Archive for the ‘healthcare’ Category

NEW! NEW! NEW!

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Voting Sessions

We are pleased to announce our brand new voting sessions functionality is now available to all account holders with the Inbox rules permission.

Set up sessions with multiple questions and possible answers, choose the time voters have to answer each question, and automatically display the results in the visual format of your choice!

Great for academics who want to use our system in lectures or tutorial groups, conference organisers etc…

Call our support team on 0113 234 2111 or email support@txttools.co.uk to know more.

August bank Holiday weekend

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

The office will be closed on Monday 30th August 2011 and reopen on Tuesday 31st at 8am
In case of an emergency, customers based in Scotland or abroad may contact us on +44 (0)7817 577 380
Thank you,
the txttools team

Let’s talk about txt! 7

Friday, August 27th, 2010

This is a one day event to be held at Bodington Hall, University of Leeds on Tuesday 16th November 2010. The event is designed to give you and insight into how Public and Private Sector organisations are using sms technology to dramatically improve how they communicate with their customers, clients, staff, patients and students. You will learn from people who have been using the technology for years, see practical examples, meet txttools staff and get a sneak preview of future developments.

This event is free to attend, lunch and refreshments will be provided, spaces are limited so book your place now!

Communicating With Patients

Friday, June 11th, 2010

An SMS text message strategy can deliver real cost savings and dramatically improve work flow efficiency for healthcare organisations.

Many healthcare organisations are now incorporating text messaging into the way they communicate with patients. Hospitals, clinics, GP surgeries, smoking cessation, sexual health and the National Clamydia Screening Program are all feeling the benefit.

Communicating With Patients

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A strategic SMS txt message plan can be an invaluable way to communicate with your community in the event of an emergency

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Successful organisations, large or small, prepare themselves for all eventualities. txt messaging provides the perfect response mechanism in the event of a disaster or incident as everyone has their phone with them at all times. A txt message can be sent from a computer or even a pre-authorised phone to every member of your community in a matter of minutes, whether that be to tens of people or hundreds of thousands.

Txttools Advertorial (Emergency)

Txttools Advertorial (Emergency)


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An SMS text message strategy can deliver real cost savings and dramatically improve work flow efficiency for Healthcare organisations

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Many healthcare organisations are now incorporating text messaging into the way they communicate with patients. Hospitals, Clinics, GP surgeries, Smoking Cessation, Sexual Health and the National Chlamydia Screening Program are all feeling the benefit.

Click here to view the full article (pdf)

Snow messaging service update!

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Are you being affected by the current adverse weather conditions? Campus closures? Cancelled classes? You may need to purchase additional messages to cover your usage during this time. Please use the help link on the top right to talk to a member of support.

In addition to your existing package we can provide emergency planning accounts which can be set up within 24 hours. This includes a dedicated number for emergency use only. If you would like to know more about this feature or want to open an emergency account today please email sales@txttools.co.uk or call 0113 234 2111 and a member of our team will contact you shortly.

New Middleware version released

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

txttools Middleware version 1.2 was released this week. This upgrade provides an option for overwriting the address book during and upload. The application and documentation can be downloaded from

https://www.txttools.co.uk/preloginhtml/txttools/developers.html

This version ships with Open Adaptor, an open source Enterprise Application Integration, (EAI), application which txttools customers can uses to integrate any of their systems with anything else with little or no bespoke programming. For further information about how Open Adaptor could provide a complete integration solution for all your systems, not just txttools, please contact techies@txttools.co.uk

txttools webinars!

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

With the launch of our new website, we will soon be holding live training webinars.

Click here to view a schedule of future sessions and to sign up for any.

Case study: the Bradshaw Clinic

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Introducing text messaging to remind patients of appointments
has significantly reduced DNA rates, writes James Sutherland,
manager of the Bradshaw Clinic in Derby, enabling the clinic to see
more patients and tackle the problems of substance misuse.

View the full case study: Bradshaw Clinic Case Study (pdf 657 KB)