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Rheum · Australia

Rheumatology Phone Problems: Reducing missed calls with AI Receptionist Automation

Every specialty loses revenue when phones roll to voicemail or ring until patients give up. Practices span multiple time zones and rely on locums, so after-hours coverage is messy. Biologic refills, flare triage, and infusion coordination tie up lines.

Benchmarks we see after go-live

-35%

missed-call rate after 30 days

+18%

new patients captured

-38%

manual refill chasers

Why clinics feel the pain

Rheum staff can’t pick up because they are chairside
Providers discover referral voicemails days later
High-intent new patients abandon after the third ring
Nurses chase labs before releasing meds
Patients swap pharmacies mid-treatment
Queensland callers ring Victoria clinics overnight, flooding voicemail.

How MedReception AI fixes it

Answer every line instantly

Katie AI greets callers in under one second, authenticates them, and routes by provider or intent without humans touching the call stack.

Summaries replace voicemail

Victoria AI transcribes, tags, and drops action items into your EHR or task lists so the team never chases scratchy audio again.

Escalation paths stay human

If the call is urgent, our automations warm-transfer to nurses with full context instead of cold-dropping patients on hold.

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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