There is a very appropriate slogan for all those who are in need of medical attention
and this is "call for health"! Don't you think that this is truly applicable for the telephone answering service in the medical sector? We do come across numerable instances where a patients become highly frustrated and stressed (very bad for health!) when trying to reach a busy medical practitioner in their area. This is the reason where some social oriented helpful agencies have evolved to help these suffering persons to rapidly get in touch with the right medical specialist and alleviate their ailments. Remember that just talking for a few seconds to your trusted doctor can be an antidote to any medical problem. My daughter is a medical specialist and any time I feel under the blues a "call for health" to her makes me feel a lot better and nearly cured, even without a single dose of medicine! Such is the power of mental discipline!
The several answering services in the medical field are no child's play in our country and the expectations of the people on these professionals is very high. It is for this reason that all of them strive to a par excellence organization that will act as a trusted friend in case of medical emergencies or general practitioner needs - any time of the day or night! The most important trait of such organizations is the compassion with which they carry out their daily helpful chores. That is why we try to call them a social service agency rather than a call or answering center.
The now familiar "may I help you?" greeting is so comforting when one rings up the service and this itself acts like the first calm dose of good healthcare. After stating such positive aspects of the medical answering service we need to pay a little attention to the formidable task that these agencies have to perform day in and day out. Each and every patient is a VIP that can be also lightly but seriously interpreted as a "Very Ill Person" to signify the importance the answering services attribute to all who contact them for medical health attention. The reward apart from the usual and necessary commercial remuneration is the goodwill of the treated person who invariably considers the answering services a boon to the society!