Automated Wellness Outreach (AWO) Configuration Settings
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Use this page to look up AWO configuration information, including best practice setting values.
Important: All athenaCommunicator features require the "Patient Cycle" implementation setting enabled at the tablespace level.

Setting name | Description | Location | Configuration level | Default value | Best practice value | Customer-facing? | Setting owner for new customers | Setting owner for existing customers |
Automated Wellness Outreach | Patients contacted about the care gap they are due for. |
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Tablespace | OFF | ON | Read only | PEX Onboarding | CSC |
Patient Portal Communication | Care gaps displayed under Recommended Appointments on the Patient Portal. |
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Tablespace | OFF | ON | Read only | PEX Onboarding | CSC |

Setting name | Description | Location | Configuration level | Default value | Best practice value | Customer-facing? | Setting owner for new customers | Setting owner for existing customers | Notes |
Outeach | Enables the AWO campaign to message the patient for that care gap. |
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Tablespace | OFF | ON | Read only | PEX Onboarding | CSC | |
Portal | Enables the AWO campaign to surface under Recommended Appointments on the Patient Portal. |
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Tablespace | OFF | ON | Read only | PEX Onboarding | CSC | |
Participating Providers and Departments | Enables AWO messaging via email, text, and Patient Portal for that Provider and Department. |
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Provider, Department | OFF for email, text, Portal | ON for email, text, Portal | Read only | PEX Onboarding | CSC | Important: AWO is not a phone call campaign. If a customer wants phone calls to go out for a care gap, the population health campaign must be enabled in addition to the corresponding AWO campaign. |

Setting name | Description | Location | Configuration level | Default value | Best practice value | Customer-facing? | Setting owner for new customers | Setting owner for existing customers |
Influena Vaccine Campaign Dates | Adjust start and stop dates for the campaign. |
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Tablespace | 9/15 to 12/31 | Default | Read only | PEX Onboarding | CSC |
Daily Message Throttle Limit | Control the total number of unsatisfied patients to be messaged via email and SMS each day. |
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Tablespace | 5% | Default | Read only | PEX Onboarding | CSC |
Appointment Range Exclusion | Patients will not be contacted about their care gap if they have an appointment scheduled withing the date range selected. |
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Tablespace | Past 30 days, Next 360 days | Default | Read only | PEX Onboarding | CSC |
Contact Frequency | Message previously contacted paitents who are still unsatisfied for their care gap. |
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Tablespace | 30 days | Default | Read only | PEX Onboarding | CSC |
Delivery Days | Send messages to patients on certain days of the week |
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Tablespace | Monday - Friday | Default | Read only | PEX Onboarding | CSC |