Health-related texts from your clinic.
If your clinic enrolls you in Helose messaging, these terms apply. Your clinic sends the messages. Helose runs the technology for them.
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At a glance
Please note in particular.
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You may receive health-related texts from your clinic through Helose: check-ins between visits, reorder nudges, and links to secure pages when more detail is needed.
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Agreeing to receive these texts is not required to receive care at your clinic.
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Message frequency varies.
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Clinic staff approve the outbound playbook once (fixed list of approved messages). Helose runs those texts on schedule. Staff can stop or change the playbook anytime.
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Helose stores messages encrypted. On your phone, a text may show on the lock screen, and a standard cellular text may not be encrypted end to end.
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If you opt in, you accept the privacy risks of text messaging, including lock-screen previews.
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Keep your phone private and password-protected. Tell your clinic if your number changes.
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Reply STOP to opt out. Reply HELP for help. Not for emergencies: call 911 or your clinic's emergency line.
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Message and data rates may apply. Your clinic's Notice of Privacy Practices governs your health information.
Full terms
Messaging in detail.
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By opting in, you agree
You agree to receive health-related text messages from your clinic through Helose. Messages may include check-ins between visits, reorder or refill nudges, short confirmations, and links to a secure web page when more detail is needed. They are not a substitute for an office visit or emergency care.
- Agreeing to receive these texts is not required to receive care at your clinic.
- Message frequency varies.
- Message and data rates may apply.
Staff approval before send
Helose does not send health-related texts on its own. Your clinic's authorized staff reviews and approves every outbound message before it reaches your phone. Outbound starts use a fixed list of clinic-approved templates. When more detail is needed, you may get a short text with a link to a secure page instead of a long clinical writeup in the thread.
How messages reach your phone
Texts come from your clinic's Helose-powered number. Depending on your phone and carrier, delivery may use a rich messaging conversation or a standard text. Helose encrypts information while it moves through Helose systems and while it is stored. Content may still appear on your lock screen. Carriers and phone makers may process standard text traffic. If you choose to receive health-related texts, you accept those channel risks.
Short texts and secure pages
We keep texts short: a check-in, a reorder prompt, a simple reply (for example yes/no or a number rating). Diagnoses, lab results, and long clinical notes are not what this channel is for. When more detail is needed, your clinic may send a link to a secure web page.
Your responsibilities
- Keep your phone password-protected and private.
- Do not use a shared family or clinic device for health-related texts.
- Others may see message previews on your lock screen. Disable lock-screen previews if that concerns you.
- Tell your clinic immediately if your phone number changes.
- Do not use this service for medical emergencies. Call 911 or your clinic's emergency line.
Message content
Messages may include your name and light care context (for example a check-in question, that a reorder is ready to confirm, or your reply about how you are doing). Detailed instructions may appear on a secure web page instead of in the text itself. This is protected health information handled under your clinic's privacy practices and Helose's agreement with your clinic.
How to opt out
Reply STOP to any message to unsubscribe from future texts on that clinic line. Reply HELP for assistance. Your clinic is responsible for honoring opt-out requests. Opting out of texts does not affect your right to receive care from your clinic through other channels.
Governing privacy policy
Your clinic's Notice of Privacy Practices governs how your health information is used and disclosed. Helose processes information on behalf of your clinic. For clinic-specific questions, contact your practice directly.
Costs
Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply from your mobile carrier. Helose does not charge patients directly unless your clinic offers a separate paid messaging program and discloses that to you at enrollment.
Sample demo messages (for clinic professionals)
Separately from patient care messaging, clinic owners and staff evaluating Helose can text our marketing number from helose.com. Scan the QR on the homepage. Your phone opens a draft already addressed to Helose Ltd., with a short kickoff line filled in. When you send it, you're asking for one sample check-in reply from Helose Ltd. (not from any clinic). One sample reply; no recurring texts and no marketing list. Message frequency varies. Reply STOP to block future demo messages, HELP for help. Message and data rates may apply. Demo messages contain no patient information.
These Messaging Terms describe Helose's patient texting channel. They are not a substitute for your clinic's Notice of Privacy Practices or informed consent for care. This is not legal advice.
Clinics: share this page at patient opt-in. See also clinic obligations on Trust.