Thanks very much to everyone for their ideas for my original posting. You've all given me much to consider and think about.

Thanks again,
Brandon

On 5/2/2013 8:54 AM, Lenz Emilitri wrote:
We did something like that - see http://blog.wombatdialer.com/post/24187267017/drstrangelove You can use the free version of the dialer if you have low traffic or just want to run a test.
l.


2013/4/26 Ron Wheeler <rwhee...@artifact-software.com <mailto:rwhee...@artifact-software.com>>

    Good comment.
    Another feature suggestion
    You might to ask the person to press 1 to confirm or 2 to leave a
    message if the appointment is not going to be kept or 0 to reach
    the receptionist to reschedule the appointment.

    Ron


    On 26/04/2013 7:06 AM, Chris Bagnall wrote:

        On 26/4/13 10:38 am, jg wrote:

            they are currently calling patients. I think these calls
            apply only to a
            certain fraction of the patients, who are difficult to
            contact by other
            methods.


        I suspect there will be different requirements depending on
        how 'helpful' to patients you wish to be. At the very simplest
        end of the scale, you could simply call the patient's number
        and remind them of their appointment on <dd hhmm>, then
        disconnect.

        However, the OP probably wants something a little more
        sophisticated than that. At the very least, you would want
        some method of handling shared numbers (e.g. a shared dwelling
        with a single phone), so you didn't inadvertently advertise a
        patient's appointment to someone else who answered the phone.
        So you would at the very minimum want a simple IVR that says
        "We are trying to reach Mr. Joe Bloggs. If this is he, press 1
        now, otherwise please hang up."

        Going beyond that, you might want your reception staff, when
        booking appointments, to ask the patient when they would like
        their reminder call - the day before, an hour before, etc.
        etc. (and if the day before, would they prefer it in the
        morning, afternoon, or evening).

        As others have said, the OP might be best advised to request
        (paid) assistance with the project on the [asterisk-biz] list.

        Kind regards,

        Chris



-- Ron Wheeler
    President
    Artifact Software Inc
    email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com
    <mailto:rwhee...@artifact-software.com>
    skype: ronaldmwheeler
    phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 <tel:866-970-2435%2C%20ext%20102>



    --
    _____________________________________________________________________
    -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com --
    New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs:
    http://www.asterisk.org/hello

    asterisk-users mailing list
    To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
    http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users




--
Loway - home of QueueMetrics - http://queuemetrics.com
Test-drive WombatDialer beta @ http://wombatdialer.com


--
_____________________________________________________________________
-- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com --
New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs:
                http://www.asterisk.org/hello

asterisk-users mailing list
To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
    http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users

--
_____________________________________________________________________
-- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com --
New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs:
               http://www.asterisk.org/hello

asterisk-users mailing list
To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
   http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users

Reply via email to