Do you regularly SMS patients? If so, you can create custom SMS templates to save time typing up the message every time and to send tailored messages, complete with the patient’s name, appointment time, serving doctor, and more.

To begin, first go to Settings.

Then click on SMS Templates under the templates menu.

This reveals the SMS templates currently available. By default, an Appointment Reminder template will be available to you. 

Adding a new SMS template

To add a new SMS template, click on the Add SMS Template button.

Then, select the SMS Type, enter the template Name, and type out the SMS content in the Description field.

SMS Tokens

You can use ‘SMS tokens’ which are commands that look like: <<patfirstn>> to send tailored SMS messages. The aforementioned token for instance dynamically pulls the patient’s first name. 

There are SMS tokens for patient details, appointment details, doctor/ practice details, referral details, and more. 

For a full list of tokens, click the link below:

https://wiki.fydo.cloud/?s=tokens

Once you’re happy with the contents of your SMS template, click Save and you’re done! Your new SMS template will be available next time you wish to send a custom SMS message.

For some SMS Template ideas see our helpful wiki page https://wiki.fydo.cloud/sms-template-examples/

Need to delete or remove an existing referring doctor? Read ahead to find out how we can make them Inactive.

1. Click on Settings

2. Then, Referring Doctors

This will display a list of all the referring doctors you currently have.

3. Select the doctor you wish to make Inactive by clicking anywhere on their row in the list of doctors.

4. You will now see the details for this doctor, now click on Edit on the top right hand corner of the page. Simply untick the Active box next to Status as shown below.

Now the doctor has been made Inactive; you will not find them when searching for them, and they will not appear on the list of Referring Doctors.

If you wish to view the doctor again, or make them Active again, simply tick the Show Inactive box from the Referring Doctors screen.

You will now be able to see the doctor, and you can edit them as per normal, including making them Active again.

To access a list of the referring doctors you have added into Fydo simply follow the below steps:

1. Click on Settings

2. Then, Referring Doctors

This will display a list of all the referring doctors you currently have.

To add a referring doctor, click the yellow Add Referring Doctor button on the top right hand corner of your screen:

To Edit the details of an existing doctor, simply click anywhere along the row for that doctor, and you will be taken to the edit screen:

To get started editing, click on the Edit button on the top right hand corner of the page.

Whether you decided to Add a new Referring Doctor, or Edit an existing one, you will be met with the same screen:

Simply fill out, or change the fields as needed.

Remember, the required fields for a referring doctor are:

• Provider Number – You can put a 0 if you do not have the number. Please note that you will need to enter it before submitting your claims, or you will run into rejections.
• First Name and Surname
• Type (GP or Specialist) – This affects the length of the referral, GP: 12 months, Specialist: 3 months.
• Speciality (If Specialist is selected)

While there are a few other fields, they are optional.

Once you are happy with your changes, click the green Save button to lock them in.

You are also able to Create and Edit referrals from within the Patient Details, should you wish to do so, please see our Creating a Patient wiki page.