Product
SMSWell: a shared patient inbox, scheduled reminders, and a consent log.
Each part a front desk uses to text patients from the office number, and the plan it comes on. Then what SMSWell is not, so nobody buys the wrong thing.
Shared inbox, every plan
One inbox on the office number.
Every patient text lands in one place the whole desk can see. Nobody texts from a personal phone, and nothing waits on one person’s login.
The office number
Patients text the number they already call. No staff phone is in the loop.
Who sent what
Each reply shows the staff member who sent it, so the next shift can pick up the thread.
Seats by plan
3 on Front Office, 10 on Practice, unlimited on Group.
Reminders, Practice and Group
Reminders and confirmations from your appointment list.
You choose how many reminders go out and when. Each send shows its time and delivery status, so a missed reminder is visible the same morning.
Goes out two days before each visit on the appointment list.
Hi Dana, this is Maple Street Dental. You have an appointment Thursday at 9:30 AM. Text C if you can make it, or R for a new time.
| Send time | Patient | Appointment | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 8:30 AM | Priya | Thu 11:15 AM | Delivered |
| Tue 9:00 AM | Dana | Thu 9:30 AM | Delivered |
| Wed 10:00 AM | Owen | Fri 10:00 AM | Scheduled |
Goes out two hours before the visit, the same day.
Hi Sam, this is Maple Street Dental. You have an appointment today at 2:00 PM. Text C if you can make it, or R for a new time.
| Send time | Patient | Appointment | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 7:00 AM | Leo | Tue 9:00 AM | Delivered |
| Tue 12:00 PM | Sam | Tue 2:00 PM | Scheduled |
| Tue 1:30 PM | Rosa | Tue 3:30 PM | Scheduled |
- C
- Marks the visit confirmed and sends a short thank-you with the day and time.
- R
- Goes to the inbox, flagged for a new time. Someone at the desk texts or calls back.
- STOP
- Ends texts to that number and is written to the consent log.
- Anything else
- Goes to the inbox as a normal message for the front desk to answer.
Intake links and templates
Intake links, templates, and more than one location.
Intake links
Practice and Group
Send the form for a patient’s own visit by text, before they arrive. The patient fills it in on their phone.
Templates
Every plan
Saved wording for reminders, confirmations, and common answers. Templates hold a first name, a day and time, and the office name. Clinical detail stays out by default.
Several locations
Group
Several locations in one account, with one shared view across their inboxes.
Consent log, every plan
A consent log with every opt-in, STOP, and HELP.
Each entry has the time and how it happened. If a patient asks whether they agreed to texts, the time is on record. STOP ends texts to that number on every plan. Group can export the log.
5 entries
- Tue 10:04 AMOwenOpt-inChecked the box on the intake form
- Tue 9:41 AMPriyaHELPGot the office phone number back
- Mon 5:18 PMGraceSTOPNo further texts to this number
- Mon 2:02 PMAnaOpt-inAgreed at the front desk
- Mon 9:15 AMTheoOpt-inTexted the office number first
Business Associate Agreement
A signed BAA on Practice and Group.
A Business Associate Agreement is the contract a practice signs with a vendor that handles patient information for it. Front Office has no BAA.
What SMSWell signs
- A BAA with your practice, included on Practice and Group.
- Templates that keep clinical detail out of texts by default.
- A log of every opt-in, STOP, and HELP, with times.
What stays with the practice
- Your compliance program, policies, and staff training.
- Getting each patient’s consent before you text them.
- What staff choose to write outside a template.
Limits
What SMSWell is not.
It does one job: patient texting from the office number. It sits beside the systems you already run.
Not a practice-management system
It does not book visits or bill insurance. It reads the appointment list you upload or sync.
Not an EHR
It holds no charts and no clinical records. Templates keep clinical detail out of texts.
Not legal or compliance advice
SMSWell does not make a practice HIPAA compliant. Your compliance program is your own.
See which plan carries each part.
From $89 a month per location, 2.5 cents a text past the allowance. 14 days and 100 texts free, no card.