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# Compose a message

You can send messages to faculty, administrators, providers, provider groups, and patients (if patients have PatientAccess accounts).

Note: You can include only one patient recipient per message.

To compose a message:

1. From a folder in Messenger, select .

1. Select the To field, and do one of the following:

- Begin entering a recipient, and from the drop-down of recipient matches, select a recipient.

- Select to search for a recipient.

The To recipient page appears.

The To recipient pane appears.

More about the To recipient page:

The To recipient search page displays three tabs: User, Patient, and Group.

> Note: If none of your patients have accounts, the Patient tab will be grayed-out.

> If you choose the:

> - User tab, you can search by name, provider group. or by ID.

> - Patient tab, you can search by name or chart #.

> - Group tab, you can search by group code or description.

> - In one of the tabs, enter a recipient in the search box, and then select the Enter key (or Go or Return depending on your device).
> - From the drop-down of recipient matches, select a recipient.

3. (Optional) Repeat step 2 to add further recipients.
4. (Optional) Repeat step 2 to complete the Cc and Bcc fields.
5. In the Subject field, enter a subject.

There is a limit of 50 characters applied to the Subject field.

3. In the body of the message, enter your message.

There is a limit of 32000 characters applied to the body of the message.

3. (Optional) If the message is urgent, set the urgent message indicator to Yes .

4. Select Send.

A confirmation sent message appears briefly.

See:

View messages

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Forward a message

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