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How to email/ SMS a patient

This guide explains how to send an email or an SMS to a patient.

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Step 1.

Go to Search patient.

Select the patient you want to email/SMS.

Step 2.

You will then be taken to their patient EMR page.

At  the top of the page there are 4 icons. To send an SMS message, click the SMS icon.

Step 3.

This will open a pop up box where you can write the SMS.

You can select a template, which will fill out the body of the SMS automatically.

There is a validation check here, checking the phone number is in a valid format and there are no links in the message.

Once all required fields are complete, click Send message.

Step 4.

To send an email, click the email icon.

Step 5.

This will open a pop up box where you can write the email and attach any files.

You can select a template, which will fill out the body of the email automatically.

Once all required fields are complete, click Send email.

SMS T&Cs

  • We charge 0.15c per SMS.
  • This rate applies to NZ /AU only
  • Blocks are in place for territories outside NZ/AU
  • Billing will be monthly based on the month end report
  • We are not liable for any business loss or inconvenience for failure of automated unsent, misdirected SMS, or failure to receive responses to any SMS message.

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