In-Basket Triage

Inbox

Messages arrive classified routine / clinical / urgent, with routine replies drafted.

Overview

Patient messages arrive pre-classified. Routine messages get a drafted reply for you to send or edit; clinical and urgent items are flagged for a person and never auto-answered.

The closed loop

  1. Receive — an inbound message enters the in-basket.
  2. Classify — routine, clinical, or urgent.
  3. Draft — a reply is drafted for the routine tail.
  4. Gate — resolve, edit, or escalate.
  5. Resolve / Escalate — urgent items are surfaced to a clinician immediately.

The human gate

Only routine replies are drafted, and even those are sent by a person. Clinical/urgent messages are never auto-answered.

Who acts here

Front-desk staff handle routine; clinicians take escalations.