Reception is doing two jobs
Checking a patient in and answering a ringing phone happen at the same moment more often than not.
Reception for the calls, never the clinical decisions.
A busy front desk can't always pick up between patients, and a caller who reaches nothing usually just tries a different practice. SIMCOAI answers, books routine appointments from your real timetable, and hands anything medical or urgent to a person immediately — it never assesses symptoms or gives medical advice.
The problem
One desk, patients in front of it and on the phone at once.
Not every call is routine
Some calls are booking a check-up. A few genuinely need a clinician's attention straight away — and reception has to be able to tell the difference under pressure.
A missed call is a missed patient
Somebody who can't get through often books elsewhere rather than trying again later.
What SIMCOAI does
Booking, and a hard line at anything clinical.
Books your real appointment types
Check-ups, hygienist visits, consultations — set them and their durations in the dashboard, and only genuinely free times are offered.
Medical topics go to a person
Medical subjects are on SIMCOAI's built-in escalation list. A caller describing something clinical is routed to your team, not answered by the AI.
No diagnosis, no medical advice, ever
SIMCOAI does not assess symptoms or advise on treatment under any circumstance. It is reception software, not clinical software.
The caller confirms before it's booked
The appointment is read back and confirmed before it's created, so a mis-heard day or time is caught on the call.
Returning patients recognised
A number that's called before is matched to one customer record for booking purposes, kept separate from any clinical system you use.
You set the escalation rules
What counts as urgent for your practice is your call, configured in the dashboard — SIMCOAI follows those rules on every call.
Common questions
What practices ask before setting this up.
Does it give medical advice or triage symptoms?
No. It does not assess symptoms, give medical advice or make a clinical judgement. Anything medical is handed straight to a person on your team.
What if a patient describes something urgent?
Medical topics are on SIMCOAI's built-in escalation list, so the call is routed to a person rather than handled by AI. You set what counts as urgent in the dashboard.
Can it book check-ups and routine appointments?
Yes — set your appointment types and durations, and it offers only the real times your practice has free.
Does it handle clinical records?
No. It keeps a customer record for booking purposes only — name, contact details, appointment history — separate from any clinical system you use.
More
The features behind this.
Escalations
Medical, safety and legal topics handed to a person, never answered by AI.
Bookings
Appointments offered and taken from your real timetable.
Customer records
One record per person, returning callers recognised before they speak.
Ready to try it
Hear it before you set anything up.
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