Set Up Open CTI for Crisis Support Center Management

Integrate the Crisis Support Center Management app with Open Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) so that crisis center counselors can receive calls directly in Salesforce.

Available in: Lightning Experience

Available in: Enterprise and Unlimited Editions with Health Cloud


Open CTI is a JavaScript API that displays CTI functionality in a browser, so there’s no need to install CTI adapters.

Here’s how the integration works:

  • When a client calls the crisis center, the telephony system collects the client’s data such as account number.
  • To retrieve client records, the CTI adapter passes this collected data to Salesforce via web services.
  • The results of the search are sent to the CTI adapters.
  • The CTI Adapter sends HTTP requests via Salesforce Open CTI to update the softphone status.