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After-hours agent

Closing time is when patients start calling.

From closing to opening, Thursday afternoons, Fridays and holidays, the after-hours agent answers in Arabic and English, captures every request, routes urgent cases and hands your desk a summary at the start of the day.

After-hours · last nightOn duty
  1. 18:00Clinic closes · AI on duty
  2. 19:42Reschedule handledMoved
  3. 21:10New patient · Thu 09:30Booked
  4. 23:55Severe pain after extractionUrgent
  5. 02:14Insurance questionCallback

08:55Handoff list ready for the desk

Closed-hours calls

BeforeVoicemail, or nobody

With VoclyAIAnswered, booked or routed

  • Works without an integration in request mode
  • Urgent routing and the 998 protocol always on
  • A morning handoff list, sorted by priority
The blackout

How many hours a week is your phone unanswered?

Put in your own opening hours. Most clinics are closed for more of the week than they are open.

Your opening hours54 h open

Your blackout

114 h

a week with no one to answer the phone. That is 68% of the week, before holidays and Ramadan hours.

Open 54 hClosed 114 h

See the revenue at stake in the ROI calculator
Two modes

Request mode or booking mode

Start with what your systems allow today. Move up when a connector is ready.

Booking request · 22:31To confirm

Patient
Sami T. · verified
Service
Cleaning
Prefers
Sat a.m. · Dr. Rami

Request mode · no integration

The verified request, ready in the morning

The agent collects the patient's name, number, service, preferred doctor and time, checks the details back with the caller, and tells them when the clinic will confirm. Your desk confirms from the handoff list.

Saturday · Dr. Rami Booked 22:31

09:0009:3010:0010:30

Booking mode · with a calendar connector

Booked into your calendar overnight

Where a calendar connector or a daily availability export is in place, the agent offers real open slots and books into your calendar, then sends the confirmation.

How each connection works is on the integrations page.

Urgent handling

Urgent cases reach a person. Everything else waits for morning.

Your escalation rules decide what counts as urgent and who is called. The agent asks the triage questions you approve, then acts.

What it will not do
  • Give medical advice or interpret symptoms
  • Promise a diagnosis or a treatment
  • Leave a caller without a route to a person
  • Stay silent in an emergency: it gives 998 and escalates
  • Triage questions in your clinic's words
  • On-call routing by branch, department or doctor
  • 998 protocol for life-threatening situations
  • Every urgent call flagged at the top of the handoff
Morning handoff

The desk starts the day with a list, not a voicemail box

Before opening, the dashboard shows what happened overnight: what was urgent and what was done, booking requests, callbacks, and the information already sent.

Morning handoff · 08:55 · 6 items
  • UrgentSevere tooth pain, 23:55. On-call dentist notified, callback done 00:10.
  • BookNew patient, implant consult. Prefers Thursday morning, Arabic.
  • BookChild cleaning. Two siblings, Saturday if possible.
  • Call backInsurance question, Thiqa. Voicemail transcribed.
  • RescheduleMoves Tuesday 10:15 to any day next week.
  • Info sentDirections and parking for the Jumeirah branch.
Per branch

Holidays, Fridays and Ramadan hours, per branch

Branch hours · this weekRamadan hours from Mon
SatSunMonTueWedThuFri
Dubai · Downtown
Dubai · Al Barsha
Abu Dhabi

Open · your team Closed · Vocly AI on duty

  • Branch calendars

    Each branch has its own hours, so the agent covers the branch that is closed, not the one that is open.

  • Public holidays

    Eid, National Day and other closures set once, with the message patients hear.

  • Ramadan hours

    Shorter days and late openings handled without changing the phone setup.

Always on, on every call and message

AI safety rules
  • AI disclosure on every interaction
  • A human on request, with full context
  • 998 emergency protocol, always on
  • No medical advice, ever
7-day After-Hours pilot

Seven nights on your line, then the audit

Every call from closing to opening, weekends and public holidays answered. A handoff list every morning, an ROI audit at the end. No integration needed to start.

Pilot setup · Day 04 of 4 done

Vocly Demo Clinic · goes live tonight at 18:00

  • Opening hours loadedMon–Sat 09:00–18:00 · public holidays added
  • Doctors and services loaded4 doctors · 18 services · insurance list
  • Escalation contact setOn-call: Dr. Rami K. · phone and WhatsApp
  • Test call passedApproved by your team on the test line

Ready for go-live. No IT changes made.

ROI audit · Day 87 nights

Vocly Demo Clinic

After-Hours pilot · prepared by the VoclyAI team

  • Calls answered
  • Requests captured
  • Urgent cases routed
  • Bookings recovered
  • Revenue at stake
Measured in your pilotYours to keep
  1. 01Day 0 · SetupWe load your hours, doctors, services and escalation contact. Your team approves on a test line.
  2. 02Nights 1–7 · LiveClosed-hours calls forward to the agent, AI disclosed on every call. The handoff list waits each morning.
  3. 03Day 8 · ROI auditCalls answered, requests captured, urgent cases routed and what was at stake. Yours to keep.
FAQ

About the after-hours agent

What does the After-Hours pilot cost?

The pilot period is included before any proposal. Seven days, no commitment, and you keep the ROI audit at the end whatever you decide.

Do we need an integration to start?

No. Request mode works without any connection to your systems. The agent captures each request and your desk confirms it in the morning.

Does it replace our on-call doctor?

No. It reduces noise, not accountability. Urgent cases go to the on-call contact you set, and life-threatening situations get the 998 line and a person.

How are holidays and Ramadan hours handled?

Each branch has its own hours and holiday calendar. When a branch closes early or shuts for Eid, the agent goes on duty for that branch only.

What does the morning handoff look like?

A list in the dashboard, sorted by priority: urgent cases and what was done, booking requests, callbacks and information sent. Each item links to the full transcript.
7 days · no IT disruption

Cover tonight's calls with a 7-day pilot.

Seven days, no commitment, and an ROI audit at the end.

Period
7 days
Pilot
After-Hours
Covers
Nights, weekends, holidays
Ends with
ROI audit