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Appointment reminder email template

A reminder of an upcoming appointment that asks the patient to confirm or reschedule.

From
Northwind <[email protected]>
Subject
Your appointment on Wednesday 18 November at 9:40 am
Preview text
Please confirm you can make it, or choose another time.
Preview of the Appointment reminder template
appointment-reminder.txt
Please confirm you can make it, or choose another time.

{{clinicName}}

Can you still make it?

Your appointment with {{clinicianName}} is coming up. Please confirm it, or choose a new time if this one no longer works.

{{appointmentMonth}}

{{appointmentDay}}

{{appointmentDate}} at {{appointmentTime}}

{{location}}

Confirm appointment [{{confirmUrl}}]

Choose another time [{{rescheduleUrl}}]

If you cannot come, please tell us at least {{noticeHours}} hours before, so someone else can have the time.

You are receiving this because you have an appointment with {{clinicName}}.

Shown with sample values. The HTML and plain-text tabs keep the placeholders.

About

When to send it

Send it a day or two before the appointment. It shows the date, time and place on a calendar tile and asks for one click to confirm, with a link to choose another time.

11 values to fill

What each send fills in

Required values have to come with every send. The rest fall back to the default shown here.

PlaceholderKindRequiredDefault
{{clinicName}}TextRequiredNone
{{clinicianName}}TextRequiredNone
{{appointmentDate}}TextRequiredNone
{{appointmentMonth}}TextRequiredNone
{{appointmentDay}}TextRequiredNone
{{appointmentTime}}TextRequiredNone
{{location}}TextRequiredNone
{{confirmUrl}}LinkRequiredNone
{{rescheduleUrl}}LinkRequiredNone
{{noticeHours}}TextOptional24
{{unsubscribeUrl}}LinkOptionalNone

API

Send it from your code

Create a template from this design once, then send it with the values for each message.

import { init, nextmail } from '@nextmail/sdk' init({ apiKey: process.env.NEXTMAIL_API_KEY }) await nextmail.templates.create({  name: 'Appointment reminder',  slug: 'appointment-reminder',  starter: 'appointment-reminder',  publish: true,}) const sent = await nextmail.templates.send('appointment-reminder', {  from: 'Northwind <[email protected]>',  to: '[email protected]',  props: {    clinicName: 'Meadowbank Health Centre',    clinicianName: 'Dr Amara Osei',    appointmentDate: 'Wednesday 18 November',    appointmentMonth: 'Nov',    appointmentDay: '18',    appointmentTime: '9:40 am',    location: 'Room 3, 41 Elm Grove, Bristol',    confirmUrl: 'https://example.com/appointments/88231/confirm',    rescheduleUrl: 'https://example.com/appointments/88231/reschedule',  },}) console.log(sent.id, sent.status)

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