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Onboarding

Invite admins

You can have as many administrators on Hero as you need, change their permissions and map them to a practitioner where applicable.

Practitioners

In this support article we will walk you through adding or editing a practitioner within Hero.

Locations

Learn how to add or edit a location within Hero.

Multi-tenancy

Login to multiple practices using one account

API keys & partner integrations

This article explains how to setup API keys to use partners platforms that integrate with Hero features

Introducing NHS patients to Hero

We recommend adding some information to your website to introduce Hero Health to your patients.

Introducing private patients to Hero

We recommend adding some information to your website to introduce Hero Health to your patients.

Individual messaging

Send a message

One of Hero's core functionalities is the ability to send a SMS or Email to a patient. Follow these simple steps to message a patient.

View sent messages

Learn how to view all sent messages, and interrogate the message delivery status.

Contact methods

When sending a message to a patient, you'll be prompted to choose a contact method, the channel through which the message will be delivered.

Questionnaires

Learn how to create a questionnaire for patients to complete using the Hero Health platform.

Questionnaire links

Learn how to send a patient a questionnaire for completion.

Questionnaire responses

Learn how to review a questionnaire response (and save to the patient's record)

Patient replies

Learn how to message a patient and invite them to submit a one-time reply, and where you can view one time replies when they're submitted.

Send an attachment

Learn how to send a secure attachment to a patient via SMS or Email.

Self-booking links

Learn what a self-booking link is, and how you can send self-booking links to patients.

Message templates

Learn how to utilise message templates and how to manage your library of message templates.

SMS fragments

Learn about SMS fragments and how to manage your costs effectively.

What patients see

Learn what it is like for patients to engage with messages sent via the Hero platform.

EMIS-X

If you're using EMIS Web and EMIS-X, you can access Hero's individual patient messaging by SMS, Email or NHS App.

Batch messaging

Uploading patients

Send a batch message

Learn how to send a batch message to a cohort of patients through Hero.

Self-booking links

Learn how to send a batch message with appointment self-booking links.

Questionnaire links

Learn how to send a batch message to a cohort of patients with a link to complete a questionnaire.

Appointments

Online booking

Learn how to add Hero's online booking functionality to your website.

Appointment restrictions

Restrict which patients can book at your practice, based on age, gender and GP registration.

Networks

Learn how to setup networks and make appointment types visible to allow your partner sites to book into them.

Cross-org booking

Find out how use cross-organisational booking with networks

Cross-org self-booking links

Learn how you can issue self-booking links that direct patients to book into services delivered by partner organisations.

Intake forms

Learn how to edit an existing intake form or create your own intake form to capture information from patients when booking.

Video appointments

Learn how to join a video consultation from the Hero application.

Diary view

Learn how to perform different actions on the diary view within Hero

Book an appointment

Learn how to use the Hero diary to book an appointment on behalf of a patient.

Reporting

Learn how to view all appointments in Hero, download a CSV of all appointments booked and see the source of the booking.

Reminder mailers

Hero Health provides an automated appointment reminder system, helping to reduce no-shows and improve the overall patient experience.

Cancellation policy

Learn how to set a specific time window to limit when a patient can cancel or reschedule an appointment.

Active and inactive slots

Understand how we sync slot type availability with your EHR to provide online bookings for patients.

Appointment types

Learn how to configure basic appointment settings including appointment name, duration and location availability.

Inbox

Getting started

Understand how to get the most out of your inbox

Viewing a request

Learn how to view and respond to patient request submissions through care navigation pathways.

Respond to a patient

Learn how to respond to a patient's care navigation request.

Assigning an episode

Learn how to assign a new episode to an individual or team at your practice.

Teams

Learn how to create Teams to help optimise care navigation.

Care navigation

Get started

Learn about what Care Navigation is, and how to use Hero's Care Navigation at your practice.

Pathways

Learn how to add a new care navigation pathways or edit an existing pathway.

Request templates

Learn how to create new Care Navigation Option type for your care navigation

Patient access

Learn how to embed Hero's care navigation on your website.

Schedule access

Learn how to set a pathways visibility based on the time of day

Daily limits

Manage the volume of requests into your practice by applying daily limits on your online request options.

Page messaging

Learn how to update the yellow banners on your patient facing care navigation pages.

Medical device status

Learn about whether Hero's Care Navigation solution is a medical device

Testing pathways

Is there a way we can use a test patient to check what the patient will see?

Submit a request

Learn how to submit a request on behalf of a patient.

Auto-assign requests

Ensure requests reach the right admin or team automatically.

Apps

Firetext: Get started

Learn how to start sending SMS messaging with Hero using Firetext

Stripe: Get started

Learn how to connect your Hero account to Stripe, so that you can issue invoice and collect payment. Learn about Stripe pricing.

Stripe: Invoicing

Learn how to create and issue an invoice to a patient through Hero Updated over a year ago

Stripe: Take payments

Stripe: Memberships

Find out how to setup Memberships and link them to Stripe to create subscriptions.

Stripe: Products

Learn how to use Stripe products within Hero.

Stripe: Reporting

Learn how to report on your invoices and track unpaid invoices Updated over a year ago

Stripe: Patient details

Learn how to configure patient information with Stripe invoicing & subscriptions

Stripe: Customers

Updated over a year ago Learn how to store a credit or debit on a customer account

Stripe: Patients payments

If you need to find a list of customers who have made payments through Stripe within a specific time period, follow the steps below. This guide will help you retrieve the ne

SignatureRx: Getting started

Find out how to turn on your SignatureRx integration with Hero Health.

SignatureRx: Patient experience

See what patients see when issued with a Signature Rx prescription.

Hero Sidekick

Get Started

Learn how to install and set up Hero Sidekick, the companion for EMIS or SystmOne.

Troubleshooting

Having trouble with Hero Sidekick? This guide walks you through common installation, connectivity, and patient data issues.

EMAS Manager

Use these steps once on each EMIS Web workstation that needs the Hero Sidekick toolbar.

Multiple instances of EMIS Web running on the PC

Learn how to use Task Manager or restart your PC to restore Hero Sidekick connection.

.Net 3.5 required for Sidekick to function

EMIS

Unregistered patients

Learn why setting up a Hero Unregistered Patient slot type is important to facilitate a seamless patient appointment booking experience.

Getting started

This article will take you through getting your EMISWeb setup with Hero.

SystmOne

Getting started

Gateway PC setup

Learn how Hero integrates with SystmOne using a Gateway PC and Hero Sidekick for seamless patient record syncing.

Booking configuration

Once Sidekick is connected, you’ll need to configure how bookings from Hero flow into SystmOne.

Unregistered patients

The unregistered patient flow ensures appointments are still created and later linked to the correct patient.

Retrieve patient records

In this article we'll explore how you can retrieve a patient's record from your SystmOne to use Hero features such as booking, messaging and care navigation.

Hero hosted integration guide

This article takes you through creating a new user at your GP practice in order to create a Hero hosted gateway connection to SystmOne.

Patients

Patient merging

Learn how to merge duplicate Hero patient records.

Submit a quick consult

Learn how to save a simple consultation.

About the Hero platform

Feature requests

Submit a feature request. This article outlines how new features are decided upon and prioritised.

Sub-processors

Read about the sub-processors that we work with to deliver the Hero service.

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)