Frequently Asked
How do you keep our marketing stack HIPAA-compliant?
By keeping PHI inside platforms with signed BAAs and de-identifying everything before it leaves them. Google Cloud Platform and Salesforce Health Cloud carry BAAs and host the patient-side data model. Healthcare-native tools (PatientPop, Weave, Doctible, Solutionreach, Luma Health, Klara) sign BAAs for their specific surfaces. General-purpose marketing automation tools without BAAs never touch PHI in our deployments — they receive de-identified events only, with field-level redaction enforced at the integration layer.
How do you integrate with our EMR or PMS?
HL7/FHIR APIs where the system exposes them. HIPAA-compliant middleware (MuleSoft, Rhapsody, or custom) where it doesn’t. For Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Epic, Athena, NextGen, Kareo, DrChrono, and most major EMRs we have a proven integration pattern. The booking event and appointment history flow into marketing automation as triggers without exposing clinical detail.
Do you replace our CRM or work inside the one we have?
Most engagements start with an audit of the existing CRM — usage, data hygiene, automation surface area. Often the platform is fine and the marketing configuration is the problem. When a migration is the right move, we scope it against the business case: what’s the cost of switching versus the cost of staying on an underpowered tool.
Who writes the email and SMS copy?
We do. In-house copywriters trained on healthcare-specific voice and HIPAA marketing-rule language. Every sequence is reviewed before launch and refreshed quarterly against performance. Subject lines and send times are A/B tested; voice and structure are set by the practice brand.
What does a CRM & automation engagement cost?
Implementation projects (CRM setup, EMR integration, initial automation library) typically run $25,000–$120,000 depending on platform complexity and integration scope. Ongoing operations and optimization is retainer-based, usually $5,000–$20,000/month, plus platform license costs paid directly to GCP, Salesforce, and your healthcare-native tools.
How long until automations are producing results?
First live automations (inquiry acknowledgment, consultation reminder flow, no-show recovery) usually ship in 4–6 weeks. Treatment-plan and retention sequences follow in weeks 8–12. Revenue impact from reactivated existing-patient flows typically shows within the first quarter — those sequences produce the fastest return because the list already exists.