How Answering Services Improve Care
After hours call coverage can improve patient satisfaction, reduce missed calls and support better outcomes for medical practices.
OSF OnCall provides HIPAA-compliant answering services for medical offices, ensuring patients feel heard while helping your care team stay focused on delivering care. With live agents trained in health care communication, the service provides after-hours patient support – including evenings, overnights, weekends and holidays.
24/7/365
Experienced supervisors 24/7
4.5
Average patient satisfaction rating on 5-point scale
6%
Reduction in call abandonment rate
OSF OnCall is more than a call center. As the digital health division of OSF HealthCare, we bring clinical insight, innovation and proven Mission-driven excellence to every call we answer.
OSF OnCall provides HIPAA-compliant answering services for medical offices, keeping your practice connected without adding internal strain. With live agents trained in health care communication, the service offers after-hours patient support – including evenings, overnights, weekends and holidays.
Documenting call and outcome directly in Epic
Using office-specific questions when speaking with patients
Collaborating with physician’s office to address concerns
Pricing based on monthly call volume
Support your patients after hours without overextending your staff. OSF OnCall makes it easy to add a reliable, health care focused answering solution to your practice.
When a patient calls your practice after hours, their call is routed to the OSF OnCall physician answering service.
Our trained agent will:
Based on your protocols, the call is then routed appropriately:
Every interaction follows standardized procedures to support accuracy, professionalism and patient privacy.
The following calls are not included in this service:
Patients calling from an emergency department: These callers are instructed to contact the nurse in charge. Calls from the emergency department itself are directed to the physician’s on‑call provider.