Case study 19 · Inquiry forms and follow-up

Planning for the day the new patient appointments form breaks

Day to day with new patient appointments, failure has a plan and a test. Visitors keep a route, staff keep a check, and nobody claims the form is infallible.

The story

Whereitstarted,andwhat we changed

Three stations, in the order the practice lived them. The first two are the practice's description of the old way; the third is the build.

  1. Station 01

    Starting point

    New patient appointments contact depended entirely on one form. Its failure mode was silence, and the fallback plan was hope.

  2. Station 02

    The problem

    For new patient appointments, a visitor hitting an error had to rummage through the footer for another way to make contact. Staff, meanwhile, had no agreed check for whether test messages actually reached the intended inbox.

  3. Station 03

    What we built

    Visitors now see a backup contact method, honest error wording and advice on what to include when chasing up. Regular delivery checks submit the genuine form, covering visit reason, preferred day and callback details, to verify the full path.

Features used

4partsofthepackage,put to work

Each one links to the page that explains how it works on every site we build.

Timeline

20 working days, counted from content approval

20 working days after content approval, including staff review and handover.

Across all 20 case studies, builds ran from 10 to 25 working days after approval. The bar is drawn to that scale.

Live demo

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A 30-minute walk-through of the site you would get, with the inquiry forms and follow-up set up the way your front desk works.

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What changed

Day to day with new patient appointments, failure has a plan and a test. Visitors keep a route, staff keep a check, and nobody claims the form is infallible.

The backup plan for new patient appointments inquiries is visible on the page, not in someone's head. That is where it belongs.
Ralph DewhurstOffice administratorPediatric and family dental practice, Springfield, Missouri

Answers

Questionsaboutthis case study

How long did this project take for the pediatric and family dental practice?

20 working days after content approval, including staff review and handover. The clock starts when the practice approves the content, so the build never waits on a draft nobody has signed off.

Which parts of the build did this case use?

Alternative contact method, Useful failure message, Form delivery check, Staff escalation contact. Each one is listed above with a link to the part of the package that carries it.

Why is the practice not named?

The practice agreed to share the work and their words on the condition that the business stays anonymous. You see the practice type, the region and the team size, and the quote is attributed to Ralph Dewhurst, office administrator, by name and role.

Could our practice get the same thing?

Very likely, because this is the kind of work every plan is built around. Plans start at $137 a month with the $797 build fee invoiced only after launch. Book a demo and we show you how it would look and route on your own site before you commit to anything.

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Next step

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