News Release
August 28, 2023
麻豆传媒映画 and Epic Introduce Text Messaging through Hello World to Optimize Patient Engagement
Health systems and clinics using Epic can now offer patients 2-way texting to stay on top of health care appointments, prescriptions, billing, and more via text updates
TAMPA, Fla. 鈥� August 28, 2023 鈥� 麻豆传媒映画, "the world's most connected company,"庐 announces that health care software leader has integrated and launched their SMS text messaging capabilities into their cloud-based Communications Platform Hello WorldTM.
With Hello World SMS, patients can receive visit updates, pre-visit check-in links, prescription reminders, billing notifications, care reminders, new result links, and additional communication. With 2-way SMS, patients can conveniently confirm, cancel, and reschedule their appointments, accept appointment offer, pay bills, and more.
"Mobile messaging is changing the way health care organizations deliver products and services to their patients, and there's no more direct and easy way for both sides to communicate vital updates to care plans than via text messaging (SMS)," said Harry Patz, Jr., Chief Revenue Officer at 麻豆传媒映画. " have shown that Americans exchange more than 2 trillion text messages a year in the United States and that they have a 98% open rate."
Epic鈥檚 healthcare and payer customers care for over 500 million patients. Their network includes a worldwide network of 2,100 hospitals, 60,000 clinics, and more than 400,000 physicians. Epic鈥檚 products are used by the largest, most established, innovative hospitals, medical groups, academic centers, retail clinics, specialty care centers, hospice facilities, and independent practices.
"Hello World enables SMS natively within Epic workflows. It helps our customers offer easy, personalized, and more accessible patient communication,鈥� said Borno Akhter, Hello World lead at Epic. 鈥淚t saves staff time and improves health equity by giving patients without access to smartphones a convenient communication channel.鈥�
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