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Let Patients Book on WhatsApp and the System Fill the Calendar

A WhatsApp Business API flow is on our roadmap: it offers open slots, sends two reminders and opens a video consultation. It is meant to help you cut the no-show rate. This flow is not in the panel today.

Short answer

The booking flow is not in the panel today; it is on our roadmap. In it, a patient picks an open slot on WhatsApp, gets two reminders and joins a video call. What is ready today: requests from WhatsApp, Instagram DM and calls land in one inbox. You see who is handling which patient.

In the planned flow, a patient types "appointment", sees the open slots and picks one. You stop keeping notes by hand. The system will refill a slot that opens up and send the reminders itself. It will create the video call link for remote visits. What is ready today: requests from WhatsApp, Instagram DM and calls sit in one inbox. You see who wrote what to which patient and which request is still open.

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Tuesday, 28 April 2026

8 appointments

09:00 — Zeynep Y.

Confirmed

Dr. Burak · Consultation · 30 min

10:30 — Ali K.

Video

Dr. Ayşe · Check-up · Video call

11:00 — Fatma D.

Reminded

Dr. Burak · Filling · 45 min

14:00 — OPEN SLOT

Available

Dr. Ayşe · 30 min free

8

Today

3

Open slots

1

No-show

Design preview with sample data. This appointment screen is on our roadmap; it is not in the panel today.

Roadmap · Design preview

Bookings will come in and reminders will go out without your effort

In the planned flow the patient picks a time on WhatsApp and it lands in the calendar. Reminders go out 24 hours and 1 hour before. This is how the flow we designed looks:

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Appointment Calendar · Roadmap
Today · Dr. Burak
3 appointments
09:00
Zeynep Y.
Consultation · 30 min
Confirmed
10:30
Ali K.
Check-up · Video call
Video
14:00
Open slot
Available
Merve T.
Filling · 45 min · via WhatsApp
Available Confirmed
Reminders (roadmap)
24-hour reminder sent
Merve T. · tomorrow 14:00
1-hour reminder sent
Roadmap: no-show measurement
ZY

Zeynep Yıldız

online

I would like to book an appointment. Which days are free?

14:23

Hi Zeynep 👋 3 open slots this week:

28 Apr · 14:00 Dr. Ayşe
28 Apr · 15:30 Dr. Burak
29 Apr · 10:00 Dr. Ayşe

14:23 ✓✓

28 Apr 14:00 please

14:24

Appointment confirmed · 28 Apr 14:00 · Dr. Ayşe
Roadmap

Booking in a single chat over the WhatsApp Business API

In the planned flow, the conversation will move on its own once the patient types "appointment". It will pick the specialist, show the open hours and reserve the slot the patient chooses. The system will catch a double booking, an out-of-hours slot or a busy doctor. On confirmation, the patient will get an ICS file and a link to add it to Google or Outlook calendar.

  • One-word request to confirmed booking, without a break
  • ICS file and one-tap add to Google or Outlook calendar
  • Location, preparation notes and extra documents will be attached to the message
Roadmap

A reminder chain that reduces no-shows

In the planned flow, a reminder will reach the patient one day and one hour before the appointment. When the patient says "cancel", that hour will open up at once and be offered to the first person waiting. When a patient does not show up, a flow that offers a new time will take over.

  • Reminders will go out on their own one day and one hour before
  • An hour freed by a cancellation will be offered straight to the waiting list
  • A follow-up flow will offer a new time to a patient who did not show up
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Reminder chain, Zeynep Y.

✓ 27 Apr 14:00 Delivered · Read

"Reminder: your appointment with Dr. Ayşe is tomorrow at 14:00. Location: 📍 Beşiktaş Clinic."

✓ 28 Apr 13:00 Delivered · Confirmed

"Your appointment is in 1 hour. Are you on your way?" → Customer: "Yes, on my way"

✓ 28 Apr 14:35 After treatment

"How was your visit today? Rate it 1-5" + Google review invitation

No-show tracking (sample)

128

Appointments

5

No-shows (4%)

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Doctor management (4)

DA

Dr. Ayşe Demir

Orthodontics · 12 years

Active
Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00 5 slots today
DB

Dr. Burak Kaya

Implants · 18 years

Active
Mon-Fri 10:00-18:00 2 slots today
DM

Dr. Mehmet Sert

Paediatric dentistry · 8 years

On leave
Back on 5 May
Roadmap

Several doctors, one smart calendar

In the planned calendar you will add as many doctors or specialists as you need. Each one's specialty, working hours and days off will live in their own calendar. The patient will say which specialty they want, and the system will suggest a matching doctor and time. Clashing hours, doctors on leave and out-of-hours requests will be filtered out on their own.

  • Several doctors will be defined and matched by specialty
  • Working hours, leave and holidays will show in the calendar automatically
  • Appointment length (15/30/45/60 min) and buffer time between visits are planned
Roadmap

Online consultation, linked to a video call

In the planned flow, a remote appointment will open a video call link on its own. The link will reach the patient on WhatsApp and sit inside the calendar invite. Aesthetic clinics will be able to run consultations for patients abroad, follow-up visits and pre-procedure assessments this way.

  • A video call link will be created for the visit on its own
  • You will be able to connect your own video call service
  • A step to request before and after photos (for aesthetics)
app.chatinbox.net/appointments/meeting/8472

Online consultation

Starts in 15 min

Video call link

gorusme.chatinbox.net/a1b2-c3d4

Patient: Ali K.
Doctor: Dr. Ayşe Demir
10:30 - 11:00 · 30 minutes
Notes: First consultation, orthodontics

Cut no-shows, keep the calendar full

WhatsApp booking, automatic reminders and online consultation are on our roadmap. They are not in the panel today. Today your patient requests land in one inbox and you send reminders from there by hand. In a 15-minute call we show you both today's setup and the plan.

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