medicine Phone Problems: Reducing overflow traffic with AI Receptionist Automation

Marketing spikes or seasonal surges torch SLAs when there isn’t elastic coverage. Practices span multiple time zones and rely on locums, so after-hours coverage is messy. Primary care super clinics field prescription refills, lab results, and sports physical rushes simultaneously.

Benchmarks we see after go-live

3x

more calls handled with same staff

-50%

overflow forwarding costs

37%

drop in refill-related voicemails

Why clinics feel the pain

Sudden spikes crash the phone tree
Multi-location groups can’t rebalance quickly
Leadership lacks data to justify headcount
Nurse pools drown in refill chasers
Parents expect after-hours triage when kids spike fevers
Queensland callers ring Victoria clinics overnight, flooding voicemail.

How MedReception AI fixes it

Elastic front desk capacity

Katie AI scales instantly, taking hundreds of concurrent calls so humans focus on escalations only.

Intent-based routing

Overflow rules push scheduling to AI while high-risk items immediately hit clinical teams.

Forecast-ready analytics

See which campaigns or seasons trigger overflow so you can staff proactively.

Australia coverage + compliance

AI reception handles triage 24/7, respecting state holidays and routing to the right on-call provider instantly.

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