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PatientNow Essentials/EnvisionNow: Send SMS To Employees

Send SMS To Employees

How to communicate via sms with employees

This feature is a GREAT way for your employees to communicate! Front desk can communicate with people in the back in an instant!

Hover over Employees and then click Send SMS to Employees from the dropdown.

Employee > Send SMS to Employees

Two-way SMS text messaging is available with PatientNow Essentials and select versions of EnvisionNow. To upgrade your subscription, contact our Sales Team at 800.436.3150, Option 1, or sales@patientnow.com

Select Department

Select an employee department to send a message. You may leave this blank to send a message to all employees in all departments.

Character Count

The number of characters (letters and spaces) will display here. This number will adjust as text is entered in the text box.

Message Text Box

Enter the text of the SMS message to be sent. Any message over 150 characters will send as two messages.

First Name / Last Name Buttons

You may use these buttons to enter a merge field into the SMS text message. This will enter a placeholder such as {FirstName}, which will fill with the selected field per message when they are sent.

Send Button

Select this button to send the entered message to the selected employees.

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