No-shows quietly drain revenue
Every missed appointment is a slot you cannot sell again. Many patients would move the appointment if you reached them in time, but without a reminder you never get the chance.
CRM for healthcare
For clinics and wellness teamsPatient questions, follow-ups, recall, in one shared inbox.
One inbox for the non-clinical side of a clinic: WhatsApp, Instagram, email and live chat, with an AI agent on your own provider key for opening hours and directions, and email or Telegram sequences for recall. Pinlyx is not HIPAA compliant and not an EHR, so clinical details stay out of it. WhatsApp and Instagram start on Pro at $24.99/month.
WhatsApp is on Pro, $24.99/month · Replies inside Meta's 24-hour window · Free plan covers Telegram only
What breaks in clinics
Four operational problems every clinic hits
No-shows, paper intake forms, fragmented PII storage, dead recall pipelines. Pinlyx helps with the conversations around them and stops short of clinical data.
Intake forms arrive at the visit
Paper forms in the waiting room use up visit time and surface allergies, medications, and history that should have been reviewed before the appointment.
Patient details live in too many systems
EHR for records, WhatsApp for reminders, Instagram DMs for new-patient inquiries, email for results. Each system has a different security posture, and every copy is one more place a leak can start.
Recall and follow-up never happen at scale
6-month dental cleaning recall, post-procedure check-in, annual physical: every clinic agrees these matter and nobody runs them at scale. Manual outreach does not survive the busy week.
Six capabilities for the non-clinical side of a clinic
From the first inquiry to the recall message, with clinical records kept in your EHR.
Data handling, stated plainly
Servers in Germany, sensitive fields encrypted with AES-GCM, team roles and a published DPA. Pinlyx is not HIPAA compliant, signs no BAA and holds no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification.
Appointment follow-ups on email and Telegram
Build a confirmation and a reminder as an email or Telegram sequence, and add the contact when you book. Pinlyx has no appointment calendar and no SMS, and WhatsApp stays reply-only.
Links to the forms you already use
Pinlyx has no intake forms. Send the link to your own form tool by email or in a chat, and keep the answers in your EHR.
No-show follow-up
Add a contact who missed an appointment to a short email or Telegram sequence that offers a new time. A person starts it, because Pinlyx does not see your calendar.
Recall & follow-up sequences
6-month dental cleaning, annual physical, post-procedure check-in. Set the delay, write generic copy, and the sequence stops when the person replies.
AI agent for non-clinical questions
An AI agent on your own provider key answers parking, hours and what-to-bring questions. Add rules that hand symptoms and medication questions to a human.
Where clinic communication breaks down
An EHR handles clinical records well and is rarely built for everyday messaging. Sending an appointment reminder can take many clicks, following up on a no-show falls to whoever remembers, and new-patient questions arrive on WhatsApp, Instagram and personal phones because nothing brings them together.
Pinlyx brings those non-clinical conversations into one inbox. It is not an EHR, and it is not a place for clinical records. Your EHR remains the source of truth, and Pinlyx handles inquiries and follow-up around it.
Channels that matter for healthcare
- SMS: not available. Pinlyx has no SMS or phone channel, so a clinic that relies on SMS reminders needs another tool for that.
- WhatsApp Business: common for patient questions outside the US. Your team or an AI agent replies inside Meta's 24-hour customer service window. Pinlyx does not send template messages, broadcasts or bulk WhatsApp, so it cannot remind someone on WhatsApp who has not written in the last 24 hours.
- Email: for recall sequences and general information, from your own mailbox over IMAP/SMTP (Gmail, Outlook, iCloud). Keep clinical details out of it.
- Live chat widget: embedded on the clinic website for new-patient inquiries. An AI agent handles parking and hours; humans handle scheduling and clinical questions.
- Instagram DM: increasingly common for new-patient inquiries (especially dermatology, cosmetic, wellness). Each inquiry lands in the shared inbox with a contact record.
- Telegram: common in EU, EE, CIS, and international wellness clinics. Native MTProto support.
Compliance & data residency
Healthcare is a highly regulated industry, and Pinlyx is not built for clinical data. The framework depends on jurisdiction, and the answer in each case is to keep clinical details out of Pinlyx.
- HIPAA (US): Pinlyx is not HIPAA compliant and does not sign a BAA, so US covered entities should not put protected health information in it.
- GDPR (EU/UK): health data is a special category under Article 9. Pinlyx runs on servers in Germany and completes deletion requests within 30 days, but it has no legal-basis fields or special-category controls.
- KVKK (Turkey): health data is a sensitive category under KVKK Article 6. Pinlyx does not store consent records, so keep them in your own system.
- Message wording: Pinlyx has no PHI filter. Write generic copy and check it yourself before a sequence goes out.
- Access: team roles control who can see and do what, and each contact keeps an activity timeline. This is not a HIPAA audit trail.
Sequences worth building
Pinlyx does not ship ready-made healthcare sequences or message templates. These four are simple to build on email or Telegram, with generic wording and stop-on-reply.
- Appointment follow-up (2 steps): a confirmation when you add the contact and a reminder after the delay you set, with parking and what-to-bring notes but no procedure name.
- New-patient information (2 steps): a link to your own intake form and a reminder to complete it. Pinlyx does not host the form.
- No-show follow-up: a person adds the contact after a missed appointment. "Hope everything is okay. Happy to rebook."
- Recall & follow-up: 6-month, 1-year, or 2-year cadence, set as delays in the sequence. A reply stops it so your team can book the visit.
Reporting & KPIs
Pinlyx reports on conversations, not on clinical operations, because it does not see your calendar or EHR:
- Conversation volume by channel: how much of the load comes from WhatsApp, Instagram, live chat and email.
- First reply time: support reporting on Business shows first reply and resolution time. Reply-time promises start on Pro.
- Sequence results: how many contacts each follow-up reached and how many replied.
- Agent workload: by team member, in advanced analytics on Business.
- Satisfaction: NPS and CSAT surveys sent by link, email or Telegram.
Generic CRM vs Pinlyx for Healthcare
What Pinlyx does and does not do for a clinic. Where compliance matters, check the answer before you choose.
| Capability | PinlyxRecommended | Generic CRM |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy & compliance | ||
HIPAA compliance | No | Partial: some vendors |
BAA available | No | Partial: some vendors |
Servers in Germany on every plan | Yes | Partial |
Do-not-contact list Checked before every sequence step | Yes | Partial |
| Clinic operations | ||
Email and Telegram follow-up sequences | Yes | Partial: email only |
Appointment calendar | No | Partial |
Intake forms | No | Partial |
Recall sequences you build | Yes | Partial |
| EHR integration | ||
Direct EHR integration | No | Partial |
FHIR endpoint support | No | Partial |
| Pricing | ||
Flat-rate, no per-provider tax | Yes | No |
Pinlyx column checked November 6, 2026. The generic CRM column is a broad description, not any one product. Pinlyx is not an EHR; keep clinical records in your EHR.
Not HIPAA compliant, and not for clinical data
Health data is among the most sensitive categories there is. Pinlyx runs on servers in Germany, encrypts sensitive fields with AES-GCM, offers team roles and publishes its DPA, and that is where it stops. It is not HIPAA compliant, signs no BAA, holds no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification and is not an EHR. Keep clinical details in your EHR, and use Pinlyx for the non-clinical conversations around it.
Hosted in GermanyAES-GCMTeam rolesDPA publishedNo BAANot an EHR
Healthcare FAQ
Common questions from clinics, dental practices, and wellness centers.
No. Pinlyx is not HIPAA compliant, does not sign a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) and holds no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification. It is also not an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. Do not store protected health information in Pinlyx. A clinic can use it for non-clinical conversations such as opening hours, directions and booking questions, and keep clinical records in the EHR.
Pinlyx has no appointment calendar and no PHI check, so the wording is up to you. You can build a reminder as an email or Telegram sequence and keep the text generic, for example "Reminder: appointment tomorrow at 14:00". Nothing warns you if a message contains a procedure name or a diagnosis, so check your copy. SMS is not available, and on WhatsApp you can only reply inside the 24-hour window.
Pinlyx has no intake forms. You can send a link to the form tool you already use, by email or in a chat. Surveys in Pinlyx cover NPS and CSAT, not clinical intake.
No. Pinlyx has no EHR integration and no FHIR support. The REST API and outbound webhooks on the Business plan can exchange contact data with other systems, but they should not carry clinical data.
Yes. Replies land in the shared inbox on the channel the patient used. An AI agent, running on your own OpenAI, Gemini or other provider key, can answer common questions such as parking, opening hours and what to bring. Add rules that hand anything about symptoms or medication to a human. A rule is an instruction, not a guarantee, so review how it behaves, and remember that conversations it reads pass through your AI provider.
Yes. Servers are in Germany on every plan, deletion requests are completed within 30 days, and the data processing agreement is published at /dpa. Health data is a special category under GDPR Article 9 and a sensitive category under KVKK Article 6, and Pinlyx has no dedicated controls for it, so keep clinical details out of Pinlyx.
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Ready to ship
Fewer missed messages. One inbox for the front desk.
WhatsApp and Instagram are on paid plans, from Pro at $24.99/month. Your team or an AI agent answers non-clinical questions inside Meta's 24-hour window, and follow-ups run as email or Telegram sequences.
WhatsApp is on Pro, $24.99/month · Replies inside Meta's 24-hour window · Free plan covers Telegram only
Last updated: November 6, 2026.