For Specialty Clinics

A front desk that keeps up with specialist care.

Heron answers every patient and referrer, day or night, books consults into your PMS and keeps a clear summary of every call, so your team spends its time on patients, not the phone.

Results

What it looks like in practice

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1,654
Patient interactions handled in one clinic, calls and chats
33 hrs
Call time handled by Heron
45%
Of requests resolved directly, with no staff time
What Heron handles

Precision for detail-heavy specialist work

High-value enquiries captured every time, and a lean team freed from the phone.

Every enquiry answered

Patients and referrers reach Heron any time. Every enquiry is captured and actioned, instead of waiting in voicemail.

Consults booked in your PMS

Heron follows your appointment types and rules, finds availability per specialist and location, and books, moves or cancels in your PMS.

Call summaries you can read

Every call is transcribed and summarised, so your team reads the request in seconds instead of listening back to voicemails.

Answers from your knowledge base

Fees, referral requirements, preparation, parking: Heron answers the everyday questions from your clinic’s own knowledge base.

In your patient’s language

Patients speak their own language, and your team reads every summary in English.

Payments In beta

Patients pay during booking or settle an open invoice, by card or bank.

Integrations

Works with your PMS

Heron books and updates appointments in the systems specialist clinics run on, including Elixir.

All integrations
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Best Practice
ElixirIn beta
MeddbaseIn beta
GensolveIn development

Several sites?

Heron picks the right site before it does anything, so every patient is read and booked at the right clinic.

How multiple sites work
Phone systems

Works with the phones you already have

Heron connects to your phone system and picks up when you want it to: on the first ring, when callers choose it, or when your team is busy.

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Phone mode SIP extension

Heron answers as an extension on your phone system. If a patient asks for a person, the call goes to your reception queue.

Divert mode Call forwarding

Calls are forwarded to Heron’s number, and Heron transfers back to the clinic when a patient needs a person.

Your call flow, your choice

Let patients choose in your phone menu, have Heron answer first, or bring Heron in when the queue gets long.

In their words

From specialist teams on Heron

“We’ve had a staff member resign, and we’ve covered some of her hours, but we haven’t necessarily been panicking about replacing her, because we’re managing so much better without having a thousand phone calls all the time.”
THTheresa Hewlett
Practice Manager, STRIDE Orthopaedics
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“It is much easier to quickly read a message on the Heron dashboard and attend to it rather than wait for downtime to check and listen to voicemails, which is a slow process.”
EEmma-Lee
Practice Manager, Ōtautahi Orthopaedics
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Ready to see how Heron can help your clinic?

Book a demo and see Heron answer your patients, book straight into your PMS, and hand your team only what needs a human.