COVID-19 Information

Below you will find some information on how Sesame can assist your practice when dealing with COVID-19 in your area. 


Click here to visit the Henry Schein Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource Center

Click here to learn how Sesame can help create a Virtual Waiting Room for your patients

Ortho/Dental Sesame:

How to re-enable your appointment reminders
  1. Log into your Member Dashboard.
  2. Click the wrench icon in the upper right corner.
  3. Click the Manage Settings button.
  4. Switch the reminder types you wish to enable, to enabled.
  5. Use the drop down menu to look through each section and ensure your email, voice, and text reminders are enabled.
  6. If your office uses our Reactivation Reminders, Click Messages > Email > Recall and ensure both options under Select a recall type are enabled.

For more information on this area of the Dashboard, see our full page here.

For a helpful video tutorial on enabling your email appointment reminders, click here.

 

How to disable your appointment reminders temporarily.
  1. Log into your Member Dashboard.
  2. Click the wrench icon in the upper right corner.
  3. Click the Manage Settings button.
  4. Switch the reminder types you wish to disable, to disabled.
  5. Use the drop down menu to look through each section and ensure your email, voice, and text reminders are disabled.
  6. If your office uses our Reactivation Reminders, Click Messages > Email > Recall and ensure both options under Select a recall type are disabled.
Please be sure to carefully consider which types do disable. Do you still want Recall / Continuing Care reminders going out during this time? Courtesy Reminders?
 
Note that disabling these reminders will not impact your ability to send out text or email blasts to your patients manually. 
 
Once you are ready to enable your reminders again, navigate to this same page and switch the appropriate message types to enabled.
 

For more information on this area of the Dashboard, see our full page here.

How to compose a custom email blast to your patients.
    1. Log into your Member Dashboard.
    2. Click Messages at the top, then Custom.
    3. Click Select Recipients
    4. If you wish to send to all of your active patients, click Send To Groups, then select All Active Patients then click Save. Skip to Step 7.
    5. If you wish to target a smaller subset of patients, click the + sign and select the criteria you would like to use (Appointment Date is a useful one.)
    6. Once you have your criteria selected, click Search (this step may take a little bit) then click Select All, then click Save.
    7. Fill out the Message Subject and Message Text of your email.
    8. Choose a template for you email.
    9. Select any additional options you would like at the bottom of the message, then click Preview.
    10. If your message looks correct, click Send.

See our full help page on this topic here.

How to compose a custom text message to patients with upcoming appointments.
  1. Log into your Member Dashboard
  2. Click on Messages at the top, then Text, then Custom.
  3. Click Choose Recipients.
  4. Mouse-over the plus sign next to Additional Search Criteria and select Appointment Date.
  5. Select the upcoming dates you would like to send this text for and click Search.
  6. Click Select All, then click Save in the upper right.
  7. Now simply compose your message, proofread, and click Send.

For more detailed instructions, please click here.

How to use 2-way text messaging to communicate with sick or nervous patients.
  1. Log into your Member Dashboard
  2. Click Messages at the top, then Text, then Conversations.
  3. Click New Message then search for the patient with an active cell phone on file you would like to reach.
  4. Select their name then type the message you wish to send in the box below.
  5. Click Send.
  6. Your message will now show at the top of the Conversation view, and you can text back and forth with this patient.

For more detailed instructions, see our Help Page here

How to Edit your email reminder template to include important safety information.
  1. Log into your Sesame Member Dashboard
  2. Click on Messages at the top, then click First to begin editing your first email appointment reminder
  3. Scroll down to the Message Text section.
  4. Here you can add any relevant notices or warnings to your patients. See below for an example
  5. Click Preview to ensure your message looks correct.
  6. Click Save toward the top.
  7. Repeat steps 3-6 for any additional reminder templates you would like to edit, especially the Courtesy or Second Appointment reminders.

Example:
Please note: Out of respect for the health of all patients and staff, if you are experiencing fever or flu like symptoms, please call the office before coming in for your appointment. Thank you.

More detailed instructions on editing Email Reminder templates can be found here

Sesame Social:

  • Special content has been created for your practice to post on your Social Networks. This can be found be logging into the Sesame Social Suite and searching for "corona"

Sesame Hosted Website:

Please fill out the form found here to request changes to your website related to COVID-19.

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Still have questions?

Our Member Services team is available Monday through Friday, from 6:00 AM until 5:00 PM Pacific. You can reach us Toll Free at 866 537-8272 (outside of North America, dial +1 206 458-7700) - or use our Contact Form to send us an email.