Flu Campaign Pre-Checklist

This article will advise what you should prepare before you are sending your Flu Campaign:

Invites

• Run your searches for the cohorts you want to invite Instructions for your Flu Campaign
• Export them into an Excel or CSV file.
• Create your Flu clinic slots and slot types (you can also create one to use for online booking for example)
• Think of any extra instructions you might want to give when you send your SMS to your patients.

Groups

• Take the Excel or CSV you have exported containing the patient’s unique ID number (for Emis and Vision users) or NHS numbers (for TPP/SystmOne users).
• Go to your iPLATO Connect system and create the GROUP, ready to send.  You can send up to 6000 patients at a time.
• Click here to learn more

Templates

• Create your messages ready in your iPLATO Connect system.
• Some examples can be FOUND HERE.
• Messages should ideally be 160 characters or less so they only use 1 SMS credit to send

Credits

• 1 SMS message is 160 characters in length.
• 1 SMS credit = 1 SMS message sent.
• Based on the size of your cohorts, check to see if you have enough credits to send your messages.
• You can see your credit balance by looking at your HOME PAGE on the iPLATO Connect platform.

Topping up

• If you think you may need more credits to send all your messages this Flu season, you can always request/purchase more.
• Please reach out to your Customer Success manager for more information at customer.success@iplato.com.
• If you self-fund the iPLATO platform, you can purchase credits from our STORE.

Custom Reminder

• Create a custom reminder for your Flu Slot type so that when people book in or book themselves in, your iPLATO system sends the reminder for the appointment for you!
• Click here to learn more

Call/ Recall

• Did you know Call/ Recall allows you to invite your patients for a flu campaign with the option to book their appointment directly through the myGP app?
• Click here to learn more

Clinical Codes

• You will be able to assign a clinical code to your outgoing campaign.
  Have the clinical codes that you want to use ready.
• Click here to learn more