SMS reminder for regular check-ups

wagenisa wrote on Friday, November 12, 2010:

Hi all,

I have implemented OpenEMR in a clinic where patients are advised to take up check-ups every 6 months. I would like to utilize the SMS module to automatically send reminders to patients after 180 days from the last encounter, advising  them that it is 6 months since they last visited the clinic and should make arrangements to see the doctor for check-up.

Any advise on how we can go about this?

Also, how can i adjust the “90 Days From Last Encounter” to 180 days in the patient list?

visolveemr wrote on Friday, November 12, 2010:

Hi,

Hope the following link will helps to integrate SMS in OpenEMR
http://www.openmedsoftware.org/wiki/Sms_and_Email_Notification_Howtos

To adjust “90 Days From Last Encounter" to 180 days, change the ‘$add_days’ to 180 instead of 90 in ‘interface/main/finder/patient_select.php’.

Thanks
ViCarePlus Team,
www.vicareplus.com
services@vicareplus.com

wagenisa wrote on Tuesday, November 16, 2010:

ViCarePlus Team,

Thanks. I managed to adjust the Days from Last Encounter to 180 days, but have not managed to get the SMS module working. Has anyone got the SMS module running in version 4.0? Where do i input the body of the sms message?

On a different note, how can i implement a pop-up window listing patients who have reached 180 Days From Last Visit? So as to notify the system users in morning about patients who they need to contact informing them that it is 6 months since they last visited the doctor and therefore they need to make an appointment for check-up

visolveemr wrote on Thursday, November 18, 2010:

Hi

It seems to be there is some problem in integrating SMS with openemr. The bug was already posted in bug tracker(https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2986840&group_id=60081&atid=493001).

Thanks
ViCarePlus Team,
www.vicareplus.com
services@vicareplus.com