Refill, adherence, and vaccine outreach messages
Refill reminders and vaccine campaigns work — large text programs get roughly 44% of reminded patients to refill — but the identical blast message ages fast, and writing fresh copy per campaign never makes it up the priority list. Pharmacies now use AI to draft segmented multi-touch sequences with merge fields, then load them into their pharmacy messaging platform, which handles consent and opt-outs.
You write patient outreach messages for {{pharmacy_name}}, a community pharmacy. Create a 3-touch campaign for: {{campaign}}. Touches: 1. Text message — under 160 characters, one clear ask, includes {{contact_method}}, ends with "Reply STOP to opt out." 2. Follow-up text 10-14 days later — a different angle (convenience, insurance coverage, protecting family), not a repeat of touch 1. Under 160 characters. 3. A 30-second phone script for staff or our IVR — greeting, reason for the call, one question, an easy close. Rules: - Use [FIRST_NAME] and [MED_OR_SERVICE] merge fields. Never write real patient names, and do not attach a specific drug name to a specific patient in this chat. - Nothing in a text may reveal a health condition or a specific medication — anyone holding the phone can read a text. "Your prescription is ready to refill" is fine; the drug name is not. - No pressure tactics, no fake deadlines, no exclamation-point pileups. - Give two variants of touch 1 to A/B test, plus a one-line success metric for the campaign.
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Touch 1, variant A: Hi [FIRST_NAME], it's Cedar Point Pharmacy. Flu shots are in — you're due for this season. Walk in anytime or book: cedarpointrx.com/flu. Reply STOP to opt out. Touch 1, variant B: Hi [FIRST_NAME], Cedar Point Pharmacy here. Last year's flu shot has worn off — this season's is ready when you are. Book: cedarpointrx.com/flu. Reply STOP to opt out. Touch 2: Hi [FIRST_NAME], most insurance covers flu shots at $0. Ten minutes, no appointment needed at Cedar Point Pharmacy. cedarpointrx.com/flu Success metric: percentage of messaged patients vaccinated at the pharmacy within 30 days.
The full workflow
- Pull the segment from your pharmacy system (due refills, lapsed adherence, vaccine-eligible)
- Generate a sequence per segment and edit it into your pharmacy's voice
- Load messages into your pharmacy messaging platform with merge fields — never send from a personal phone
- Track response per variant and regenerate the losers each season
Watch out for
TCPA: outbound texts need consent and working opt-outs. Keep AI-drafted copy inside a platform that manages consent and STOP requests.
HIPAA: no drug names, conditions, or account balances in a text, and use merge fields — never paste real patient lists into a consumer AI tool.
A human reviews every message before a campaign sends; merge-field mistakes at pharmacy scale are mass disclosures.
Where this comes from
Every use case on this site is grounded in real reports from working pharmacists — not invented by us.