Solutions · Clinics & diagnostics
WhatsApp for clinics: appointments booked, reminded and never double-booked
Clinics, labs and diagnostic centres send appointment reminders and report-ready notices, and answer patients' questions about timings and preparation.
The conversation is an example with a sample business, not a customer story.
What changes
From personal phones to one official number
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TodayAppointments taken on the front-desk phone and written in a register.
With i-ConnectPatients choose a doctor and a free time inside WhatsApp. Full slots are never offered.
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TodayNo-shows that nobody followed up.
With i-ConnectA reminder the evening before and the morning of; Reschedule and Cancel buttons free the slot.
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TodayPatients phoning to ask whether their report is ready.
With i-ConnectA report-ready notice, with no health details in the message itself.
Fewer no-shows
Reminders that run themselves
A booking starts the reminder sequence: the evening before, the morning of, and a follow-up when someone misses the visit. Bookings made at the front desk count against the same slots.
- Let patients book in a WhatsApp Flow that shows only each doctor's free sessions, and confirm with a utility template.
- Send reminders the evening before and the morning of the appointment; Reschedule and Cancel buttons free the slot.
- Answer questions in the shared inbox, with business hours and an away message after closing time.
- Use number masking so front-desk staff see only what they need.
Industry kit
Start from the clinics and diagnostics kit
One click installs a working setup you can change: message templates, forms, WhatsApp Flows and sequences that already work together. Templates go to Meta for approval before they can be sent.
- Templates
- 81 marketing, 7 utility
- Sequences
- 6
- WhatsApp Flows
- 1
- Tags & fields
- 11
Flows
Sequences
Also
Use cases
What clinics & diagnostics teams use most
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Appointment booking
Customers book a service, a person and a free time inside WhatsApp, get reminders, and reschedule or cancel with a tap. Full slots are never offered.
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Automated follow-ups
Sequences that send, wait, branch on replies and hand over to your team: enquiry follow-ups, reminders, COD confirmation, review requests and rebooking nudges.
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Customer support
Assign chats round-robin, reply with quick replies inside the 24-hour window, answer "where is my order?" automatically, and keep every conversation with the company.
What keeps your customers safe
- Keep health details out of templates and messages: send a notice and let the patient collect the report through your usual channel.
- Patients who agreed only to reminders never receive marketing.
- Promotions go only to people who opted in, and a STOP applies everywhere at once.
See i-Connect set up for clinics & diagnostics.
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