Patient messaging
Automated Patient Messaging
The reminder that prevents a no-show should not depend on someone at the front desk remembering to send it at the end of a long day. PDental sends it on the channel patients actually open.
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Hello Mr Rahman — a reminder of your appointment at Al Olaya Dental tomorrow, Wed 13 March, 4:30 PM. Reply 1 to confirm.
Delivered · read
1
Appointment confirmed automatically
Message log
sent · delivered
- Reminder · 24h41298%
- Confirmation38897%
- Feedback request26094%
The problem
Why manual reminders fail exactly when you need them
- Reminders get sent on quiet days and skipped on busy ones — the days with the most bookings to protect.
- Nobody can prove a reminder was sent when a patient insists it was not.
- Feedback is requested from the patients who happen to be asked, which is not a sample.
- Every message costs staff minutes that were supposed to go to the people in the room.
What it does
Automated Patient Messaging
WhatsApp and SMS, per event
Configurable message types tied to clinic events, so a booking, a reschedule and a reminder each send the right message without anyone choosing one. WhatsApp is the default in markets where it is how patients actually communicate.
Confirmations and reminders on a schedule
Sent automatically at the intervals you set, on every appointment, including the ones booked at 7pm on a Thursday.
A full message log with delivery reporting
Every message sent, to whom, when, and whether it landed. This is what turns a disputed no-show from an argument into a record.
Post-visit feedback requests
Triggered after the visit rather than requested at the desk, so satisfaction data comes from everyone rather than from whoever was asked to their face.
What changes
Reminder coverage stops varying by workload
The busiest day gets the same reminder discipline as the quietest one, which is the entire point.
Front-desk minutes go back to patients
Nobody spends the last half hour of the day typing the same message forty times.
Feedback becomes representative
Asking everyone automatically produces a different — and more useful — picture than asking the people who linger at reception.
Common questions
Do we need our own WhatsApp Business account?
The messaging setup is part of onboarding and depends on your market and volume. Bring it up on the demo call and we will walk through exactly what is needed on your side before you commit to anything.
Are message costs included?
Messaging carries per-message costs from the underlying networks, which vary by country and channel. We will give you the actual numbers for your market on the call rather than a figure that turns out not to apply to you.
Can patients reply, and does anyone see it?
Inbound WhatsApp messages, including media and voice notes, are received against the clinic's number. Ask on the demo how the inbox fits your front-desk workflow.
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