InternalAutomation

Case Study · Healthcare

Self-scheduling and triage for a multi-specialty clinic

Self-scheduling, automated reminders, and routing by visit type cut the scheduling call queue 70% and reduced no-shows across nine locations.

Client
A multi-specialty clinic group, 9 locations
Market
Remote, US
Timeline
8 weeks, phased by specialty

Anonymized and illustrative of a typical engagement.

−70%
scheduling call volume
−31%
no-show rate
9
locations live
8 wks
to full rollout

01 / The challenge

Where the time was going

  1. 01A central scheduling team fielded thousands of calls a week across nine locations and many specialties. Each call meant matching the patient to the right provider, visit type, and location, a slow, error-prone game of phone tag that frustrated patients and staff alike.
  2. 02No-shows varied wildly by specialty, and reminders were inconsistent because the team was too buried in inbound calls to run them reliably.
  3. 03Mis-bookings, the wrong visit type or provider, created downstream rework and wasted clinical slots.

02 / The build

What we shipped

We let patients self-schedule correctly and made reminders reliable, while keeping complex cases with the human team.

  1. 01Rules-based self-schedulingPatients book through the portal with logic that matches them to the right provider, visit type, and location automatically.
  2. 02Specialty-tuned remindersReminder cadence and channel are tuned per visit type to maximize confirmations and reschedules.
  3. 03Smart triage and routingAmbiguous or complex requests route to the scheduling team with context, not a cold callback.
  4. 04Waitlist fillCancellations trigger automatic offers to waitlisted patients so clinical slots do not sit empty.

03 / The results

What changed

The scheduling team went from drowning in calls to managing exceptions.

Call volume to the scheduling line dropped 70% as routine bookings moved to self-service, and no-shows fell 31% on the back of reliable, tuned reminders and easy rescheduling. Mis-bookings dropped because routing was enforced by the system.

−70%
scheduling calls
−31%
no-show rate
9 sites
on one consistent system

Our schedulers stopped answering the same call a thousand times and started solving the cases that actually need a person.

Patient Access Director, clinic group

05 / FAQs

Questions about this build

Does it integrate with our EHR?

Yes. We build the scheduling and routing around your existing EHR and patient portal rather than replacing them.

What about complex scheduling needs?

Routine bookings self-serve; anything complex routes to your team with full context so no patient is left in a loop.

Want a result like this for your team?

Name the work that is costing you the most time. We will map the build, show what is worth doing first, and what it costs. If there is no fit, we will say so.