Referrals get lost

A fax arrives, nobody calls the patient, and the referral never becomes a visit. Tely tracks every referral, reaches the patient and books them, then lets the referring office know.

15 min · no commitment · HIPAA-compliant

The problem

What it costs you

Every referral is a patient another doctor already sent you. When it sits in a fax tray or an inbox, the patient waits, then often books with whoever calls first. The referring office notices too.

And when most new patients come from a few referrers, growth depends on them. That is a ceiling, not a plan.

An example, not a statistic
referrals a month 40
never get scheduled 1 in 4
patients a month someone already sent you 10

Put in your own numbers. Compare last month’s referrals received with the referred patients who were seen.

The process

How it works

Every referral in one list

Fax, email, phone and electronic referrals, each with a status.

We reach the patient

By phone and text, quickly, in your practice’s name.

Booked and reminded

Insurance checked, the visit booked, reminders sent.

The referrer hears back

The referring office knows the patient was seen.

Beyond referral-only growth

Integrative medicine · Los Angeles

8.7× more clicks from Google in three months

An integrative medicine practice in Los Angeles went from 179 to 1,564 Google clicks a month between June and September 2026.

179Jun 20261,564Sep 20268.7×Growth
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27× more clicks from Google in eight months

Regenerative orthopedics · Bay Area

311Jan 20268,547Sep 202627×Growth
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40× more clicks from Google in under a year

Cardiology · Miami

319Oct 202512,887Sep 202640×Growth
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Questions

Questions practice owners ask

Why do referrals get lost?

Usually between the fax tray and the phone: nobody owns the follow-up, the patient is hard to reach, or the visit is never booked. Each referral needs an owner and a status until the patient is seen.

Which kinds of referrals do you handle?

Fax, email, phone and electronic referrals. Each one goes into one list with its status, so nothing waits in a tray.

Do referring offices get updates?

Yes. The referring office hears that the patient was contacted and seen, which is what keeps them sending patients.

Can you help us depend less on referrals?

Yes. Search brings patients no one referred: an integrative medicine practice in Los Angeles went from 179 to 1,564 Google clicks a month between June and September 2026, 8.7× in three months.

Is it HIPAA-compliant?

Yes. Patient data is encrypted at rest and in transit, access is role-based, and every access is logged.

What does referral follow-up cost?

It depends on your monthly referral volume. We work it out with you on a call.

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