Set Up Scheduled Reminders

Use the Scheduled Reminders tab of your Reminders editor to schedule recurring messages, such as daily appointment reminders, and weekly birthday reminders.

Set Up Your Messages First - Use the Messages tab of your Reminders editor to create and edit the Edge Reminders messages you send via email and text message. (To create and update telephone voice messages, contact Ortho2.) You must have at least one message created before you can schedule reminders. See "Set Up Edge Reminders Messages" for details.

Click to OpenOpen the Reminders Editor

Security Restricted - Only operators assigned to a security model that allows full access to the Edge Reminders Editor settings of the General Administration group can open this editor. See "Security Editor" for details.

Select Editors from the Tools section of the Home ribbon bar. Then, from the Integrations section, open the Reminders editor. (You can also use the Search field to look for the editor you want to work with.) Finally, choose the Edge Reminders plug in.

Click to OpenCreate or Edit a Scheduled Reminder

Open the Scheduled Reminders tab, then choose an existing scheduled reminder from the list at the left, or type a description of a new schedule and click Add.

Click to OpenEnter Details

Enter or edit the scheduled reminder details.

Click to OpenName

Use a descriptive name for your scheduled reminder.

Click to OpenInactive / Active Toggle

Once you create a record, you cannot delete it. You can, however, flag it Inactive. Records you flag as Inactive are not available for general use, but they remain in your system for reporting and other data collection needs. In addition, you can toggle records back to Active whenever needed.

Click to OpenRecurrence

Select how often you want the reminders to be sent: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, etc.

Click to OpenDay of Week

If you select the Daily recurrence, enable each day of the week that you want the reminders to be run (generally week days).

Click to OpenMessage

Choose the message to send when this reminder is run. (See "Set Up Edge Reminders Messages" for details about setting up your messages.)

Click to OpenChoose Subgroup

Select the subgroup to use when selecting who should receive the message. Only records that fit your selected subgroup will be included.See "Subgroup Editor" for details.

Click to OpenStart / End Date

Enter the first date, and optionally the last date that you want the scheduled reminder to run. If you want the reminder to recur for an undetermined length of time, leave the end date blank.

Click to OpenStart / End Time

Enter the starting and ending times for sending the reminder messages. Message delivery will be attempted only during the time of day you set.

Time Range - For best results, set your starting and ending times as early and late as you are comfortable with: It may take some time for reminders to go through the servers, especially during popular times of the day. You may need to do some experimenting to get the time span just right.

Click to OpenTime Zone

Select your time zone from the drop down list to be sure the messages are delivered at the appropriate local time.

Click to OpenCulture

Select the format to use for the date and time, according to the standardized culture settings for your area.

Click to OpenDelivery Method(s)

Enable each type of delivery method, telephone, email, and/or text, that you want to use for this reminder. (You flag the phone number / email address to use for each type of reminder message in the patient and responsible party contact details See "Set Up Contacts for Edge Reminders" for details).

Click to OpenRetries

Select the maximum number of retries, and minutes between retries, for telephone messages. These fields, which are operator-specific, are ignored for email and text messages.

Click to OpenStop Scheduled Reminders

To stop scheduled reminders from being sent, edit the reminder set and enter an End Date. Disabling the Active option at the top of the Reminders editor does NOT stop scheduled reminders, it only disables the ability to send manual reminder sets.

Click to OpenSave Changes

Click Save in your Quick Access toolbar or File ribbon bar (or press Ctrl+S on your keyboard) to save any changes you have made.

Click to OpenPreview Scheduled Reminders

Use the Upcoming Scheduled Reminders tab of your Edge Reminders window to review the messages that are scheduled to be sent. See "Upcoming Scheduled Reminders" for details.