Basia Burch created FLEX-35418: ---------------------------------- Summary: Advantages of Virtual Receptionist Technologies Key: FLEX-35418 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-35418 Project: Apache Flex Issue Type: Bug Reporter: Basia Burch
Technology is a real life-saver, and this cannot be any much truer than in the medical field both for the patient and the medical profession itself. When it comes to patient appointments and schedules management, today's technology provides a variety of options for the healthcare providers aside from the conventional next-office medical receptionist. Indeed, the clamor for the so-called "virtual receptionist" is ever increasing with the advent of mobile technology and the internet. The full potential for the technology is still unrealized but nevertheless, the benefit it sows for the medical industry is already immense. Here are some of the affiliate virtual receptionist technologies and their corresponding advantages: Online Patient Appointment Scheduler • Easy Access • No need to wait or queue to book an appointment. • After hours appointments can be arranged • Automated appointment reminders are promptly generated. • Rising number of healthcare professionals setting up online appointment scheduling. • Conflict with erring receptionist is avoided. • Online appointment scheduling systems *[complextime|https://complextime.com/]* usually have service features that provides relative medical information • Capabilities for both online and telephone and online appointment • Beneficial for the hearing impaired • Access to relevant office information is possible through most online appointment systems Telephone Appointment Reminder Software • Missed appointments are greatly reduced • Increased call notification and provision for high volume contacts • Automatic Alert System for Appointment Reminders • Operation extending beyond office hours • Automatic routine call features that let employees concentrate on more pressing responsibilities. • Response times to recipients are faster • Lower costs while enjoying a faster and ever expanding call capacity • The cost of employee turnover is greatly reduced • Multi-lingual support • Helps generate a better revenue After-hours Medical Answering Service • Features that ensure the message will come across clearly and quickly. • Direct callers phone call to the right person and efficient handling of every notification.. • It saves messages for the on-call physician • Message notification to practically anywhere via email and other mobile devices. • It is available virtually any time including at nights, holidays, weekends, and lunch breaks. • Physician on-call status can be easily changed In the end, there's no real substitute to a personal approach when comes to patient care. A live and cheerful medical receptionist has always a place in the medical field and in no way in danger of being displaced by affiliate virtual receptionist technology. Besides, technologies available today that handle certain medical receptionist tasks are just tools to streamline the medical profession. This will benefit both the healthcare provider, to make his professional responsibility an easier task, and ultimately the patient, to somehow ease his physical burden right from the very start of the whole treatment process. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)