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Project 03 · Healthcare Automation

Patient Reactivation
Workflow

An automated re-engagement system for healthcare providers — identifying patients who haven't visited in 90+ days and sending personalised follow-up messages to bring them back.

Tools
n8n · CRM · Email Automation
Type
Patient Re-engagement System
Trigger
90+ days since last visit
The Problem

Healthcare providers lose revenue
to patient silence

Clinics lose revenue to lapsed patients — people who came in once or twice, then quietly stopped booking. Most clinics have no system to identify these patients or reach out proactively. The result is empty appointment slots, lost revenue, and patients who simply forgot to come back.

Manual follow-up doesn't scale. Reception staff are too busy to personally contact every inactive patient. This workflow handles the entire process automatically — from identifying who hasn't visited, to sending the right message at the right time.

Automation Flow

The full reactivation
sequence

End-to-End Patient Reactivation Flow
⏰
Scheduled
Runs daily
→
🔍
Filter
90+ days inactive
→
✉️
Personalise
Name + last visit
→
📤
Send Email
Auto-delivered
→
📋
Log in CRM
Status updated
The Message

What the patient receives

The email is warm, personal, and low-pressure — designed to feel like it came from the clinic directly, not a mass marketing tool.

Step by Step

Full workflow breakdown

⏰
Step 1 — Scheduled Trigger

The workflow runs automatically on a daily schedule — no manual intervention needed. It checks the patient records every 24 hours.

🔍
Step 2 — Identify Inactive Patients

The system queries the CRM for patients whose last appointment date is 90 or more days ago and who haven't already received a reactivation message recently.

✉️
Step 3 — Personalise the Message

For each patient, the workflow pulls their first name and last visit date from the CRM and injects them into the email template — making every message feel personal.

📤
Step 4 — Send Email Automatically

The personalised email is sent automatically via the connected email provider. No manual sending, no copy-pasting, no forgetting.

📋
Step 5 — Update CRM Status

After sending, the patient's CRM record is automatically updated — logging the date the reactivation email was sent to prevent duplicate messages.

Features

What the workflow includes

✓

Fully Automated

Runs on a schedule with zero manual input — the clinic team doesn't need to do anything once it's set up.

✓

Personalised Messages

Every email includes the patient's name and references their last visit — it feels human, not automated.

✓

Duplicate Prevention

CRM status tracking ensures patients aren't sent the same message twice — clean, professional communication.

✓

CRM Integration

Reads from and writes to the CRM automatically — all patient interaction records stay up to date.

✓

Configurable Threshold

The 90-day inactivity window is easily adjustable — change it to 60, 120, or any period that fits the clinic.

✓

Full Documentation

Clear SOPs included so the clinic team can manage and adjust the workflow without technical help.

The impact
0
Hours of manual follow-up work per week
100%
Of inactive patients contacted automatically on schedule
↑
Re-booking rate from patients who would have been permanently lost
Tools Used

Built with

⚙️ n8n
👥 CRM System
📧 Email Automation
⏰ Scheduled Triggers

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