For Doctors & Specialty Practices

Doctor Practices Lose Revenue
When Patients Don't
START or STAY on Treatment

Your patients leave the exam room hesitant. They don't fully understand their condition, they underestimate the urgency, and you don't have time to explain it all over again. The result is lost conversions, missed revenue, and patients who never get the care they need.

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The Root Cause

The #1 Reason Patients Don't Move
Forward is Not Cost. It's Confusion.

Whatever treatment you offer, the pattern is the same..

Patients are getting guidance from everyone else except their own doctor.

Patient
gets health guidance from…
Social Media Influencers
TikTok, Instagram, YouTube
Google and ChatGPT
Friends & Family
Reddit & Facebook Groups
Competing Providers
This fragmented ecosystem shapes patient beliefs long before they ever sit across from you in the exam room.

This isn't a marketing problem. It's a clarity problem.

The Problem
Patients hesitate after the consultation and don't commit
Low treatment sign-up rates after consultation
Patients don't understand their diagnosis or why treatment matters
Drop-off after the first visit or first treatment
You don't have time to fully explain in the exam room
Lost revenue from hesitation and no-shows
WHY THIS MATTERS

Every hesitating patient is revenue
that walked out the door

The consultation happened. The recommendation was made. But without education to bridge the gap at home, 40–50% of those patients will never start. Here's the math for a typical specialty practice.

1,000
Patients Recommended for Treatment Per Year
At $800–$2,500 per treatment course depending on your practice type, the revenue potential is significant
400–500
Confused & Hesitating
Worried about cost, comparing to OTC alternatives, overwhelmed by options, go home and never schedule
200–300
Chose to "Wait and See"
Continued with OTC eye drops or basic glasses, declining quality of life, no treatment revenue for your practice
$300–600K
Lost Practice Revenue
Per year, per practice location, before factoring downstream repeat visits and long-term patient retention
The math is simple: 1,000 patients recommended → 400 hesitate → 200 never return → $160–400K in annual revenue that never materializes. Hoot closes that gap without adding to your workload or your staff's.
Our Origin

We had the same problem in our practice.

Dr. Shefali Miglani had eligible patients in her chair every day, but not the time to fully explain the value of treatment. She invested in new technology, built out new treatment programs, and still watched patients hesitate and walk out the door unconverted.

Appointments were short, questions came late, and conversations felt rushed. Brochures got ignored. Staff didn't have the right language. And there was no system to follow up after the visit with the patients who needed one more nudge.

Shefali Miglani, OD
Shefali Miglani, OD
Optometrist
Owner of Monroe Eye Care
Chief Medical Officer at Hoot
Bob Miglani
Bob Miglani
Founder & CEO of Hoot
Ex-Pfizer
Marketing Expert
We tried everything
Better brochures
Longer consultations
More empathetic bedside manner
Social media campaigns
Email nurture sequences

Nothing moved the needle.

Patients still hesitated. People walked out of consultations without signing up, and never came back.

We realized patients sign up for treatment because they want education from the person they trust most: their own doctor.

A patient who doesn't understand their diagnosis will never say yes to treatment. They're not resistant. They're just not educated yet.

The challenge is time and scale. You can't re-explain everything to every patient in a 15-minute appointment. So we built the system that does it for you, automatically, after every visit.

The Solution
Video Based Patient Journey
Sample patient journey, what a patient receives from first visit to long-term adherence
Patients like you, trust you and believe you're an expert when they see you on video.
1st Visit
SMS
SMS
SMS
Evaluation
SMS
Pre-Treatment
SMS
SMS
Treatment
SMS
Post-Treatment
SMS
Follow-Up
SMS
Choose how to deliver:
Dr. Jonah Miller
Optometrist
Record Your Own Videos
AI
Dr. Jonah Miller
AI Optometrist
Create a Doctor Clone
AI
Leah
Patient Education Coordinator
Use Hoot's AI Agent

Want to see a patient journey designed for your practice?

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How Hoot Works

Complete Patient Education Platform & Service

Co-Design the Patient Journey
1

Co-Design the Patient Journey

We map every critical decision point in your patient's journey, design the messaging strategy, and build education sequences around the treatments you offer, so the right content reaches patients at exactly the moment hesitation is highest.

Create Physician Video Content
2

Create Physician Video Content

You record videos on Zoom, we shoot professionally in your practice, or our AI generates content in your likeness. Every video is built around your voice, your expertise, and your specific treatments, so patients hear it from their doctor, not a stranger.

Deliver, Track & Optimize
3

Deliver, Track & Optimize

Education reaches patients within 24–48 hours of leaving your office, via SMS and email, at every key moment: post-consultation, before a procedure, after the first treatment. Real-time analytics show open rates, video completion, and patient engagement so you can see what's working.

Who We Work With

We Work With Any Doctor's Practice

If you see patients who need to understand a treatment before they commit to it, Hoot can build the journey. We work with a growing range of doctor practice types, with verified processes ready to deploy.

Practice types we work with:
Optometrists
Patient education that drives treatment commitment and long-term adherence across your full scope of care
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Ophthalmologists
Patient education that supports informed decision-making, surgical preparation, and post-visit follow-through
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Dentists
Patient education that builds confidence in recommended treatment and reduces case acceptance hesitation
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Orthopedics
Patient education that prepares patients for procedures, supports recovery, and improves long-term adherence
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The Result

If just 10% more of your
hesitating patients commit to treatment,
here's what that means in dollars

Right now, 40–50% of patients you recommend for treatment walk out and never start. You don't need all of them to convert, just 10% more saying yes is enough to meaningfully change your bottom line. And most Hoot practices see improvements well beyond that.

Without Hoot, Today
40–50%
of patients who are recommended treatment never start it
400–500 patients per year walk out and never return
Each lost patient = $800–$2,000 in uncaptured revenue
$300–600K left on the table annually per location
No visibility into why patients aren't converting
Your IPL device and myopia program sitting underutilized
With Hoot, 10%+ More Patients Say Yes to Treatment
+40–50
patients per year follow through on recommended treatment
$40–100K recovered annually, from patients who would have walked
Higher lifetime value, adherent patients return for follow-ups
Your equipment and programs run at fuller capacity
Doctor-recorded education, no new staff time needed
Compounding ROI, adherent patients refer others

Run the numbers
for your own practice.

01
Patients Recommended for Treatment
1,000 / year
Any treatment or procedure requiring patient commitment, preparation, or follow-through beyond the exam room
02
Patients Lost to Hesitation
400–500 / year
Leave the exam room unsure. Google their diagnosis. Watch a YouTube video. Decide to "wait and see." Never schedule the follow-up.
03
Revenue Walking Out the Door
$320–800K / year
At $800–$2,000 per patient per treatment course, before factoring repeat visits, long-term adherence revenue, or referrals
The Hoot Effect, If just 10% more hesitating patients commit to treatment
40–50
More patients commit to treatment annually
+
$40–100K
Recovered revenue in year one
+
2–3×
Higher lifetime patient value from long-term adherence
The Opportunity

You already did
the hard part.
Don't lose it here.

You invested in your equipment. You trained your staff. You built the expertise. The only thing standing between your recommendation and your revenue is what happens after the patient walks out.

Hoot puts your voice back in the room, at home, that evening, when the decision actually gets made.

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$40–200K in recoverable revenue
already exists in your practice
No new patients. No new equipment. No new staff. Just the patients you're already recommending treatment to, finally committing to it.

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We'll show you how Hoot integrates into your existing workflows, brand messaging, or organizational structure.

Design and Launch Your
Patient Journeys
Patients START and STAY
on Treatment