Onboard / Activate
Compounded-to-brand supply-transition concierge
The clinician has decided to move them to brand-name supply — now someone has to actually walk them through a new pharmacy, a new device, and a new bill.
What it does
When a provider moves a patient from compounded medication to brand-name supply, the clinical decision is the easy half. The operational half is where patients drop: a different pharmacy flow to set up, a dosing form that changes from a drawn-up vial to a fixed pen (or the reverse), an insurance and cost picture that suddenly looks different, and a timing question about when the old supply ends and the new one begins. Left to a portal link and a "your prescription has changed" email, a meaningful share of these patients simply stall and lapse. The agent runs the switch as a guided, clinician-confirmed onboarding so the transition is a step forward, not a drop-off point.
How it works
- 1Trigger. the clinician confirms a compounded-to-brand transition in the record, or a fulfilment event signals the supply source is changing — the agent opens the walk-through rather than leaving the patient to decode it.
- 2Decision. the agent reads the new prescription, recognises the dosing-form change (vial to pen or pen to vial), pulls the patient's coverage and cost context, and sequences the steps that actually unblock this person; it answers questions in session and surfaces clinically-appropriate covered or lower-cost paths only for clinician approval. Every unprompted message passes a quality judge first.
- 3Action. a chat, WhatsApp, email, or in-app conversation walks the new pharmacy set-up, explains the new device with technique pointers, lays out the cost and insurance options, and confirms the timing so there is no gap between the last compounded dose and the first brand dose. Where a payment is needed, the agent hands off to the client's secure hosted step rather than taking it.
- 4Follow-through. the transition-completed event writes back to the program; if the patient completes a step on their own, the queued nudge is cancelled before it sends; a dosing question, a cost the patient cannot clear, or a clinical concern routes to a clinician or the care team, and lift is measured against a holdout.
Configuration
How the agent is wired for this use case.
transition_confirmed event from the clinical/EHR system (compounded → brand), or a supply_source_changed fulfilment event.- Clinical/EHR system · read the new prescription and the dosing-form change; write back the transition-completed event.
- Pharmacy/fulfilment system · guide the new pharmacy set-up and confirm timing so old and new supply do not leave a gap.
- Billing system · present the clinician-approved covered or lower-cost options and hand off to the client's secure hosted payment step.
- Knowledge base · explain the new device with approved technique pointers and the steps of the switch.
- Messaging channel · run the guided conversation and answer questions in session.
What you need
The inputs this use case runs on. Your channels stay yours; the agent supplies the judgment.
Signals
the clinician-confirmed transition event and any supply-source change from fulfilment; a completion event when the switch is done.
Data
the new prescription and dosing form, the patient's coverage and cost context, the set of clinician-approved covered/lower-cost paths, device-technique content, consent and notification preferences.
Guardrails
clinically-appropriate options are presented for clinician approval only; the agent never adjusts a dose or gives medical advice and escalates clinical questions; payment is a secure hosted hand-off, never taken by the agent; judge gating, frequency caps, and holdout measurement on every unprompted message.
Metrics it moves
- activation-rateup, by carrying patients through the new pharmacy and device set-up instead of losing them at the switch.
- churndown, a guided transition removes the price-and-process shock that drives silent lapse.
- intake-completionup, the first brand dose lands without a supply gap.
- adherenceup, patients who clear the operational switch keep dosing on schedule.
Related use cases
Compounding wind-down transition manager
the retention and value-reframe decision this operational walk-through follows
Titration-cliff cost-shock save
the cost-shock save when the new supply re-prices the plan
GLP-1 plan, pricing and billing conversation handler
the billing conversation behind the secure payment hand-off
See it on your own customer journey
Bring one drop-off, one churn cliff, or one silent segment. We will show you what a proactive agent with memory and judgment does with it.
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