# AI Receptionist & Missed-Call Recovery for Physiotherapy Clinics

An AI receptionist for a physiotherapy clinic answers or immediately follows up on calls the front desk can't take, and books directly against real treatment-plan and provider availability. It matters because physiotherapy front desks are often small teams managing a high volume of rebooking calls for existing patients alongside new enquiries, and the two compete for the same limited phone coverage.

## How It Works
Input: Inbound calls and voicemails, current provider availability from the practice management system
Processing: The system answers or calls back, identifies whether the call is a new enquiry, a rebooking, or a question about an existing treatment plan, and checks the relevant schedule
Output: A booked or rebooked appointment, a routed message to the right staff member, or an urgent concern escalated

## Use Cases
- Capturing new-patient enquiries that call during peak rebooking-call volume
- Booking and rebooking sessions directly against real-time provider availability
- Answering common questions (referral requirements, insurance, location) without tying up a staff member
- Distinguishing a routine rebooking call from a new-patient enquiry and routing each correctly
- Logging every call outcome back into the practice record

## Benefits
- Recovers new-patient calls that would otherwise go to a competing clinic
- Removes the "stuck on one line, missed the next call" problem on a single front-desk phone
- Extends effective coverage without extending staff hours
- Reduces interruptions to treating clinicians who currently field overflow calls between sessions

## GOVISTUDIO
Govistudio builds this as a custom system tied to your specific scheduling rules and provider availability — not a generic call-answering script.

## FAQ
### Can it handle rebooking mid-treatment-plan without confusion?
Yes — it checks the patient's actual treatment plan and provider schedule rather than treating every call as a fresh booking.

### Does it sound like a real person or an obvious bot?
It's built to handle the routine share of calls (scheduling, hours, general questions) smoothly and hand off anything unusual to a human.

### What happens if a patient calls about pain or a concern between sessions?
Anything requiring clinical judgment is routed to the treating clinician or appropriate staff member rather than being handled by the system itself.

### Can it text patients instead of calling them back?
Yes — for routine rebooking especially, a text follow-up often converts faster than a voicemail callback.