Solutions
Contact center for clinics and medical centers
With CONTACT.WORK, a clinic stops losing callers, and doctors have fewer empty slots. The AI consultant books patients with specialists right in your EHR or practice management system. The day before, it checks whether the patient is coming, and it also answers questions about prices and how to prepare for lab tests. Front desk staff focus on patients at the counter and on complex cases. Patient data can stay in your own server room, and every new seat is free.
ClinicOak Stfrom recordNext visitFriday, 11:30 AMprimary careLab testsreferral 48213readyMessagesyesterday in a messaging appin historyChallenges
Where you lose patients and revenue
Solution
What changes at your clinic
Scheduling
No booking gets lost, day or night
The AI consultant finds the right specialist and an open slot in your EHR or practice management system and books the patient – by phone, by WhatsApp, or on the clinic's website, even at night or on a holiday. Each clinic's IVR switches to its own hours automatically, including shortened holiday hours. Patients don't wait on hold, and front desk staff focus on the people in front of them.
- Booking into your EHR schedule
- No overnight gap
- Front desk at the counter
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Fewer no-shows
A day before the appointment, the AI consultant contacts the patient and asks whether they're coming. A cancellation is removed from the EHR right away. If the patient doesn't answer, an agent gets a task to call back, and open slots show up in a report so they can go to other patients. Doctors have less idle time, and the clinic loses less on missed appointments.
- Call the day before
- Cancellation goes straight to the EHR
- Open slots report
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Fewer calls for the front desk
The AI explains prices, locations, test preparation, and whether results are ready, using the clinic's price list, patient instructions, and EHR data. It doesn't give medical advice: a staff member talks with patients about symptoms. Front desk staff don't have to repeat prices all day, and you don't need to hire more people as call volume grows.
- Prices and preparation
- Result status
- Symptoms to staff
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Patients reach the right place right away
The whole network has one number. The IVR understands from speech why someone is calling – an appointment, diagnostics, a house call, an insurance company – and passes the right clinic's agent a short summary, so no one has to ask again. If the queue grows, a manager knows right away, not from patient complaints.
- One number for the network
- Call reason from speech
- Manager alerts
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Patient data under your control
The platform, including the AI and call recordings, can run on the clinic's servers or in our data centers in the US and the UK. Only staff with the right access can open a patient record, every view is logged, and the clinic decides whether to encrypt recordings. You can show auditors right away where patient records are stored and who opened them.
- Clinic servers or the cloud
- Role-based access
- View log
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Clinic network, treatment plan, lab results, house calls
Everyday calls to clinics, dental practices, labs, and house-call services.
Clinic network
A patient calls the network's main number and is connected to the clinic where they're a patient. The AI books them with a doctor after checking the schedule in the EHR, and confirms the visit a day ahead. A network-wide report shows where callers hang up and bookings are lost, so you know which clinic needs more staff.
- One main number
- Booking with specialists
- Comparing clinics
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The patient gets a reminder before every visit, so one missed appointment doesn't push back the whole plan. After treatment, they're invited for a checkup – and come back to you instead of going to another practice. The front desk sees calls, messages, and treatment history in one place.
- Reminder before the visit
- Checkup invitation
- History in the record
Visit 2 of 4filling, TuesdayremindedVisit 3 of 4in two weeksin scheduleCheckupin 6 monthsinvitationHistorycalls and chatsin recordLab
“How do I prepare, and are my results ready?” The AI consultant answers: preparation rules come from your materials, and status comes from the lab system by order number. Patients view results online, and agents handle the unusual cases.
- Preparation rules
- Status by order number
- Results online
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A house-call request for a patient with a fever comes in at night. The AI consultant confirms the address, symptoms, and a convenient time, and the dispatcher gets a completed request. The patient gets a message with the visit time, and a call if the doctor is running late, so there are fewer complaints about waiting.
- Requests 24/7
- Dispatcher gets the details
- Visit time by message
Request14 Garden St, fevertaken by AIDispatcherdoctor assignedvisit 2:00-4:00 PMMessagevisit timesent to patientDelayby 40 minutespatient calledRouting, reminders, and answers are set up around your services and locations.
Capabilities
Patient calls your contact center can handle
From booking an appointment to a house call – what you can hand off to your agents and the AI.
Appointments
- Specialist bookingPatients choose a doctor and a time themselves – by voice, in chat, or on your website.
- Rescheduling and cancellationsPatients can move or cancel a visit without calling the front desk.
- Visit confirmationA day before the appointment, the patient is asked whether the visit is still on.
- Waitlistbuilt for youA canceled slot with the right doctor goes straight to a waiting patient.
- Follow-up visitA routine checkup in six months or a follow-up after treatment.
Inbound inquiries
- Prices and preparationHow much a procedure costs and how to prepare – answered without the front desk.
- Lab result statusPatients find out whether their test is ready without calling the lab.
- Patient complaintsComplaints about a visit are logged and resolved on time.
- Right clinic in the networkPatients call the main number and reach the clinic where they're seen.
- CallbackIf the front desk is busy, the patient gets a call back.
- Overnight bookingThe front desk is closed, but the AI keeps booking appointments.
- Cold and flu seasonOpening-time rushes and outbreak surges are handled without hours on hold.
- Ad performancebuilt for youSee which ads bring in new patients.
Outbound calls
- Web form callbackA patient fills out a web form, and the front desk calls back within minutes.
- Patient reactivationPatients who haven't been in for a while are invited for a checkup.
- Visit ratingAfter the visit, the patient rates the doctor and the clinic.
Messaging
- Messaging appsThe front desk sees patient messages from messaging apps next to their calls.
- Clinic chat widgetBook or ask about prices without picking up the phone.
- Clinic reviewsbuilt for youEvery patient review on Google Maps gets a reply from the clinic.
Campaigns and services
- Clinic newsAnnouncements about new services for patients who opted in.
- Doctor house callsbuilt for youThe request, the visit time, and a heads-up if the doctor is running late.
- Insurance companiesCalls about private insurance go to the staff who manage insurer contracts.
Quality
- Call reviewFront desk calls are checked for courtesy and required statements.
Modules
Contact center modules
Launch
Implementation at your clinic
- 01AssessmentWe measure how many patients you lose in the morning rush and to no-shows, so there's a baseline to compare against.
- 02EHRWe connect your EHR or practice management system, so bookings land directly in doctors' schedules.
- 03RoutingWe set up one main number, an IVR for locations and specialists, and front desk queues.
- 04AI consultantWe load your price list, list of services, and test preparation rules into the AI consultant.
- 05RemindersWe turn on day-before visit confirmations – by AI call or by message.
- 06LaunchWe connect clinics one at a time and after a month show you how no-shows and missed calls have changed.
Preparation
What to decide up front
Q&A
Frequently asked questions
Can the AI book a patient directly into a doctor's schedule?
It can, if your EHR exposes the schedule through an API. The AI consultant finds an open slot, tells the patient the doctor and time, and creates the appointment – no front desk involvement.
What does the AI tell a patient who describes symptoms?
It won't diagnose or recommend treatment. That call goes to a staff member, and if there are signs of an emergency, the AI tells the patient to call 911.
Will the AI call patients the day before their appointment?
It will call or send a message to confirm the appointment is still on, and it accepts a reschedule or cancellation with a single reply. The freed-up slot shows in the schedule right away.
Can the line handle the rush when we open?
The AI consultant handles simple questions, and everyone else gets a callback in the order they called. Fewer people hang up, and patients don't go to the clinic down the street.
Can the AI tell a patient whether their lab result is in?
It can, if the lab system provides status through an API: the patient gives their order number and hears the answer. The results themselves are in the patient portal.
How does a patient reach their own clinic by calling the main number?
The IVR asks for the clinic or specialist, and the platform recognizes returning patients from their record and routes them straight to where they're treated.
Where are recordings of patient calls stored?
Wherever the clinic chooses: in our US and UK data centers or in its own server room. Roles control who sees what, and every view is logged.
Will patients be told about the AI and call recording?
Right away: the AI says the call is recorded and that the patient isn't talking to a person.
How does the AI get the patient's consent to use their data?
It asks – by voice on a call or in writing in chat. The answer is saved with the call recording, so it's easy to find during an audit.
Does CONTACT.WORK work with our EHR?
We've integrated the platform with medical practice systems before, and for any other EHR we build the connection through its API at the start of the project. The front desk sees the patient record and visits on screen, and a new visit shows up in the schedule immediately.
How do we check whether the front desk is courteous to patients?
When the front desk staffer and the patient are recorded on separate channels, the system reviews every call for rudeness, interruptions, and missed required statements. In states that require all-party consent, play a recording notice at the start of the call.
Can we invite patients back for follow-up visits automatically?
After treatment, a staff member gets a task to call, or the patient automatically receives an invitation – say, for a routine checkup in six months.
Patients message us on messaging apps – will the front desk see it?
Messages from WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and the clinic website, along with calls and emails, are collected in the patient record, and the front desk reads them as one timeline.
Will the AI survey patients after a visit?
By call or message, it asks the patient to rate the visit and puts complaints and harsh comments in a separate list for the front desk manager.
How do we separate insurance company calls from patient calls?
By number or IVR option: insurer calls about prior authorizations and coverage approvals go to your insurance staff without waiting in the general queue, while patients wait in the main one.
Will we know if a clinic's number stops answering?
The AI regularly calls each location's direct numbers and alerts tech support if a number is silent or busy for too long.
Will clinics in the network have short internal extensions?
Staff at different locations call each other by short extensions, and those calls are free.
Can we call our patient list or send a campaign?
The AI calls or messages patients who agreed to receive notifications – for example, about new services at the clinic.
Will spam and sales calls reach the front desk?
They won't. The platform screens out spam and robocalls before they reach anyone, so front desk staff spend their time only on patients.
Will we pay extra for new front desk staff?
No. The number of seats doesn't affect the price, and the support plan costs the same no matter how many employees you have.
Does the front desk need separate software?
No. Everything opens in a browser, on the front desk computer or on a staffer's computer at home.
Will scheduling stop while we move off our old phone system?
It won't: we switch clinics one at a time while the rest keep working the old way, and your existing numbers stay.
Glossary
Terms on this page
- EHR and practice management system
- Clinic software with provider schedules and patient charts. Learn more →
- IVR (interactive voice response)
- A phone menu: the caller hears a greeting and picks the right department. Learn more →
- Callback
- The customer doesn't wait on hold but asks for a callback – and gets one when an agent is free. Learn more →
- Call recording
- Calls are saved so they can be replayed and disputes settled. Learn more →
- API (application programming interface)
- The way programs exchange data with each other without a person in the loop. Learn more →
- Cloud deployment (cloud)
- The platform runs on the vendor's servers, and agents connect over the internet. Learn more →
- Data center
- A building with servers, backup power, cooling, and network links. Learn more →
- On-premises deployment
- The system runs on the company's own servers, not in the vendor's cloud. Learn more →
- Customer portal
- A secure area of the website where customers track their requests. Learn more →
- Speech analytics
- The system analyzes recorded calls automatically: topics, script adherence, customer emotions. Learn more →
- Hosting
- You rent a server from a provider instead of buying one. Learn more →
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