Calls come in, but you're not always available to answer them. We can capture and screen callers, book appointments, and log details in your software.
Your staff only has so much time. And you can't delegate patient care. Hand off "the rest" to our receptionists. We can screen calls, book appointments, and take payments.
Make better business decisions with real-time call data, visualized in every Smith.ai client dashboard. Every call summary is enriched with metadata including actions completed, caller disposition, priority, relevance, call recording and transcription, and more. See the big picture with historical tables and charts to predict business growth, costs, and ROI with superior accuracy.
Smith.ai receptionists make calls on your behalf, improving your speed-to-lead and unburdening staff who need to reach out to clients. We'll call-back online leads who complete web forms, contact donors for donation renewals, chase down payments on unpaid invoices, and more. We'll even send follow-up emails and texts after every call to ensure a connection is made. Learn more.
New leads come to your website with questions. With Smith.ai 24/7 Live Chat, we can respond in seconds to turn website visitors into patients. We answer texts, too.
Medical and wellness businesses are normally too busy addressing patient care to answer every phone call that comes in, however, providing quality customer support through a reliable medical and wellness answering service can help busy medical professionals save time without neglecting client relationships. Here are a couple of the benefits medical and wellness businesses experience with us:
With a phone answering service that’s available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, your clients will always have a real person to talk to, whether your business is busy, closed, or on holiday. Your clients’ questions always receive a thoughtful response.
Missed calls mean missed opportunities. Don’t lose out on leads just because you’re too bust to pick up the phone. Answering services provide evening, weekend, and after-hours availability so your business will never miss another call.
Through outsourcing call handling to an answering service, your team will be able to dedicate time where you need it most and focus on more important work to build your business.
At Smith.ai, we know great customer service and how to deliver it for a range of business types and industries. Our virtual receptionists are trained in customer service and hospitality, so let us put best practices to work for you and deliver an exceptional and professional response that represents your business well every time.
No need to allocate limited time and money towards hiring an in-house receptionist when you can get all of the services you need and then some with an answering service for a fraction of the price. Medical professionals who use Smith.ai can save upwards of $30,000/year.
Phone answering services can provide your medical and wellness business with detailed call summaries after each call and even provide your clients with chat and text messaging so you can stay in contact with your most valued clients.
A medical and wellness answering service can provide your business with much needed relief, whether your team is on a budget, overwhelmed by overflow calls, or simply looking to enrich your company’s customer service. With Smith.ai’s answering service, your medical and wellness business can receive even more benefits to help your company accomplish its goals, whatever they may be.
Smith.ai’s answering service can provide medical and wellness businesses with…
After-hours & overflow answering
With almost limitless features, Smith.ai’s answering service is guaranteed to grow your company’s productivity, revenue, and outreach. Smith.ai has offered quality service to medical and wellness businesses for years and our clients trust Smith.ai to provide their business with premium support. Read our 5-star reviews to learn why medical and wellness professionals prefer Smith.ai.
The price of a receptionist is one of the most important factors to consider when deciding on whether to hire an answering service or a traditional, in-house receptionist. Let’s look at the average price for an in-house receptionist.
The average salary nation-wide for an in-house receptionist is about $37,000 and they often come with hefty, additional fees, such as:
Total Cost, Including Salary: $77,000/year
If your medical or wellness business is located in a highly populated area, you may be stuck paying even more. In-house receptionists can even add to that cost when they inevitably come in late, call in sick, request time off, take personal leaves of absence, go on vacation, and so on. On the other hand, Smith.ai’s virtual receptionists can accomplish the same tasks as an in-house receptionist and then some, barring coffee runs and supply restocks, of course, and are much less expensive because your company doesn’t have to pay for any time off, benefits, or salaries.
Smith.ai’s answering service costs as little as $285/month, with no hidden fees. Ever. By hiring an answering service instead of an in-house receptionist, your business could save over $33,000/year on salary alone, and possibly up to $40,000/year in benefits beyond salary payments. Not only will your medical and wellness business save money, but your business will also be able to optimize productivity and revenue like never before. Contrary to in-house receptionists, virtual receptionists can answer calls outside of regular business times, which is far more important than you might recognize, as 27% of leads call after hours. Smith.ai’s agents can answer live chats and texts. SMS answering can be overlooked, but over 46% of customers prefer communicating with businesses through text.
Virtual receptionists can even provide sales assistance by making outbound calls to convert more leads, which has been proven to be helpful. It’s critical for businesses to respond promptly, as over 67% of clients base their decision to hire a business on the initial responsiveness to their call or email. Long waiting periods encourage leads to take their business elsewhere and you may not have the opportunity to explain why you’re the right medical and wellness company to hire. With Smith.ai’s medical and wellness answering service, your business can receive all the benefits of an in-house worker without the absurd expenses. Read our article to learn more about the differences between an in-house vs. a virtual receptionist.
Keeping a medical and wellness business up and running can get hectic, from managing projects and tasks to overseeing company development and growth. Businesses like these constantly face issues that impact their ability to succeed. The most common scenarios that medical and wellness businesses use virtual receptionist services for are:
“Front desk” support is a great way for medical and wellness businesses to receive consistent administrative assistance that can help operations run smoothly. With many medical and wellness businesses on a limited budget, however, they may not be able to afford pricey in-house receptionists, especially when they already have to pay for office rent, medical supplies, marketing, and advertising.
Calls come in whether your medical and wellness business is available to answer them or not. When medical professionals have to answer phone calls in addition to their regular duties, they can easily fall behind on more important tasks and lose focus. On average, it takes about 23 minutes to get back to a task after being interrupted by a phone call.
Businesses grow and it can be difficult to keep up. With calls that need to be answered, appointments that need to be scheduled, and invoices that need to be sent, medical and wellness teams can get overwhelmed and struggle to keep up.
When the work day ends, medical professionals and wellness leaders want to go home and enjoy their free time away from clients, but calls don’t stop coming in and leads can often be missed, as over 27% of leads call outside of normal business hours. Medical and wellness companies may not be able to provide after-hours availability, but may still want to offer accessible customer service.
If your health and wellness business is experiencing one or any of these scenarios, an answering service can help by allowing you to outsource these tasks directly to a professional agent. An answering service will take on some of the more painstaking responsibilities, addressing and alleviating the tedious issues your staff faces. Smith.ai’s virtual receptionists can accomplish the same, whether your medical company needs assistance handling phone calls, blocking spam, or qualifying leads. By eliminating the need to set aside precious time to screening calls and answering clients’ questions, your medical and wellness business can get back to focusing on more important work without letting your client relationships fall to the waste side.
Medical and wellness businesses, like any business, often find themselves in compromising situations that require outsourced assistance to resolve. Some of the most common problems are:
With a limited staff and an endless list of assignments, medical and wellness teams frequently struggle to answer phones and respond to messages from clients when they also have to complete their other duties. Running a medical business and providing quality customer service at the same time can prove to be difficult and lead to poor performance in both.
With the price of in-house receptionists being as high as it is, businesses are often left to delegate daily tasks themselves. Despite spending a large portion of their day performing administrative duties, teams often struggle to balance their important projects with their regular office tasks.
Responding to each call can feel impossible for medical and wellness businesses when they have higher priority assignments to address. Businesses can easily fall behind on responding to new inquiries so potential leads can be frequently missed. Leads don't wait for call-backs. They call the next business in the search results. If businesses fail to pick up, they not only lose a lead, they lose ROI, money on marketing campaigns and ad spend, as well as conversion rates from ads.
With the crowded marketplace for medical and wellness businesses being what it is, it can be a major obstacle for companies to distinguish themselves and stand out amongst the crowd. Providing quality customer service through quick and thoughtful responses can place businesses above their competitors, but many medical and wellness business owners often lack the time to do so.
One of the most crucial, yet challenging aspects of growing a successful business is finding and converting new clients. With so much time and effort being spent towards existing clients, medical and wellness businesses may not have the opportunity to seek out and nurture new clients. Professionals who spread their workload too thin may not be able to deliver quality customer service. Slow response times may frustrate customers and hurt client loyalty and retention, as well.
Maintaining detailed phone records and call summaries can be demanding for businesses who disperse client data across a multitude of software platforms. Knowing how, when, and why clients call is significant for any business hoping to successfully navigate client relationships, but unfortunately, is not always easy to accomplish.
If your medical and wellness business is facing any of these challenges, a virtual receptionist service may be useful. One of the many wonderful aspects of Smith.ai is that our services fit your business needs, not the other way around. Our virtual receptionists can allocate time where you need it most and address the specific issues your business face, whether you need help qualifying and intaking new clients or sending invoices and collecting payments. Sign up risk-free with our 14-day money-back guarantee and see how Smith.ai’s virtual receptionists can alleviate the problems your medical and wellness business faces.
Determining which services are important to your medical and wellness business is a good place to start. To figure out which services would be best for your business, ask yourself what problems or opportunities you face that a virtual receptionist service can address:
Whatever it may be, Smith.ai’s virtual receptionists can adjust their service to better suit your business needs.
After that, consider what services would best fit your company’s activity level:
Whether you get twenty calls a month or 2,000, Smith.ai can customize your virtual receptionist service to fit your business activity so you only pay for what you need.
All you have to do next is sign up. Getting started with Smith.ai’s virtual receptionist service is simple and fast. No annual contracts, no setup fees, and no need to supply scripts.
Follow three simple steps:
Whether your business is looking for a full-time virtual receptionist or an overflow or occasional phone answering service, Smith.ai can offer customized assistance to your team with quality customer service, lead screening, and sales development. When you sign up with Smith.ai, you won’t just be gaining a virtual receptionist service, you’ll be gaining a professional, reliable, and friendly team who are guaranteed to transform your business by capturing leads and delighting current clients.
Learn how to get started with Smith.ai’s virtual receptionist service.