Patient messages

Everything the patient needs, on WhatsApp

The token and wait time, the prescription with how-to-take lines in their language, the receipt, the reports when ready, and follow-up reminders. Sent automatically, in the language the patient chose.

Sree ClinicWhatsApp business
Namaste Ravi. Your token is 14 for Dr Lakshmi. Expected wait about 25 minutes.
📄 Prescription · Sree Clinic · 23 Sep
Paracetamol 650 mg · morning, afternoon, night · after food · 3 days
Receipt ₹1,250 · paid by UPI. Thank you.
Reminder: follow-up with Dr Lakshmi on 26 Sep. Reply 1 to confirm.
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Ravi KumarRead 10:51
Delivered

The patient leaves with a slip of paper and a dozen questions

Which tablet is for what, when is the follow-up, where is the report: the hospital's phone rings all morning with questions the visit should have answered.

Prescriptions get lost

A handwritten slip is photographed, folded, forgotten. The pharmacist reads it; the patient cannot.

Follow-ups do not happen

The doctor says three days; the patient remembers three weeks. Nobody reminds them, and the treatment stops halfway.

The desk becomes a call centre

Is my report ready? What did the doctor say to take at night? Every call takes a person away from the patient in front of them.

Patient messages: the visit, explained, delivered

Every message is triggered by something that happened in the OPD: a token issued, a note signed, a payment taken, a report uploaded, a follow-up due. The patient gets it on WhatsApp, in their own language.

  1. 1
    The prescription, in their language

    Under each medicine, the how-to-take line is written out in the patient's language: one in the morning, one at night, after food, for five days.

  2. 2
    Reports arrive, not the patient

    When the lab uploads a report, the patient gets it on WhatsApp with a note from the doctor. No second trip to collect an envelope.

  3. 3
    Reminders that keep treatment on track

    A follow-up reminder the day before, in the patient's language, with a reply button to confirm or reschedule.

How patient messages work

No new app for the patient. WhatsApp is already on their phone, and they already read it.

Sree Clinicnow
Token 14 · Dr Lakshmi
About 25 minutes. We will message you when you are next.
You are next. Please come to Room 2.

At the desk: token and wait time

The moment a token is issued, the patient's WhatsApp shows the number, the doctor and the expected wait. They can step out and come back when their turn is near.

Sree ClinicDr K. Lakshmi · MBBS, MD · Reg 45213
Ravi Kumar · 34 y · M · UHID SC-004821
Rx
Paracetamol 650 mg tablet · 1-1-1 · after food · 3 days
One in the morning, one in the afternoon, one at night, after food, for three days.
Tests: CBC, Dengue NS1 · Follow-up with reports in 3 days
Signed 10:42 · Dr K. Lakshmi

After the consultation: prescription and receipt

The signed prescription on the hospital's letterhead, as a PDF, with the how-to-take lines in the patient's language, followed by the receipt when payment is taken.

Sree Clinicyesterday
📄 CBC report · ready
Dr Lakshmi: values normal, continue the tablets.
Follow-up tomorrow 10:30 with Dr Lakshmi. Reply 1 to confirm, 2 to change.
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Later: reports and follow-ups

Reports as they are uploaded, a follow-up reminder before the due date, and a reply button so the desk knows who is coming.

Built for Indian patients and Indian rules

22 Indian languages and English

The patient chooses their language at registration, from all 22 scheduled Indian languages and English. Every message, including the medicine instructions, uses it.

Consent first

Messages are sent only to patients who agreed at registration. Withdrawing consent stops them immediately.

Nothing clinical in a plain SMS

Clinical content goes over WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption as a document; SMS is used only for the token and the wait.

Delivered, read, replied

The desk sees whether a message was delivered and read, and gets the patient's reply in the same place.

The right fit for everyone who talks to patients

Patients

The prescription they can read, the report without a trip, the reminder they would otherwise forget.

Front desk

Half the morning's calls answered before they are made. Replies to reminders fill tomorrow's list.

Doctors

Patients who take the medicine as written and come back when asked.

Hospital owners

Follow-ups that happen are revenue that happens, and a hospital patients recommend.

Frequently asked questions

Does the patient need to install anything?

No. Messages arrive on the WhatsApp they already use. A patient without WhatsApp gets the token and wait time by SMS and the prescription on paper.

Can a patient reply?

Yes. Replies land in the hospital's inbox in Vaidyah, next to the patient's record, so the desk can answer or book the follow-up.

Is this allowed under the data protection law?

Yes, with consent. Consent to receive messages is recorded at registration under the DPDP Act and can be withdrawn at any time. Clinical documents go over WhatsApp's encrypted channel.

Who pays for the messages?

WhatsApp charges a small fee per conversation. It is included in the plan for a typical OPD and shown on the hospital's monthly statement.

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