It can be hard to keep up with the cyclonic pace of daily life in society- so it is not uncommon for important information to slip through the cracks. Sometimes, this information takes the form of a doctor’s appointment, as is the case for many patients.

For this reason, Ava EMR allows appointment reminders to be sent to patients. Using the EMR, you can send automated email or text reminders and customize the number of days before an appointment they will be sent out.

1. Navigate to the patient’s chart by entering their name into the patient chart search bar in the navigation bar.

Click on the small black and white circular icon beside the patient’s name to view their chart.

2. Click the black pencil icon at the top of the patient label.

The patient label is located in the top left of the patient chart.

3. To send appointment reminders, check off the 

This will by default send email reminders.

 button. You will also have to mark the number as a cell phone using the 

 check box is still selected from step 3.

Ava dashboard displaying the 'Edit Patient' section with various red arrows pointing to important elements.

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, which can be found near the top-right corner of the page.

4. Enter the number of days before the appointment you’d like reminders to be sent in the 

Ava dashboard with red arrows pointing at the Summary, Edit Booking Options, and Send Appointment Reminders sections

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You can only check the status of email reminders.

1. Navigate to the scheduler by clicking 

 on the navigation bar at the top of the page.

2. Double click the relevant appointment.

3. Hover over the black arrow beside the 

 text located at the bottom of the pop-up window that appears.

This will show the status of the email regarding whether it has been sent or delivered, or failed to do so.

Appointment scheduling workspace with red arrow pointing at Email Reminder Sent counter

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Emails that are bounced will not be marked as delivered.

If reminders are going to the spam folder or if the email service is bouncing Ava emails, patients can add the 

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