Automated Waitlist

Cancellation? Filled in minutes.

When a patient cancels, Penciled instantly messages eligible waitlist patients. First to reply gets the slot—all scheduled directly into WebPT without staff intervention.

Detects Cancel
Today 2:30 PM
Sarah M.
Detected in < 2 minutes
Scanning for eligible patients...
Messages Waitlist
Contacting 3 patients in parallel...
JD
John D.
MR
Mike R.
LK
Lisa K.
First to reply wins
Fills the Slot
JD
John D.
Confirmed at 2:30 PM
Filled in 0 seconds
Booked in WebPT
Others notified slot taken
Waiting for confirmation...

What waitlist automation eliminates

Front office teams spend hours every day on manual waitlist management. Penciled handles it in seconds.

2-3 hours daily

Front desk spends hours every day manually managing the waitlist and calling patients

Spreadsheet chaos

Tracking waitlist in spreadsheets, Weave notes, or calendar blocks—error-prone and tedious

Revenue lost

Cancellations go unfilled when staff is overwhelmed, losing hundreds per empty slot

Phone tag

Texting and calling each patient individually, waiting for responses, playing phone tag

Staff burnout

High front office turnover with lengthy retraining on manual waitlist processes

Double bookings

Multiple patients confirm for same slot—race conditions cause double bookings and frustration

How it works

From cancellation to filled slot in under a minute—no manual intervention required.

Step 1

Cancellation Detected

Penciled scans WebPT every 2 minutes and detects cancellations instantly.

Step 2

Waitlist Contacted

All eligible patients are messaged in parallel. First to reply wins with sub-millisecond precision.

Step 3

Slot Filled

Winner is auto-booked in WebPT. Others are notified the slot is taken. No staff intervention.

Key benefits

Instant cancellation detection

Scans WebPT every 2 minutes for cancellations and triggers outreach immediately.

Smart patient matching

Filters by provider preference, availability, appointment type, and duration.

Parallel outreach

Messages all eligible patients at once. First "yes" wins with sub-millisecond precision.

Auto-books in WebPT

Books directly into your schedule without any manual approval required.

Results from real clinics

15,000+
cancellations filled for real PT clinics
Penciled Platform
35X
return on investment
Renew PT Case Study
366%
increase in cancellations filled
Origin PT Case Study

What clinics are saying

"Penciled saved our front offices hundreds of hours every month dealing with the waitlist. Results were immediate once they launched the WebPT integration. If you are on WebPT, this is a no-brainer."
Steve Mongiello, PT, Cert MDT, CSCS
Steve Mongiello, PT, Cert MDT, CSCS
Owner, Renew Physical Therapy
"Prior to the platform, our admin teams were manually texting every patient on the waitlist with last minute openings. Our utilization drastically increased, and our patients were excited to snag last minute openings."
Sarah Rao
Sarah Rao
Program Manager, Origin Physical Therapy
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Clinics like yours are already ahead.

Every month without Penciled is visits lost and hours wasted. Join 200+ providers who've already made the switch.

  • 14.8% more visits occurred (Marketplace)
  • Automated reminders & waitlist
  • Self-scheduling for evals & follow-ups
  • Plan-of-care compliance nudges

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