ReminderCall Configuration Settings
Use this page to look up ReminderCall 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 |
ReminderCall Send Calls | Enables ReminderCall |
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Tablespace | OFF | ON | No | 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 |
ReminderCall 2-way sms | If turned on, appointment reminder text message will accept patient replies (2-way SMS) to confirm and cancel appointments |
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Tablespace | ON | Default | No | Onboarding | CSC |
Use Provider Communicator SMS Display Names in ReminderCall | Allows provider name to surface in SMS | Tablespace | ON | Default | No | 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 |
Use Salesforce Template for standard reminder call emails | Use AMPScript template on the Saleforce side to generate standard reminder call emails |
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Tablespace | ON | Default | No | Onboarding | CSC | |
Use Salesforce Template for confirmation reminder call emails | Use AMPScript template on the Saleforce side to generate confirmation reminder call emails | OFF | Default | No | Onboarding | CSC | Per Product these are deprecated settings and don't need configuring |

Setting Name | Description | Location | Configuration Level | Default Value | Best Practice Value | Customer Facing? | Setting Owner for New Customers | Setting Owner for Existing Customers |
General | Creates ReminderCall campaign |
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Brand, Tablespace, Department, Provider | Use recommended settings | Use recommended settings | Yes | Onboarding | CSC |
Text Messages |

Setting Name | Description | Location | Configuration Level | Default Value | Best Practice Value | Customer Facing? | Setting Owner for New Customers | Setting Owner for Existing Customers |
Instructional messages | An instructional message follows the greeting and appointment reminder in all ReminderCall messages sent to your patients with any additional information they may need for their appointment. |
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Tablespace | Default Messages for Text, Email, Call | Default | Yes | Onboarding | Customer |
Default Instructional Message | The Instructional Message Mapping page allows you to set your default instructional message, as well as map custom instructional messages to appointment types. |
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Tablespace, Department, Provider | Use recommended settings | Default | Yes | Onboarding | Customer |
Customer Instructional Messages by Appointment Type | Tablespace, Department, Provider | Use recommended settings | Default | Yes | Onboarding | Customer |

Setting Name | Description | Location | Configuration Level | Default Value | Best Practice Value | Customer Facing? | Setting Owner for New Customers | Setting Owner for Existing Customers |
Use default greeting | The message that begins all calls that are sent to patients |
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Brand, Tablespace, Department, Provider | Use default greeting | Default | Yes | Customer | Customer |

Setting Name | Description | Location | Configuration Level | Default Value | Best Practice Value | Customer Facing? | Setting Owner for New Customers | Setting Owner for Existing Customers |
Name | Appears in email messages, phone calls, SMS, and patient portal. |
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Brand, Tablespace, Department | Pulls from Billing Admin once brand and scheduling templates have been applied. | Default | Yes | Customer | Customer |
Phonetic spelling for live operator | The phonetic spelling will appear in place of the display name for live operators only. This will populate on the live operators' screens to better assist them in pronouncing the display name. | Default | Yes | Customer | Customer | |||
Phone number | The phone number is the general contact phone number used in automated messages to patients. | Default | Yes | Customer | Customer | |||
SMS name | The SMS name is the shortened name used in automated text messages to patients and is limited to 20 characters. | Default | Yes | Customer | Customer | |||
Billing Display Settings | Appears in email messages, phone calls, SMS, and patient portal for billing specific messaging. | Same as General Display Settings | Default | Yes | Customer | Customer |