Shot schedule view
Shows the next injection date, the protocol phase and the observation period, with a note to call if anything feels wrong.
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An Allergy Clinic Patient App for Shots, Refills and Bookings
SIZ Group designs and builds an allergy clinic patient self-service app where patients book shot visits, see their next injection date, request refills and get reminders without holding for the phone. Scoping comes first, a free call where we map your protocols, and the written estimate follows.
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Why Allergy Patients Need a Self-Service App More Than Most
Allergy treatment runs on a calendar. Immunotherapy shots follow a build-up schedule that increases the dose over time, then a maintenance schedule that may stretch between visits. A missed or late injection changes the plan, so patients need to know when their next shot is due and what to watch for afterward.
The clinic also has a safety role that a booking tool cannot replace. Patients need the observation period after each injection explained clearly, and they must know that a serious reaction requires an immediate call or emergency care. A self-service app can repeat those instructions every time the patient opens it, so the message does not depend on memory.
02
How Allergy Patients Move Through Care Today
Most requests still come by phone or through a patient portal inbox. A patient who wants to move a shot appointment calls the front desk, waits on hold and is asked to confirm a date that the nurse may already have changed. Refill requests for nasal sprays and epinephrine autoinjectors follow a similar path, and they can sit until someone reviews the medication list.
The breaks happen between the nurse, the clinician and the front desk. A schedule changed after a reaction may not reach the patient's reminder list, and a patient who did not receive a text may arrive on the wrong day. The clinic needs one list of what each patient is due, and the patient needs a simple way to see it.
- Shot visits moved by phone and not updated in the reminder list
- Refill requests waiting in a portal inbox with no owner
- Pollen-season calls about symptoms that need a clinician
- Patients unsure whether a schedule change came from the clinic
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A Walk Through the Allergy Clinic Patient Self-Service App
A patient in the build-up phase opens the app and sees her next injection date, the observation time and the nurse who will give the shot. She taps to move the appointment to a later slot, and the app offers only times that fit the clinic's injection rules, including the set gap between doses.
Before she leaves, the app shows a short post-injection checklist and a line to call the clinic if she feels unwell. Later that week, she requests a refill of her autoinjector. The request goes to the nurse's queue with the medication name and pharmacy, and she sees the status change to approved. If she types a symptom instead of a refill, the app tells her to call or seek emergency care and does not try to triage it.
What you get
Key features
Reschedule within rules
Offers only appointment times that fit the clinic's gap between injections and the nurse's availability.
Refill requests
Sends the medication name, pharmacy and reason to the clinician queue, with a status the patient can follow.
Safety-first messaging
Reminders and symptom prompts point patients to a phone call or emergency care, never to a self-triage tool.
04
Fitting In With the Software Your Allergy Clinic Already Uses
Most allergy clinics run an electronic health record or practice management system for scheduling, charting and billing. Those systems hold the treatment schedule, so the app should read injection dates and visit status from them rather than keep a separate calendar. We confirm which API or export each system provides during scoping.
Reminders are usually sent by SMS through a provider such as Twilio, and payments for testing or copays may run through Stripe. Pharmacy routing depends on your existing e-prescribing setup, so we would design refill requests as a message to the clinician rather than a prescription the app sends on its own. Clinicians keep the decision.
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The Information and Access Your Clinic Will Provide
We need the treatment schedule rules for each protocol, the observation period you ask patients to follow, the list of refillable medications and the names of the nurses and clinicians who take requests. We also need your emergency and after-hours wording, because the app must show that wording exactly as your clinicians approved it.
Clinical content needs a reviewer. Post-injection instructions, pollen guidance and medication notes should be approved by a clinician, with a review date on each page. Patient records fall under HIPAA where it applies, so we agree on access roles and a business associate agreement before any protected health information enters the build.
- Build-up and maintenance schedule rules by protocol
- Post-injection instructions approved by a clinician
- Refillable medication list with a clinician owner for each
- Emergency wording shown on every injection screen
06
Tracking Results From the Patient App Over Time
The owner or customer experience lead should track the calls the front desk takes each week for moving shots, checking schedules and asking about refills. We compare those figures with the months before launch and watch how quickly refill requests get an answer against the clinic's own target.
Two clinical measures matter as well. Track how many scheduled injections are kept on the planned date, and how many patients open a reminder before their visit. Fewer missed doses and fewer schedule conflicts are the signs that the app is helping patients stay on their plan.
How much does an allergy clinic patient self-service app cost?+
Allergy patient apps start at $4,500. The protocols the app supports, whether refill requests are included and the number of systems to connect set the final number, which the estimate itemizes.
Can the app work out a patient's injection date by itself?+
The app shows dates your clinicians set in the treatment schedule. It does not calculate doses or change a protocol. When a nurse adjusts a schedule, the change flows to the patient's view, so the app and the clinic stay in step.
What happens if a patient reports a reaction through the app?+
The app does not handle reactions as a triage tool. It tells the patient to call the clinic or seek emergency care straight away, and it shows the emergency wording your clinicians approved.
Can patients request refills through the app?+
Yes, as a request that goes to your clinician or nurse for review. The app does not send a prescription on its own, and your team keeps the decision and the record.
Do patients need to download the app?+
Patients install it from the App Store or Google Play. We can talk through a web option during scoping if some patients prefer not to install an app.
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