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Vello and medical service reminders

Vello can automatically send medical service reminders to clients as emails, text messages, and postcards. Each reminder gives clients easy access to information about medical services for their pets.

This image shows a text message and an email message for a medical service reminder:
A medical service reminder
After Vello sends a medical service reminder as an email or text message, Vello syncs the reminder to:
  • The applicable client contact record in your PIMS
  • The applicable patient record in your PIMS (optional)

Times that Vello sends medical service reminders

To know when to send reminders, Vello uses the due dates of medical services from your PIMS.

Note: If you use Cornerstone, Vello uses the due date of letter reminders in patient records to know when to send medical service reminders. And for Cornerstone, Vello does not automatically send callback reminders.

Vello only sends one medical service reminder to a client for each patient once a month. For example, if a patient is due for two vaccinations, Vello only sends one message to the client.

The intervals that Vello automatically sends medical service reminders are:
  • Two months before a service is due
  • One month before a service is due
  • One month after a service is due
For each type of reminder, a practice manager can select the interval that Vello uses to send the reminder. For example:
  • Vello can send email and text message reminders 60 and 30 days before a service is due service
  • Vello only sends postcard reminders 60 days before a due service
Figure 1. Medical service reminders: Interval selection settings
Medical service reminders: Interval selection settings
Note: A practice manager cannot configure new intervals for medical service reminders. For example, it is not possible to configure Vello to send reminders 15 days before a service is due.
Note: Vello can only send medical service reminders at 9:00 AM each day.
Note: If a client has a scheduled appointment in the next 120 days, Vello only uses email to send medical service reminders to the client. Vello does not send the reminders as text messages.

Medical service reminders and client appointment requests

If Vello online scheduling, is activated, medical service reminders show a link or button that clients can select to open the Vello client portal. Then, clients can use the client portal to make appointment requests.

If online scheduling is not activated, medical service reminders do not show a link or button for the Vello client portal. Clients can make a phone call to schedule appointments.

Note: Only medical service reminders that are emails or text messages have a link or button to open the Vello client portal.

Stop reminders for a medical service

A practice manager can stop reminders for a medical service. For example, if it is not necessary to send reminders for a heartworm test, they can stop reminders for the test.