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University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Selects 1Call Infinity and eCreator
Systems to Streamline Communication
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has selected
the 1Call Infinity call center system,
and the 1Call eCreator browser-based scripted application system to
streamline communications
throughout their entire facility. The M. D. Anderson Cancer Center,
located in Houston, Texas, chose these
systems to handle calls for three call centers, and also to implement
Web On-Call information. The 24
operator station Infinity and eCreator will be located in the M. D.
Anderson Welcome Center.
The 1Call Infinity and eCreator systems work together seamlessly, and
will merge three separate M. D.
Anderson call centers into one, reducing operating costs. The first
call center, which handles Patient
Information and Appointment Look-up functions, currently receives around
25,000 calls per month.
Operators answer calls and transfer them to patient rooms, and also
give callers information on
appointment times and locations. The second call center that will be
merged into the 1Call Infinity and
eCreator systems is the Institutional call center, which handles all
paging and internal questions. This call
center currently handles 250,000 calls per month. The third call center
is the new Patient Referral, where
operators look up diagnosis information and either take the call or
route it to the appropriate department.
This call center receives 20,000 calls per month.
Infinity instantly provides operators with up-to-the-second CTI information
as they connect to calls,
allowing them to handle calls in a more efficient and cost-effective
manner. The eCreator scripts let
operators quickly move through detailed calls, ensuring that they collect
all of the necessary information
on every call.
Additional modules selected by the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center include
the Infinity Web On-Call
Scheduling feature, which allows physicians, nurses, and staff members
to see current on-call schedules
from anywhere via the Web; the Infinity Voice Logger, which records
incoming and outgoing calls; and
Perfect Answer, which automatically plays answer phrases in the correct
operator's voice, saving time and
eliminating repetitive answer phrases.
Future plans include moving the Information Line to the Infinity and
eCreator systems. This call center
takes calls for patients and potential customers regarding cancer-related
issues. They handle 2,500 calls
and 1,250 e-mail messages each month. On the Information Line, callers
could request information on
becoming a patient, making an appointment, physician services and programs,
treatment options for each
diagnosis, clinical research trials, insurance questions, and patient
support group information.
About 1Call
The 1Call Division of AMTELCO is the leader in developing and installing
systems and applications
designed for the specific needs of the healthcare call center marketplace.
As a leader in developing CTI
(Computer Telephony Integration) technology, AMTELCO has an installed
based of over $400M worldwide.
For more information on Infinity and eCreator, contact 1Call at (800)356-9148,
or visit the Web site at
www.1call.com.
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