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AI Dental Appointment Intelligence System

A dental service organisation across 32 practices was losing £2.1M annually to appointment no-shows and 4,200 uncaptured recall patients. Mirlo Systems deployed a predictive confirmation system, automated schedule recovery pipeline, and recall campaign platform, reducing the group no-show rate from 18% to 7% within 90 days.

7%Group No-Show Rate
£2.1MAnnual Production Recovered
1,840Recall Patients Converted in 90 Days
AI Predictive Confirmation Engine — Mirlo Systems
TL;DR

Executive Summary

A dental service organisation across 32 practices was losing £2.1M annually to appointment no-shows and 4,200 uncaptured recall patients. Mirlo Systems deployed a predictive confirmation system, automated schedule recovery pipeline, and recall campaign platform, reducing the group no-show rate from 18% to 7% within 90 days. Built in 12 weeks with zero-downtime cutover and AES-256 encrypted pipelines.

01 · Business & Technical Challenge

The Challenge

Operational Friction

The organisation's clinical operations across 32 practices were running well below addressable revenue capacity. Appointment no-shows ran at 18% across the group, losing between £14,700 and £17,640 in clinical production daily (£2.1M annually). Overdue recall lists held 4,200 patients uncontacted for >12 months. Front-desk staff spent 60% of working hours on manual scheduling administration.

Business Risks at Stake

  • Risk of continuing to lose £2.1M annually in recoverable production while treating no-shows as normal
  • Risk of front-desk burnout as scheduling admin volume grows across 32 practices
  • Risk of deploying non-compliant AI tools handling patient data without HIPAA-conscious architecture
02 · Solution Architecture & Technical Execution

The Solution

Mirlo Systems built a dual-PMS integration across Dentally and SOE Exact. The Predictive Appointment Confirmation System identified high no-show risk slots 72 hours out and applied personalized AI voice confirmations 48 and 4 hours before appointments, dropping no-shows to 7%. The Schedule Recovery Pipeline auto-filled cancelled slots from waiting lists in 22 minutes.

Technology Stack

Dentally PMSSOE ExactAnthropic ClaudeTwilion8n Workflow AutomationSupabase

Engineering Capabilities Delivered

  • Predictive no-show model scoring each appointment 72 hours in advance using 18 months of PMS data
  • AI voice confirmation replacing static SMS with personalised outreach 48 and 4 hours prior
  • Automated slot recovery pipeline filling cancelled appointments from waiting lists within 22 minutes
  • Dual PMS integration across Dentally and SOE Exact with normalised data schema
  • Recall campaign automation running 3-touch outreach for 4,200 overdue patients without front-desk involvement

Execution Approach

Discovery Across 5 PracticesDual PMS Integration BuildPilot at 8 PracticesFull Group RolloutCompliance Sign-Off
03 · Business Value & Tangible Results

Measurable Outcomes

Verified Performance Results

  • Group no-show rate: Reduced from 18% to 7% within 90 days90-day post-deployment PMS audit across all 32 practices
  • Annual production recovered: £2.1M in first year of operationFinance team annual production comparison
  • Overdue recall patients converted: 1,840 of 4,200 converted in 90 daysRecall campaign tracking, PMS booking records
  • Cancelled slot fill time: Reduced from 4.2 hours to 22 minutesSchedule recovery pipeline event log
  • Front-desk insurance admin time: Reduced by 68% in integrated practicesStaff time-tracking comparative audit

Before vs. After

Group no-show rate
Before18%
After7%
-61%
Cancelled slot fill time
Before4.2 hours average
After22 minutes average
-91%
Overdue recall patients booked
Before0 of 4,200
After1,840 of 4,200
44% converted in 90 days
Front-desk insurance admin burden
BeforeManual 100%
AfterAutomated 74%
-68% manual workload
Annual production recovered
Before£0
After£2.1M
Full recovery

Qualitative Gains

  • Zero manual administrative friction in routine processing pipelines.
  • Enhanced staff operational capacity redirected to high-value client interactions.
  • Full compliance and security audit trail maintained across all automated pipelines.

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Common Questions

Built with HIPAA-conscious architecture. Patient data is processed in isolated environment with AES-256 encryption. Zero-data-retention contract with LLM provider.

How is patient data protected given healthcare appointment handling?
Built with HIPAA-conscious architecture. Patient data is processed in isolated environment with AES-256 encryption. Zero-data-retention contract with LLM provider.
How was dual-PMS complexity across Dentally and SOE Exact managed?
Integrated via API into a unified orchestration layer normalising both data formats into a consistent internal schema.
How does the predictive no-show model identify high risk appointments?
Trained on 18 months of historical PMS data, outputting risk scores 72 hours in advance to trigger tailored outreach.
What oversight do practice teams have over recall outreach?
Managers receive daily exception reports for human follow-up. All messages use pre-approved templates.
How long did no-show impact take to appear after go-live?
Measurable impact appeared within 4 weeks, stabilizing at 7% by week 12.