Automated reminders for vaccinations and booster shots

Purpose

1.1. Automate reminders for scheduled vaccinations, booster shots, and follow-up appointments to reduce missed visits, improve immunization rates, and support compliance in pediatric medical clinics.
1.2. Automatedly notify parents or guardians across channels—SMS, email, voice, and mobile push—to reinforce public health goals and practice revenue through on-time patient attendance.
1.3. Automating patient-specific scheduling, recurring reminders for series-based vaccines, and status-based notifications for overdue or upcoming immunizations.
1.4. Automates capturing patient response, confirming appointments, and integrating follow-up reminders for missed vaccinations.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automated detection of upcoming vaccination dates from EHR or EMR systems.
2.2. Automating reminder sending 24–72 hours before appointments or due dates.
2.3. Automatedly triggering repeat or escalation flows for missed appointments, no response, or incomplete vaccine series.
2.4. Automatable triggers based on child age, vaccine intervals, or booster-specific schedules.

Platform variants

3.1. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Automate SMS reminder campaign using Twilio Programmable SMS API; configure webhook for scheduling and delivery status callbacks.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Automate personalized vaccination reminders using SendGrid Marketing Campaigns or SMTP API with dynamic templates.
3.3. Plivo
• Feature/Setting: Automatable SMS and voice reminders via Plivo Messaging API; schedule delivery using send_time parameter.
3.4. Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: Automate periodic email sends with Mailgun API and message events for tracking delivery/open rates.
3.5. Nexmo (Vonage)
• Feature/Setting: Automate SMS/email reminders using Nexmo Messages API; configure event webhooks for delivery receipts.
3.6. Amazon SNS
• Feature/Setting: Automate mass SMS/email/push notifications using Amazon SNS publish API; set notification topics per vaccine type.
3.7. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Automate multi-channel notifications integrating EMR data with Power Automate flows and Outlook/Teams messaging.
3.8. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Automate internal Slack notifications of due vaccinations using Slack Notifications API to alert staff.
3.9. Firebase Cloud Messaging
• Feature/Setting: Automate mobile push vaccination alert campaigns to parent/patient apps via FCM topics API.
3.10. Google Calendar API
• Feature/Setting: Automates appointment/event creation for vaccine reminders using batchInsert and reminders overrides.
3.11. Zoom
• Feature/Setting: Automate sending Zoom meeting invites for telehealth vaccine consults via Zoom Meetings API.
3.12. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Automate WhatsApp vaccine booster notifications using pre-approved message templates and media support.
3.13. ActiveCampaign
• Feature/Setting: Automate email/SMS vaccination reminders with automated campaigns and conditional logic for patient status.
3.14. Salesforce Health Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Automate patient journey reminders with Health Cloud Flows and integrated communications API.
3.15. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Automate reminder workflows using HubSpot Workflows and Marketing Email APIs.
3.16. Zoho CRM
• Feature/Setting: Automate personalized SMS/email reminders with Zoho CRM workflow automation and campaign triggers.
3.17. Outlook
• Feature/Setting: Automate email vaccine reminders and calendar event creation using Outlook REST API.
3.18. Calendly
• Feature/Setting: Automate sending booking links and reminders for vaccination slots via Calendly API webhooks.
3.19. Intercom
• Feature/Setting: Automate in-app or email reminders to app users with Intercom Messages API.
3.20. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Automate escalation to clinical staff for overdue patient vaccination via PagerDuty Events API.

Benefits

4.1. Reduces staff burden by automating repeated reminder tasks.
4.2. Automates communication to reach parents via preferred channels, increasing response rates.
4.3. Automating reminders improves patient safety and optimized clinical workflow.
4.4. Boosts on-schedule immunization compliance and revenue through automated recall.
4.5. Enables automatable, scalable outreach during vaccine campaigns or health crises.
4.6. Mitigates human error by automating scheduling and follow-ups.
4.7. Provides robust audit trail and analytics with automated logs for all notifications sent.