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Cancellation backfill from a waitlist
Dental practice · 15 hygiene slots a week refilled, about $3,000 weekly revenue
- Task
- stop calling waitlisted patients one by one to fill cancelled hygiene slots
- Result
- about 15 hygiene appointments per week filled from the waitlist, nearly $3,000 in additional weekly revenue (about $150,000 a year); saves the team at least three hours a day on cancellations
- Tools
- NexHealth Waitlist (one-click booking by text or email); real-time Dentrix sync
- Setup
- switch from a reminder tool whose Dentrix sync lagged 10+ minutes → load the waitlist in NexHealth → when a slot opens, NexHealth texts/emails waitlisted patients a one-click booking link → first patient to book takes the slot and it writes to Dentrix instantly, preventing double booking
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Example business: Virginia dental practice (three doctors, six hygienists; waitlist had grown to 245…. Task: stop calling waitlisted patients one by one to fill cancelled hygiene slots.
Reported result: about 15 hygiene appointments per week filled from the waitlist, nearly $3,000 in additional weekly revenue (about $150,000 a year); saves the team at least three hours…
Tools: NexHealth Waitlist (one-click booking by text or email); real-time Dentrix sync
Setup outline:
1. switch from a reminder tool whose Dentrix sync lagged 10+ minutes → load the waitlist in NexHealth → when a…
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Write a 140-character text offering a patient an earlier hygiene appointment with a placeholder booking link and "first to reply gets it".
First, ask me up to 5 questions about my business and tools. Then give me a beginner step-by-step setup plan, plus copy-paste prompts/templates I can use. Plain English, and tell me if any step needs a tech helper.
via autopilotbusiness.ai/use-case/dental-practice-nexhealth-waitlist-one-click-textemail-booking-15-hygi/Step-by-step setup guide
> Cost: Paid, by quote. NexHealth does not publish prices (third-party listings guess roughly $300-350 a month; unconfirmed). Google booking and review links are included in the subscription.
Honest note: Rules, not AI. The vendor story says NexHealth texts waitlisted patients when a slot opens; NexHealth's help page shows staff start each waitlist request, so expect a quick staff click. Dollar figures are vendor-published.
Prerequisites
- A NexHealth account connected to your practice system through the NexHealth Synchronizer (supported systems include Dentrix, Open Dental, Eaglesoft, athenahealth; NexHealth sets this up).
- Admin permission for the feature you are changing (Forms, Online Booking, Scheduling).
Step-by-step setup
Step 1. Fill cancelled slots from the waitlist. Open Waitlist → New waitlist request, pick the open slot, add the patients to offer it to, and click Send. A person starts each request; NexHealth does not fill slots by itself. The first patient to accept books it. See the ASAP list article for how the list works per practice system.
What success looks like
Cancellations are refilled in minutes.
Common issues & fixes
- Sync looks stale: NexHealth writes into your practice system through the Synchronizer, so check that the Synchronizer is running on the office computer before blaming the setting.
- Patient not on the list: add them from the Waitlist screen.
Optional: Maintenance
- Weekly: clear the waitlist of booked patients.
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Use this with any AI chat. It helps you write the slot-offer text.
Write a 140-character text offering a patient an earlier hygiene appointment with a placeholder booking link and "first to reply gets it".Sources
- Case: NexHealth case study (dental practice). Credit: the practice team (vendor-published).
- NexHealth pricing page
- NexHealth Help Center: automated communications
- NexHealth Help: Waitlist
- NexHealth Help: ASAP list
Industries: AI automation for Dentists & Dental Practices · AI automation for Clinics & Healthcare Practices
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