Platform / Patient Engagement

Exceed patient expectations with every engagement

A specialized patient-engagement system that keeps your schedule full and simplifies communication for your staff and your patients. Online booking, automated reminders, paperless forms, and pay-by-text, all through Care Pulse.

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The problem

Empty chairs and phone tag cost you growth

No-shows, missed recalls, paper forms in the waiting room, and balances chased by phone. Every gap is lost revenue and a worse patient experience.

No-shows and last-minute cancellations

Hours lost to reminder calls

Paper forms in the waiting room

Balances chased by phone

What you get

Booked, reminded,
and paid automatically

Booking & reminders

Real-time booking, fewer no-shows

Patients see live availability across your locations and providers, book online, and confirm by text. Automated reminders and recall keep the calendar full without a single phone call.

Online self-scheduling

Book from your site or the Care Pulse app, anytime.

Automatic reminders and recall

Texts and emails bring patients back without a call.

Confirm or reschedule by text

Patients manage their own visits, hands-free for staff.

Woman sitting on couch smiling at phone with appointment reminder for 3:15 pm today with Dr. Hurst.
Smiling man using laptop with patient forms and demographics dropdown menus on screen.

Paperless forms & registration

Intake done before they arrive

Send a text or email link and patients complete registration, medical history, and consent forms online. Less waiting-room time, less data entry, fewer errors.

HIPAA-compliant online forms

Digital history and e-consent, signed before the visit.

Online new-patient registration

New patients sign up and onboard from their phone.

Flows into the patient record

Answers land in the chart, no re-keying by staff.

Payments & patient portal

Collect by text, engage on the portal

Send a secure pay-by-text link the day treatment is done and patients pay from their phone. A convenient portal lets them view records, documents, and messages anytime.

Pay-by-text and online bill pay

Patients clear balances from a secure link.

Secure patient portal

Records, documents, and messaging in one place.

Teledentistry visits

Virtual consults through Care Pulse, built in.

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A day on Novadontics

From discovery to recall, fully automated

Care Pulse works while your team focuses on care. Click through a patient's journey.

Discover

Discover

A patient finds your practice on the Care Pulse app or your website and sees live availability across every location and provider. No phone tag, no waiting on hold. They choose the time that works and start the visit on their terms.

  • Real-time availability across locations

  • Book from your site or the Care Pulse app

  • Works on any device

book

Book

They self-book in seconds and the appointment drops straight into your Novadontics schedule. There is no double-booking and no data entry for your front desk. The chair fills itself while your team stays focused on care.

  • Instant self-scheduling

  • Auto-syncs to your Novadontics calendar

  • Zero front-desk entry

remind

Remind

An automated text and email reminder goes out before the visit, and the patient confirms or reschedules with a tap. Your front desk sees every response in real time, so no-shows and last-minute gaps shrink on their own.

  • Automatic text and email reminders

  • One-tap confirm or reschedule

  • Live status at the front desk

VISIT & PAY

Visit & Pay

After treatment, the front desk sends a secure pay-by-text link and the patient pays from the chair or their phone. The balance updates in the ledger instantly, so nothing gets chased by phone later.

  • Secure pay-by-text and online bill pay

  • Ledger updates in real time

  • Paperless receipts

recall

Recall

Months later, an automated recall reminder brings the patient back for their next visit, and a birthday message keeps the relationship warm. Preventive care stays on the books and loyalty compounds into referrals.

  • Perfect Recall for hygiene and follow-ups

  • Automated birthday messages

  • Two-way texting keeps patients close

The numbers

A full calendar,
and a lighter front desk

20 hrs

Saved per month

Unlimited

Users per office

< 2 wks

To migrate your data

HIPAA

Certified cloud

Reduce no-shows and cancellations, keep your calendar full, and increase staff efficiency. 2-hour onboarding and 24/7 support.

EXPLORE THE PLATFORM

The rest of the platform

Practice Management

Scheduling, charting, treatment planning, billing, and analytics in one record.

Clinical & Imaging

Cloud imaging, AI diagnostics, and clinical notes on any device.

Implant Tools

Implant logbook, checklist protocols, and specialty charting.

REVIEWS

Dentists keep the receipts.

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Anywhere access

Plan in your browser, pick up on your iPad

Your treatment planning syncs across devices automatically. Access patient data and imaging from any desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone, and on the Apple App Store.

Security

Your patients' data, locked down.

Novadontics runs on a HIPAA-certified cloud datacenter. Records are encrypted, backed up, and protected with role-based access, so sensitive information is always secure.

HIPAA Compliant text with medical caduceus symbol inside an orange circle.

HIPAA-certified cloud datacenter

Encrypted in transit and at rest

Role-based access and audit trails

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Patient engagement FAQs

Still curious? A 30-minute demo answers the rest on your own practice data.

What is the difference between Care Pulse and Novadontics?

Novadontics is the all-in-one platform your practice runs on. Care Pulse is the patient-facing side of it: the reminders, online scheduling, text-to-pay, and messaging your patients experience. They are one system, seen from two sides.

How do automated reminders and recall work?

Reminders and recall run on their own from the same calendar as your schedule, by text and email, on a cadence you set. When a patient replies to confirm or reschedule, it happens right in the platform.

Can patients really pay by text?

Yes. Balances can be sent by text and paid from a phone in seconds, and because payments and the ledger are the same system, the account settles the moment it is paid.

Is patient communication HIPAA-compliant?

Yes. All patient messaging runs through the HIPAA-certified platform, kept secure and private.

How long does it take to set up?

Patient engagement turns on with the rest of the platform. A fresh start is live in about a week, and we configure reminders and messaging to match how your practice already works.

What support do I get?

US-based support and training are included, with unlimited users, so your whole front desk is set up and confident from day one.