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Patients Don't Wait. Neither Should Your Phone System.

When someone has a toothache at 8pm or needs to reschedule a visit, they expect to reach someone.

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$1,200
Avg. new patient lifetime value
33%
Of patient calls go unanswered
85%
Reduction in no-shows with SMS
The Challenge

Sound Familiar?

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Front Desk Is Overwhelmed with In-Person Duties

Your front desk staff is managing check-ins, verifying insurance, processing copays, and handling walk-ins all day. The phone rings constantly, and patients on the line compete with patients in the lobby — both experiences suffer.

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Scheduling Creates Constant Phone Traffic

Appointment booking, rescheduling, and cancellations generate a relentless stream of calls that dominate your front desk's time. Each call takes 3-5 minutes, and during peak hours, callers wait on hold or get sent to voicemail.

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After-Hours Urgent Care Calls Need Triage

Patients calling after hours with dental pain, post-procedure concerns, or symptoms that might need emergency attention deserve more than a voicemail greeting. Improper triage can lead to delayed care and liability concerns.

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No-Shows Cost Thousands — Confirmation Calls Are Tedious

The average practice loses $150-$200 per no-show, and manual confirmation calls take hours of staff time weekly. Every unfilled chair is lost revenue that can't be recovered.

The Real Cost

33% of Patient Calls Go Unanswered — Each New Patient Worth $1,200

Medical and dental practices miss 33% of incoming calls, and most of those callers don't leave messages — they book with another provider. A single new patient has a lifetime value of $1,200 on average, and dental practices see even higher values with cosmetic and restorative work. A practice missing just 5 new patient calls per week is losing $312,000 in patient lifetime value annually. Add in the revenue lost from no-shows that could be prevented with automated confirmations, and most practices are leaving $400,000-$500,000 on the table every year. Your clinical skills don't matter if patients can't get through to book an appointment.

$312,000
Annual patient LTV lost
33%
Of patient calls go unanswered
$200
Lost per no-show appointment
The Solution

SelenicAI Is Your Always-Available Patient Coordinator

SelenicAI handles the entire patient communication workflow: booking, rescheduling, confirming, and triaging — 24/7. It manages appointment scheduling with your practice management system, sends SMS reminders that reduce no-shows by up to 85%, and collects insurance information and new patient demographics before the visit. After hours, it triages urgent calls by symptom severity and routes true emergencies to your on-call provider. Your front desk stays focused on the patients in front of them, and your phones never go unanswered.

Real Scenarios

See It In Action

After-Hours Dental Emergency

The Scenario

A patient calls at 9:30pm with severe tooth pain and facial swelling. They're not sure if they should go to the ER or wait until morning.

SelenicAI Response

SelenicAI answers immediately, asks about symptoms (pain level, swelling location, fever, difficulty breathing or swallowing), and identifies this as potentially urgent due to the swelling. It advises the patient to go to the ER if swelling is affecting breathing or swallowing, and simultaneously texts the on-call dentist with the patient's details. It books a first-available emergency appointment for the next morning as backup.

New Patient Appointment with Insurance

The Scenario

A new patient calls wanting to schedule a cleaning and exam. They have Delta Dental PPO and want to know if you accept their insurance and if there's availability this week.

SelenicAI Response

SelenicAI confirms the practice accepts Delta Dental PPO, collects the patient's name, date of birth, member ID, and group number. It gathers their medical history basics (allergies, current medications, conditions) and referral source. It finds an opening on Wednesday at 2pm, books the appointment, and sends an SMS confirmation with new patient forms to complete before arriving.

Appointment Reschedule and No-Show Prevention

The Scenario

An existing patient calls to reschedule their Thursday cleaning because of a work conflict. Meanwhile, three patients haven't confirmed their appointments for tomorrow.

SelenicAI Response

SelenicAI reschedules the Thursday patient to the following Monday at 10am and sends a confirmation text. Separately, it has already sent automated SMS confirmations to the three unconfirmed patients. Two confirmed via text reply, and one didn't respond — SelenicAI sends a follow-up call to that patient and fills the potential gap by texting the practice's cancellation waitlist.

Capabilities

Built for Medical & Dental

Appointment Management

Books, reschedules, and confirms appointments. Sends SMS reminders to reduce no-shows.

Urgency Triage

Routes urgent dental pain, post-op concerns, and emergency requests appropriately.

Insurance Verification

Collects insurance provider, member ID, and coverage questions before the visit.

New Patient Intake

Gathers demographics, medical history basics, and referral source for new patients.

Return on Investment

A Healthy Phone System Means a Healthy Practice

$28,800
Additional Annual Patient Value

Capturing just 2 new patients per week that previously went to other providers adds $28,800 in annual patient lifetime value.

85%
Reduction in No-Shows

Automated SMS confirmations and follow-up calls reduce no-show rates by up to 85%, recovering thousands in lost chair time.

5.2x
Return on Investment

Medical and dental practices see an average 5.2x return on SelenicAI through new patient acquisition and no-show reduction.

30 hrs
Front Desk Time Saved Monthly

Automated scheduling, confirmations, and intake saves over 30 hours of front desk time per month — freeing staff to focus on in-office patient care.

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