Automating messages ensures timely reminders for patients about follow-up visits to a cardiologist or the readiness of lab results, ensuring continuous treatment and a steady flow of appointments.
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Imagine the administrator no longer needs to manually call dozens of people every day. When a patient completes a blood draw, they automatically receive a message about when their results will be ready. If a cardiologist schedules a follow-up in three months, the patient recall will trigger automatically, suggesting a convenient appointment slot. This frees up staff time for outpatient care and quality service, while automatic notifications maintain communication with every visitor, reminding them about comprehensive check-ups or routine medical clearances.
Without reminders and tracking, patients skip follow-up visits. Treatment gets interrupted, outcomes worsen — the patient is disappointed and leaves.
Scheduling, rescheduling, confirmations, inquiries — receptionists spend all day on the phone. Patients in the waiting room wait, new patients can't get through.
When a patient books a comprehensive examination that includes ultrasound, ECG, and laboratory tests, every missed visit becomes critical for the clinic. The problem of no-shows in private medicine is often not due to an unwillingness to receive treatment, but rather simple forgetfulness or changes in a busy schedule. Using automated reminders can reduce no-shows by 70%, which is especially important for rooms with expensive equipment, where every hour of downtime results in direct losses.
Automating communication frees administrators from hundreds of routine calls every day. Instead of spending hours confirming appointments with a gastroenterologist or urologist, staff can focus on providing quality patient care directly in the clinic lobby. This increases loyalty and creates an atmosphere of professional care for every visitor, as the patient feels a personalized approach through timely messages with details of their visit.
A separate development tool is the recall message mechanism. If a patient is undergoing a long course of treatment, the system will automatically remind them of the need for a follow-up visit in a month or six months. This ensures that the course of treatment is completed and the patient achieves the expected medical outcome. This approach transforms a one-time visitor into a loyal client who trusts their health to proven specialists and receives necessary medical certificates or examination results on time.
Three day-to-day moments where the difference is obvious.
Without reminders and tracking, patients skip follow-up visits. Treatment gets interrupted, outcomes worsen — the patient is disappointed and leaves.
Ensure high patient attendance with SMS messages 24 and 2 hours before the specialist's appointment.
Appointment reminders, test results, course follow-ups
Ensure high patient attendance with SMS messages 24 and 2 hours before the specialist's appointment.
Send reminders about the need for a follow-up visit to those undergoing long-term therapy or requiring regular check-ups.
Automatically request feedback from patients after a visit to a therapist or cardiologist to improve the clinic's reputation.
Create unique messages with the patient's name, specifying the exact time and room number for blood draws.
Monitor statistics of delivered messages and analyze how SMS notifications impact the workload of specialists.
The administrator selects an available slot in the neurologist's or gynecologist's schedule and enters patient data into the system, creating an electronic medical record.
The program independently schedules and sends SMS confirmations for ECG or ultrasound appointments, as well as reminders on the day of the visit, without staff intervention.
After the appointment, the system automatically prompts the patient to book the next stage of treatment or a follow-up examination after a specified period.
Patients book themselves 24/7, choosing doctor and service
Doctor, room, and equipment schedules without conflicts
Patient card: visit history, diagnoses, prescriptions
P&L report: margin per service and per doctor
Doctor payroll — commission, base rate, KPI bonuses
Medication and consumable supply tracking
Analytics: occupancy, patient retention, profitability
AI will analyze your business in 5 minutes and show how SMS reminders can reduce no-shows and increase repeat visits.
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Yes. Starta adapts to the specifics of your industry — from services and pricing to payroll and analytics. The AI takes private clinic workflows into account and helps you get the most out of sms reminders & broadcasts.
SMS reminder functionality is included in Starta.one Pro — no extra charge from us. The cost of the SMS messages themselves depends on volume and carrier (typically $0.02-0.04 per message). With 200 bookings/month that is $4-8 in SMS costs vs the typical +30-40 extra visits from reduced no-shows — ROI of roughly 10-15x.
The cost of SMS depends on the recipient's country. Estimated minimum prices on the Pro plan:
🎁 With the Pro plan — 100 SMS as a gift every month. This is enough for ~50 typical appointment reminders.
View rates →Yes. The default settings are 24 hours and 2 hours before the visit (optimal for salons). You can configure your own scheme: 1 hour before, 3 days + 1 day, or 2 hours only. You can set a different scheme for different service types (earlier for expensive treatments, later for quick ones). Everything is configured in the templates.
From Starta.one's side — no limits. The number of SMS messages depends on your balance: you top up your SMS balance via standard payment and can send as many as you need. Real-time cost control — you can see how many SMS were sent today / this week / this month, what they cost, and how much balance remains.
AI does two things: 1) Personal copy for each client — instead of a generic '-15% for everyone', AI reviews each dormant client's history and writes an individual SMS ('Olena, it has been 8 weeks since your last colour — shall I book you in for Wednesday at 17:00 with Masha?'). Conversion of these personal SMS to a visit: 18-25% vs 2-3% for template broadcasts; 2) Send-time optimisation — AI knows when each client usually reads their SMS and sends at their time. It A/B tests copy variants and optimises per segment. Broadcasts stop being a spam campaign — they become individual communication.
Yes, you can create an unlimited number of templates for each service or specialist. This allows you to add specific instructions, for example, about needing to fast for lab tests or bringing previous examination results with them.
You can easily filter your patient database for those who haven't visited the clinic in over six months and send them a personalized invitation for a routine medical check-up. This is an effective way to maintain patient health and ensure a stable flow of appointments even during off-peak seasons.