The Problem: High Call Volume and Missed Follow-Ups Limited Patient Access
Graham Healthcare Group (GHG), a leading home health provider treating over 75,000 patients annually, manages more than 21,000 inbound calls each month through a team of 8 full-time receptionists.
While patient calls were initially answered live and transferred to local branches for follow-up, the system created significant gaps in communication:
- Approximately 50% of transferred calls went to voicemail
- Limited visibility into whether local branches followed up on missed calls
- Delayed response times, often taking multiple days to return patient messages
- Calls were sometimes routed to the wrong teams or locations
- High operational costs to maintain live call coverage
- Limited scalability as call volume continued to grow
As a result, valuable patient inquiries and referral opportunities were being delayed or lost, prompting GHG to seek a more scalable and transparent patient communication solution.
The Solution: Smart Call Routing and Automated AI-Transcription
GHG choose to implement Clarus, a technology-based call management solution that leverages smart routing and AI-transcription to make answering calls easy and efficient.
Key capabilities included:
- Reduced operational burden for staff
- 33% decrease in inbound calls
- Improved visibility into patient call reasons
- Zero patient hold times
- Faster resolution of patient inquiries and requests
With Clarus in place, GHG eliminated missed call gaps, improved response speed, and created a scalable, transparent call management system across its network of home health branches.
The Problem: Traditional Medical Answering Service Caused Delays and Missed Calls
Prior to Clarus, a children’s hospital relied on a traditional medical answering service to manage patient calls. While the goal was to improve patient experience and reduce hold times, the existing system created several operational challenges.
- Patients experienced long hold times
- Calls were missed or mishandled by the call center
- Physician response times were delayed
- Service disruptions occurred during inclement weather, impacting reliability
- Staff lacked visibility into call activity
These limitations of the medical call center impacted the hospital’s ability to deliver timely, high-quality care to pediatric patients and their families.
The Solution: Intelligent Call Routing and Reliable Patient Communication with Clarus
The children’s hospital implemented Clarus’s call management solution to modernize and centralize their patient communication and after-hours call management.
Key capabilities included:
- Intelligent call routing to the correct healthcare providers
- Reduced patient hold times through streamlined call workflows
- Real-time insight to ensure urgent calls were addressed quickly
- Improved tracking and monitoring of patient communication
- Increased reliability compared to a traditional medical answering service
With Clarus in place, the children’s hospital improved responsiveness and enhanced the overall patient experience.
The Problem: Managing 7,000 Urgent Calls Across a Large Health System
A large health system was using a traditional medical answering service, creating significant communication challenges.
- Patient calls needed to be routed across 1,100+ physicians and providers
- Patients experienced long hold times
- Calls were frequently missed or mishandled by the call center operators
- Physicians and providers did not always receive the right calls in a timely manner
- Multiple disconnected processes created inefficiencies
With such high call volumes, the health system needed a more reliable and scalable call management solution to improve patient care and operational efficiency.
The Solution: One Centralized, Automated Patient Communication Solution
The health system implemented Clarus to consolidate multiple call management processes into a single, centralized platform.
Key capabilities included:
- Scalable workflows designed for high call volumes
- Automated call routing to the appropriate provider
- Centralized management of urgent patient calls through one cloud-based dashboard
- Real-time visibility into patient call activity including recordings and transcriptions
With Clarus, the health system streamlined management of more than 7,000 urgent patient calls per day, reduced missed and mishandled calls, and improved patient access to timely care.
The Problem: Poor After-Hours Patient Communication Led to Dissatisfaction
Managing after-hours patient calls with a traditional medical answering service created several challenges for Texas Digestive Disease Consultants.
- Patients experienced long hold times when calling after hours or never received a callback
- Staff regularly received complaints about the after-hours experience
- Staff had to manually transfer calls to after-hours operators
- The answering service did not reflect the level of patients care TDDC strives to provide
As patient complaints increased, TDDC recognized the need for a more reliable patient communication solution.
The Solution: A Patient Communication Solution with Improved Documentation and Visibility
TDDC implemented Clarus to modernize patient communication after business hours and provide greater visibility into call activity for physicians and staff.
Key capabilities included:
- Full visibility into overnight calls and messages for quick call routing
- Patient call transcriptions for documentation and visibility into patient interactions
- Scalable pricing structure to manage increased call volume without increased costs
- Improved communication for patients, providers, and office staff
The result was a more reliable and efficient patient communication. Following implementation, TDDC experienced higher patient satisfaction, improved staff efficiency, and eliminated patient complaints related to after-hours calls.
The Problem: Manual Call Routing Created Delays and Errors
Managing after-hours patient and provider calls with a traditional answering service created several challenges for Virginia Heart.
- Calls were frequently routed to the wrong provider
- Complex physician call schedules were difficult to manage
- Office staff and providers had to manually correct routing errors
- Delays in communication impacted response times for urgent needs
- Administrative burden increased for both providers and staff
These call routing challenges and errors made it increasingly difficult to provide timely patient care and maintain strong hospital relationships.
The Solution: Automated Call Routing for After-Hours Patient Calls
Virginia Heart implemented Clarus to automate after-hours call routing and eliminate the errors associated with traditional answering services.
Key capabilities included:
- Automated call routing based on provider schedules
- Support for multiple physician on-call schedules
- Accurate routing of urgent patient and hospital calls without staff intervention
- Reduced administrative burden for providers and staff with the easy-to-use mobile app
- Faster response times for after-hours needs
The result was a more reliable after-hours communication process that eliminated call routing errors, improved patient satisfaction, and reduced stress on providers and office staff.
The Problem: Manual On-Call Scheduling Led to Call Routing Errors
Managing after-hours patient calls with a traditional answering service created several challenges for Jordan-Young Institute, a specialized orthopedic practice:
- Physicians received calls when they were not on call
- Non-urgent patient calls were routed to providers after-hours unnecessarily
- Paper schedules were difficult time consuming to update
- Human error frequently caused call routing mistakes
- Staff lacked visibility into after-hours communications
As the practice grew, these manual processes became increasingly difficult to manage for the Jordan-Young Institute team.
The Solution: Automated After-Hours Call Routing and Physician On-Call Scheduling
Jordan-Young Institute implemented Clarus’s call management and patient communication software to automate after-hours call routing and eliminate manual scheduling challenges.
Key capabilities included:
- Automated physician call routing
- Real-time on-call schedule updates
- Mobile application access for providers
- Self-service scheduling for office staff
- Call tracking and documentation
The result was a more efficient and reliable after-hours communication process for their physicians and staff.
The Problem: Outdated Medical Pagers Created Inefficiencies in After-Hours Patient Care
Managing after-hours patient calls with a traditional medical paging system created several challenges for Cool Springs Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, a primary care practice:
- Providers had to carry separate paging devices at all times
- Physicians received calls without patient context or call details
- All patient interactions had to be manually documented in the EMR
- Paper-based and manual workflows were time-consuming for physicians and staff
This traditional system wasn’t reliable, creating more work for providers and office staff.
The Solution: Modernizing After-Hours Patient Communication
Cool Springs Internal Medicine & Pediatrics implemented Clarus to replace their traditional medica paging system with a centralized, digital-based after-hours call management platform:
Key capabilities included:
- Real-time patient call visibility for physicians and office staff
- Mobile application for real-time documentation and call tracking
- Instant on-call scheduling updates
- Centralized, automated call management workflows
The result was a more efficient and streamlined after-hours patient communication process.