Small Medical Practices Lose Patients to Missed Front-Desk Calls
Small and mid-size medical practices cannot afford enterprise-grade call and scheduling software, leaving a thin front desk simultaneously answering phones, checking in patients, and sitting on hold with insurers. Calls that go to voicemail are rarely returned by callers, resulting in lost new patients and quiet attrition of existing ones.
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