Automate Patient Intake, Scheduling & Triage for Family Medicine (Fork)
Four agents digitize intake, confirm appointments, route urgent calls, and track referrals — saving 65 hours weekly across front desk and clinical staff.
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How This System Works
Architecture
Event-driven system using Google Workspace as the data backbone, Twilio for patient communications, and Claude for intelligent processing. All agents operate independently but share common data patterns.
Data Flow
Patient interactions start in Google Calendar (appointments) or Google Forms (intake), trigger appropriate agents via webhooks, process through Claude for intelligence, and complete with Twilio communications and Sheets updates.
Implementation Phases
Phase 1 (Weeks 1-2): Intake digitization and SMS infrastructure
Phase 2 (Weeks 3-4): Appointment management automation
Phase 3 (Weeks 5-7): Referral tracking system
Phase 4 (Weeks 8-12): Phone triage assistant (optional)
Prerequisites
- -HIPAA compliance review and documentation
- -Patient consent for digital communications
- -Staff training on new digital workflows
- -Google Workspace administrator access
Assumptions
- -Patients will adopt SMS-based communication (95% smartphone usage in target demographic)
- -Current Google Sheets structure can be enhanced for better data organization
- -Staff will embrace automation after seeing initial results
- -Existing Twilio account has sufficient SMS capacity
Recommended Agents (4)
How It Works
- 1New patient scheduled → SMS with intake link sent automatically
- 2Patient completes digital form on phone/tablet
- 3Agent extracts medical history, medications, allergies
- 4Data formatted and added to patient record in Google Sheets
- 5Staff receives alert with pre-visit summary
Implementation
Webhook from calendar → Twilio SMS → Google Form → Claude processing → Sheets update → Staff notification
Prerequisites
- -HIPAA-compliant form hosting
- -Patient consent for SMS communications
- -Structured data fields in Google Sheets
Error Handling
Handle gracefully
Integrations
| Source | Target | Data Flow | Method | Complexity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Calendar | Twilio SMS | Appointment events → Patient notifications | Webhook + REST API | Medium |
| Google Sheets | Claude API | Patient data → AI processing → Structured output | Sheets API + Claude API | Low |
| Twilio Webhooks | Google Sheets | SMS responses → Patient record updates | Webhook + Sheets API | Medium |
Schedule
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| Task | Recommended | Alternatives | Est. Cost | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient intake processing | Claude-3 Sonnet | GPT-4Gemini Pro | $120/month | Superior at medical terminology extraction and structured data formatting |
| Appointment confirmations | Claude-3 Haiku | GPT-3.5 TurboGemini Flash | $45/month | Fast, cost-effective for simple text classification and generation |
| Phone call transcription | Whisper API | Google Speech-to-TextAzure Speech | $180/month | Best accuracy for medical conversations and proper noun recognition |
| Referral status tracking | Claude-3 Sonnet | GPT-4Custom fine-tuned model | $90/month | Excellent at parsing unstructured communication and status determination |
Impact
What Changes
Quality Gains
- ✓Patient intake errors drop from ~8 per day to 0-1 per day
- ✓Lost referrals eliminate completely (currently ~2-3 per month)
- ✓Patient satisfaction scores increase as communication becomes proactive
- ✓Staff burnout decreases as repetitive tasks are automated
- ✓Appointment no-show rate drops by 25-30% with better communication
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