Customer Experience

"Our positive experience with ECOMM started with our sales person, who also had the technical background to suggest several innovative solutions to us. And it continued through the installation with the ECOMM technicians, who are very competent and easy to work with."
John Gleason
Practice Administrator, Digestive Disease Associates
ECOMM Mitel

At a Glance

Company

Digestive Disease Associates was founded in 1972 by Barton Smith, MD and has been serving Berks county for over 35 years. As the premier gastroenterology group in the region, the practice offers a wide range of gastroenterology services, a highly qualified and caring physician staff, and state of the art facilities and equipment. The entire staff is committed to providing the highest quality healthcare. All patients receive courteous, friendly and professional care from all of our physicians and staff. DDA seeks to create a healing environment that is comfortable and inspires confidence.

Two Company Locations

  • 2230 Ridgewood Road
    Suite 100
    Wyomissing, PA 19610

  • 301 South Seventh Ave
    Suite 215
    West Reading, PA 19611

The Challenge

  • Major challenge was that each location had its own phone number
  • There was no method to transfer calls between locations
  • Client frustration over the need to redial the phone number to get the correct location
  • Massive amounts of staff time was used for redirecting calls

Technology Solutions

  • Two Mitel 5000 phone systems, seamlessly networked together

The Results

  • One phone number for both locations; total elimination of redialing for clients
  • Clients can be seamlessly and easily transferred between office locations
  • New additional surgery center added to the same phone system which allows for easy transfer of calls between businesses
  • Calls are more streamlined & better routed; vast reduction of call wait time for clients
  • Better utilization of staff resources, which saves time and money