Text message notifications tell you when a client sends a new text message to your practice. The notifications show in in your device's desktop or task bar.

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After a practice manager activates text message notifications, your device shows messages about text messages that you receive in the Vello inbox.

Cornerstone only: Activate text message notifications

Vello can sync a record of a text conversation from the Vello inbox to client records or patient records in Cornerstone.

About the sync of text conversations to Cornerstone

Before a record of a text conversation shows in a client record in Cornerstone, you must sync the conversation from the Vello inbox to Cornerstone.

Sync a text conversation to a client record in Cornerstone

Before a record of a text conversation shows in a patient record in Cornerstone, you must sync the conversation from the Vello inbox  to Cornerstone.

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Data sync statuses in Vello identify information about your practice's data sync from Cornerstone to Vello (for example, a status tells you if Vello has the newest data from Cornerstone).

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