The clinic that was losing a dozen calls a week to a phone nobody could answer
Before. Two dentists, one receptionist on the desk. Calls came in while she was with a patient, after closing, and on Sundays when the clinic was shut. Ten to fifteen a week went unanswered. Every one of them was someone trying to book.
What I built. A voice agent on the clinic's normal phone line. It answers every call, books into the calendar, and manages follow-ups for patients on multi-visit treatment plans. When someone misses an appointment it rings them to ask why, and messages them on WhatsApp.
The part I'm proudest of. The dentist updates it by talking to it. He sends a WhatsApp voice note — “I'm out Thursday, emergency” — and the agent updates its own knowledge, reschedules the affected appointments and messages those patients itself. No dashboard, no form, no waiting for me.
After. Unanswered calls: effectively zero. Bookings up 30–40%. No-show rate: unchanged — I'd rather tell you that than pretend everything improved.
Built in three weeks. Running since July. Around two hours a week to maintain, and every account and subscription sits in the clinic's own name, not mine.