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Ophtho · Australia

Ophthalmology Phone Problems: Reducing voicemail backlog with AI Receptionist Automation

Blinking lights and manual transcription cost hours and hide time-sensitive requests. Practices span multiple time zones and rely on locums, so after-hours coverage is messy. Cataract, retina, and optical retail all share the same lines.

Benchmarks we see after go-live

-70%

manual voicemail work

4 hrs

staff time returned per day

+3 pts

CSAT lift post AI rollout

Why clinics feel the pain

Nurses spend mornings transcribing voicemails
Providers learn about urgent results after hours
Patients feel ignored because nobody confirms receipt
Surgery counselors battle insurance chasers
Retail staff miss sales while phones ring
Queensland callers ring Victoria clinics overnight, flooding voicemail.

How MedReception AI fixes it

Replace voicemail entirely

Victoria AI writes structured call summaries with sentiment scoring, so teams work a clean queue instead of guessing urgency.

Self-service updates

Callers receive SMS/email confirmations with next steps, reducing repeat calls asking for status.

Audit-ready logs

Every interaction is time stamped with the workflow completed, perfect for compliance and vendor scorecards.

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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