Dr. Mitchell, the healthcare receptionist
Healthcare

Meet Dr. Mitchell, your healthcare receptionist.

Dr. Mitchell answers the number you forward, takes the caller's name, number and what they need — in the words a healthcare provider actually uses — and writes one sentence on the record. From $49 a month, on the full EngageSuite360 CRM shaped for healthcare.

How Dr. Mitchell answers
Dr. Mitchell saysThanks for calling your business, this is Dr. Mitchell. I'll take your name, number and a note for the team.

Then Dr. Mitchell listens. Short sentences, one question at a time, the number read back once, and what happens next: you call back.

What callers usually need

Dr. Mitchell sorts every call into the words your trade uses

That word is in the sentence Dr. Mitchell writes, so your callback list reads like a healthcare desk, not a voicemail box.

Why every call matters in healthcare

The call you miss is the one that goes elsewhere

A new-patient call that reaches voicemail during clinic hours is a patient who books with the practice that picked up. Dr. Mitchell answers that call, every time, and you decide what happens next.

By the numbers: In a 2025 mystery-shopper study of primary care offices listed in Medicaid managed-care directories (Los Angeles, Houston, New York), fewer than half of English-language calls (46.9%) ended with a first-time appointment scheduled; unanswered calls and voicemail were among the failure categories. Source: Melgoza et al., SSM - Qualitative Research in Health (PMC), 2025.

The CRM, in healthcare words

Callers become patients, and work becomes care episodes

Every plan includes the EngageSuite360 CRM, set up for healthcare from the first login. Dr. Mitchell writes each call onto the right record in those words.

Care Episodes stages

Inquiry → Scheduled → Insurance Verified → In Treatment → Follow-up → Discharged

Healthcare records

  • Referrals — provider-to-provider patient referrals

On every patient: Medical Record #, Insurance ID, Primary Physician, Last Visit.

The record

What is on the CRM after a call

One sentence, on the contactJeff called from (727) 555-1212 — new patient, wants a call back this afternoon.

The caller becomes a contact, the company is matched from the number, and the sentence is emailed to you. No recording, no transcript on the Starter plans — that is the AI Front Desk plan, one rung up, same number, same CRM.

Pricing

How much is an AI receptionist for a healthcare business?

From $49 a month. There are three Starter sizes — $49, $149 and $299 a month — and the only thing that changes between them is how many inbound minutes are included; the smallest is 250. Every one of them answers each call, takes the name, the number and what the caller needs, writes one sentence on the record and emails it to you, on the full EngageSuite360 CRM. If you need the calls heard, texted and booked too, the AI Front Desk plans start at $397 a month with unlimited inbound minutes. Annual billing is two months free, and the 7-day trial takes real calls and charges nothing until day 8.

More from Dr. Mitchell

The guides, and the CRM Dr. Mitchell writes into

Dr. Mitchell's healthcare guides

How a healthcare provider handle calls, follow-up and the work behind them — written by Dr. Mitchell on AgentWorks Studio.

Read Dr. Mitchell's healthcare hub →

The CRM Dr. Mitchell writes into

EngageSuite360 arrives shaped for healthcare: the pipeline, the fields and the vocabulary. Free to start; Dr. Mitchell writes every call into it.

Free CRM for healthcare →

Questions

About Dr. Mitchell

How much is an AI receptionist for a healthcare business?

From $49 a month. There are three Starter sizes — $49, $149 and $299 a month — and the only thing that changes between them is how many inbound minutes are included; the smallest is 250. Every one of them answers each call, takes the name, the number and what the caller needs, writes one sentence on the record and emails it to you, on the full EngageSuite360 CRM. If you need the calls heard, texted and booked too, the AI Front Desk plans start at $397 a month with unlimited inbound minutes. Annual billing is two months free, and the 7-day trial takes real calls and charges nothing until day 8.

What does Dr. Mitchell say when answering?

"Thanks for calling your business, this is Dr. Mitchell. I'll take your name, number and a note for the team." Then Dr. Mitchell listens, takes the name, the callback number and what they need, reads the number back once, and says you will call back.

What does Dr. Mitchell never do?

Dr. Mitchell never quotes a price or a range, confirms an appointment time, sends a text or an email, transfers the call, or pitches anything. On the Starter plans it is one logged sentence and you call back; the AI Front Desk plans add transcripts, texting and booking.

What lands in my CRM after a healthcare call?

A contact (or the one you have), the company when the number matches, and one line on the record that names what they needed — new patient, urgent symptom, appointment change, prescription refill, billing question. The same line is emailed to you.

What does the CRM call my patients?

Patients, with care episodes moving through Inquiry, Scheduled, Insurance Verified, In Treatment, Follow-up, Discharged. The EngageSuite360 CRM in every plan is set up for healthcare, with referrals as records of their own.

Why does a missed call cost a healthcare business so much?

A new-patient call that reaches voicemail during clinic hours is a patient who books with the practice that picked up. Dr. Mitchell answers every call you forward, so that caller reaches someone.

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