Patient Express provides open-ended text functionality. If your practice has a patient’s cellphone number on file, staff can send any type of message to the patient. 

Note: The text messaging service is one-way only. The system does not return messages to your office in the event that a patient sends a reply. 

1. Select Patient Express in the main menu. 
2. Search for the patient, or click Add to add the patient (if they do not yet have a Patient Express record).
3. Click Custom under Send Message to open the text editor. 
4. Type your message, then click Send.