Patient Responding to SMS Reminder With Emoji

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When a patient receives an appointment reminder and responds with a thumbs up emoji to indicate they are coming, we receive a response in FD as two question marks?? This is confusing as it would appear that the patient doesn't understand the message, when they are actually just acknowledging it. 
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Dr Goran

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Posted 10 months ago

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10 months ago
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Albie Firley

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We havre the same issue
2018-11-19T04:19:10+00:00
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Simone Tenae Thomas

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We specifically ask patient to reply "Yes" - it doesn't always work, but it's minimised the issue
10 months ago
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Timothy, Business Care Manager

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Hi Goran. The Front Desk SMS reply path does not currently support emoji. We're happy to investigate what can be done in this area as a low priority item.
10 months ago
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Dr Goran

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Thanks Timothy, even if the response came up as a "yes" or a ":)", something that indicates that the person is confirming their intention to come, rather than question marks.
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