Patient onboarding · Production

North Kansas City Hospital automates the equivalent of 80 FTEs and cuts patient check-in time by over 90% with Notable

The problem

NKCH & MH faced persistent staffing shortages, with 43–45 open job requisitions in early 2021, leaving them able to pre-register only 40% of patients and causing slow check-in and intake processes that led to frequent denials and write-offs.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
Vaccine scheduling pilot launch
Trigger
The NKCH & MH partnership with Notable initially began with vaccine scheduling.
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“The partnership initially began with vaccine scheduling”
2
Platform-wide deployment
Integration
NKCH & MH went live on Registration and Intake, Scheduling, Authorizations, Population Health, and Assistant across the Notable platform.
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“NKCH & MH have gone live on Registration and Intake, Scheduling, Authorizations, Population Health, and Assistant”
3
Patient pre-registration
Ai action
Patients complete pre-registration using Notable before their scheduled visit.
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“when patients complete pre-registration using Notable, check-in takes about 10 seconds. And because completing the intake experience before the visit also serves as a visit reminder, no shows have gone down by 34%”
4
Rapid facility check-in
Output
After pre-registration, check-in at the facility takes about 10 seconds.
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“check-in takes about 10 seconds”
Reported outcome

Notable's automation platform eliminated the need to hire 80 additional FTEs, reduced patient check-in time by over 90% (from approximately 4 minutes to about 10 seconds), cut no-shows by 34%, and raised the pre-registration rate from 40% to 80%, with 70% of staff willing to recommend Notable.

Reported metrics
Check-in time reductionmore than 90%
FTE equivalent avoided80 additional FTEs
Administrative workforce percentage avoided10–15%
Staff recommendation rate70%
Show all 10 reported metrics
check-in time reductionmore than 90%
FTE equivalent avoided80 additional FTEs
administrative workforce percentage avoided10–15%
staff recommendation rate70%
no-show rate reduction34%
pre-registration rate (current)80%
pre-registration rate (prior)40%
check-in time before automationapproximately 4 minutes
check-in time after automationabout 10 seconds
open job requisitions before43–45
Reported stack
Notable
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What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

Notable's automation platform eliminated the need to hire 80 additional FTEs, reduced patient check-in time by over 90% (from approximately 4 minutes to about 10 seconds), cut no-shows by 34%, and raised the pre-regis…

What tools did this team use?

Notable.

What results were reported?

Check-in time reduction: more than 90%; FTE equivalent avoided: 80 additional FTEs; Administrative workforce percentage avoided: 10–15%; Staff recommendation rate: 70% (source-reported, not independently verified).

How is this patient onboarding AI workflow structured?

Vaccine scheduling pilot launch → Platform-wide deployment → Patient pre-registration → Rapid facility check-in.

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