General FAQ
Q. How do I login into my HeartVoice account?
Patients can now use SingPass to access MyInfo and complete their information easily!
There are different ways patient can login and edit their account:
- Patient can login or sign up via mobile web & HeartVoice app
- Register with SingPass
- Edit their information in my profile
Patient login or sign up via mobile web & user app
Existing Patient patient:
- When old patient login via app
- system will detect if information completed
- if not complete > system will prompt patient to fill in form.
Patient register with Singpass
Patient register with Singpass flow:
- Patient can manually enter info OR user can tap [complete with myinfo]
- Tap myinfo option > direct to singpass login
- Tap [Terms & Condition] > open t&c url in app
- Patient login with Sing Pass > verify > allow permission for info > info prefill into HV registration form
Q. Am I able to register for a HeartVoice account with a Malaysia number?
Yes! Heartvoice now supports Malaysia address and phone number.
If you have a malaysia number, you will still be abe to register. Simply note that when registering, please do not enter the first 0 of your mobile number e.g. +60123456789.
Q. What does “ActiveSG Promotion” do on HeartVoice App?
When patient select “ActiveSG Promotions”, a list of providers who are eligible for ActiveSG Promotion will be shown.
Select any of the providers to initiate consultation. If the provider is online you can consult now, otherwise, you can book an appointment.
After the consultation, you will receive a payment link where you can select the ActiveSG coupon to enjoy a full discount off the consultation fee.
Q. Who can use our tele-consultation?
Anyone who has a HeartVoice account and has agreed to our Terms & Conditions.
Q. What kind of symptoms can be assessed during the video consultation?
The common, non-emergency conditions suitable for a video consultation include, but are NOT limited to the following:
- flu, cough, cold or sore throat;
- fever, or headache;
- diarrhoea, constipation or vomiting;
- rash, or cold sores;
- conjunctivitis;
- dermatological conditions;
- other non-emergent medical issues
The conditions listed above is NOT an exhaustive list of conditions.
For medical emergencies, please contact 995 or go to your nearest hospital.
Q. What happens if I lose connection during the consultation?
In such a situation, please try to find an area where there is better connection.
If you lose connection and are not able to continue the consultation, please contact the clinic to make further arrangements.
Q. What are the opening hours of HeartVoice Telemedicine?
HeartVoice is a telemedicine platform that has 24/7 coverage but are limited by the availability of our doctors and also the opening times of their clinics
Please check the clinics opening hours on our website. http://www.ourheartvoice.com/clinics
Q. Can I use HeartVoice Telemedicine for emergency consultation?
Do not use this service for emergency medical needs or urgent situations, if you think you have a medical emergency, immediately call 995 or go to your nearest hospital.
If you need to contact a clinic urgently for non-medical emergencies, please check their contact info here: https://web.ourheartvoice.com/#/telemedicine
Q. What happens during the online consultation with the doctor?
Once the user begins the video consultation, the provider may request to verify the user’s name and NRIC/FIN/passport number. The provider has the right to terminate the consultation should there be insufficient/inadequate proof of identity.
The provider may choose to do a quick screen of the user’s current symptom(s) and/or past medical condition(s) so as to assess the suitability to proceed with a teleconsultation.
Q. How long will my online consultation last?
General consultation should last anywhere between 5 – 15 minutes. Consultation durations will vary between clinics depending on your condition/needs.
Q. Can medical certificates be issued during the online consultation?
Yes, medical certificates can be issued after you have made payment for the telemedicine consultation. In accordance to the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) and to protect your personal information, documents will be encrypted with the last 4 characters of your ID and patients will not receive their MCs and other documents if they have not made payment.
Q. How do I obtain my medication after the video consultation
You will have 3 options to obtain your medication
- HeartVoice Standard 4hr to deliver ($5) / HeartVoice Express 1.5hr to deliver ($20)
- Self Collect from clinic
- Clinic’s own delivery service (if applicable)
HeartVoice delivery service is from 8am – 9pm. Orders after 9pm will be delivered the next day.
You will be receiving status updates via email, phone OR the HeartVoice app when the medication is picked up & successfully delivered.
If the clinic is closed and not available for medication pickup, there will be options for next day delivery of medication.
Q. What happens when my appointment has been cancelled?
If an appointment is cancelled, you will receive a message stating that the doctor will be unable to see them now.
Please contact the clinic for further arrangements if required.
You can choose to book another appointment with this doctor OR choose another provider to continue your teleconsultation journey.
Q. How do I consult a provider?
Users will be able to reach out either by:
- 1. Seek consultation Via our heartvoice app
- 2. Browse our provider list https://web.ourheartvoice.com/#/telemedicine
- 3. Seek consultation from provider tor virtual card – QR code
- Download our HeartVoice APP
Download our heartvoice app from the app store > Sign up/login > tap on “see a doctor” > browse providers list > select a provider > tap on “consult” button
- Browse our provider list:
From provider list website > our system will detect whether heartvoice app is installed
– if heartvoice app installed > direct to app
– if heartvoice app not installed > direct to whatsapp
When users are in a queue with a provider > a provider banner will appear, all the time until appointment is over. Users will get push notification when status updates
User’s home page will also show the upcoming section if the user has any.
It will not show user’s appointments that are alreadyPaid (no delivery required), and or cancelled.
- Seek consultation directly from provider virtual card – QR code
The provider’s QR Code will redirect users to our HeartVoice whatsapp, along with the provider’s start word.
- Step 1: Scan QR code from provider’s virtual card
- Step 2: Redirect user to whatsapp where the start word will be pre-filled
Eg. hellodrtan - Step 3: Send the already pre-filled message in whatsapp and our friendly HeartVoice bot will guide you form there
To find out more about how our whatsapp flow works check out our other section in this FAQ: “Whatsapp Flow”
Q. How do I use a provider’s virtual e-card?
If users have the provider’s virtual e-card, send the provider codeword directly to +65 3138 4362
- Save the number +65 3138 4362 in your phone as HeartVoice provider
- Open “Whatsapp”
- Type in the provider’s startup word in whatsapp and hit send
- Follow HeartVoice bot instructions and a consultation will be arranged for you
HeartVoice Mobile APP
Q. How does users reschedule their appointment on the HeartVoice app?
On the HeartVoice app homepage, users can select “Reschedule” on the appointment card on the home screen. The provider can accept their appointment OR reschedule the appointment to another date/time. Users can check their appointment status on the HeartVoice mobile app.
Q. How do users cancel their appointment on the HeartVoice app?
On the HeartVoice app homepage, users can select “cancel” on the appointment card on the home screen. Once they have cancelled, the appointment will automatically be cancelled on the provider’s end.
Q. What happens during the online consultation with the provider?
Once the user begins the video consultation, the provider may request to verify the user’s name and NRIC/FIN/passport number. The provider has the right to terminate the consultation should there be insufficient/inadequate proof of identity.
The provider may choose to do a quick screen of the user’s current symptom(s) and/or past medical condition(s) so as to assess the suitability to proceed with a teleconsultation.
Q. What does “consult any general practitioner” action do on HeartVoice App?
When a user clicks on “consult any general practitioner” button. It would scan their current location and find the closest general provider located to them. Please allow “location permission” to use this function.
Q. What does “find a doctor” action do on HeartVoice App?
“Find a doctor” allows users to browse through our list of providers available to them. Users will be able to fully browse and select which provider they would prefer.
Q. What does “My doctors” action do on HeartVoice App?
“My doctors” action will show user’s saved providers here. User’s who have interacted with providers will be able to find back the same provider under “my doctors”. Likewise a user can save a provider and unsave a provider as well.
User’s saved providers:
Auto save provider when
- User consults with a provider
- User joins provider’s monitoring program
Users can tap on the Heart icon to save providers AND unsave any of the auto saved providers too.
Q. What does “ActiveSG Promotion” action do on HeartVoice App?
ActiveSG Promotions in provider’s list shows the list of providers who accept ACTIVESG promotion.
Q. What does “Monitoring Program” action do on HeartVoice App?
Users who would like to apply for a monitoring program can do so here. Users would be able to browse all monitoring program listings here, and select which monitoring program they would prefer.
User’s flow:
- On landing page, tap [Explore Monitoring Program] > apply filter to show all available
- Monitoring programs
- Name of program
- Program description
- Tap Join > direct to enter code page
Q. How does a user check the clinic & providers details?
User will:
- Tap on the provider card > direct to clinic details page, auto scroll to show provier’s detailed card at top of page
Q. How do I schedule an appointment with providers on HeartVoice APP?
From provider details page:
- select [Book appointment] > show select date pop up
- select a timeslot
- Tap [confirm]
- direct to mobile app show teleconsult card on home page
Q. How will I request a teleconsult with a provider in the heartvoice app?
You will be able to do so by:
- Step 1: Go to “Home” tab
- Step 2: tap on “see a doctor”
- Step 3: tap on “find a doctor”
- Step 4: enter your provider name or the clinic in the search bar
- Step 5: once you have found your provider, either tap on the “video” icon or tap on the card
- Step 6: tap on either “consult” or “book an appointment”
Q. Will I be notified of upcoming appointments?
When a user is in a queue with a provider, it will appear on the provider banner all the time until appointment is over. Users will also get push notification when the status of the appointment updates.
Please note that on the user’s HeartVoice app Home page, a pop up will show the upcoming section if the user has upcoming appointments.
It will not however show appointments that are already Paid for (if no delivery required) AND/OR appointment is cancelled.
Q. Where can I see my consultation history?
Yes you will be allowed to view their past teleconsultation under the tab “Me” followed by tapping on “my consultations & orders” tab.
In “my consultations & orders tab”, users will be able to see all records of their past appointments as well as their past purchases.
Q. What does the different status of my appointment mean?
Overview of video appointment statuses:
Pending:
About: Appointment pending clinic confirmation
Confirmed: Rescheduled
About: Appointment confirmed > Provider has confirmed this appointment > Tap [Cancel] > confirmation pop up > Tap [Reschedule] > Select date > Status: Confirmed
Confirmed (5 min before appointment):
Pushing notification: You are next in line! Please get ready with your identification card.
Confirmed (Provider is in the video call):
Pushing notification: A doctor is ready for you now. Open the HeartVoice app to start the call.
Checkout: Preparing Documents:
About: video call end, clinic has not confirmed total payable
Paying: Pending payment
About: pending user to make payment
Status: Paid
About: user has completed payment and delivery is not required
Status: Pick up <Standard, express, self-collect, clinic delivery, next day>
About: user has completed payment. Pending delivery pick up from clinic
Status: On Route
About: Picked up from clinic, delivering to user
Status: Cancelled
About: appointment cancelled
Status: Confirmed
App show: Provider did not start consultation & it past half of consultation timeslot is over. Status: Confirmed
Status: Cancelled
App show: Hello! It appears that if you did not reschedule your appointment with Dr Kevin Tan, CY Clinic. We will be cancelling your appointment.
Q. How do I find my saved providers?
Tap on “My Doctors” and all your saved providers will be shown here.
Q. How do I find monitoring providers?
On the landing page, users tap on “join program” to browse the list of clinics who offer monitoring programs.
Q. How do I manually enter in my vitals data?
You will be able to manually enter your data by following the steps below:
- Go to Homepage of your heartvoice app
- Tap on the “plus” icon/box
- Enter details
- Tap on “save records”
Whatsapp flow
Q. What will the whatsapp flow be like?
1. When you enter whatsapp, the first thing you need to do is send in the provider’s startup word. If you are not registered please click on the link to register for a HeartVoice account.
For Malaysia User:
when registering, please do not enter the first 0 of your mobile number e.g. +60123456789
Registering flow:
2. After registering your HeartVoice account, you will receive a message indicating that you have successfully registered your HeartVoice account. And now you can start to either: 1. Video consult with a provider or 2. Explore HeartVoice.
If you wish to consult a provider now, type in 1 as shown in the message below
“What would you like to do today?”
1: Video consult with a provider ,
2. Explore HeartVoice
After you type in 1, a message will be sent to notify you, telling you what time you will be able to have the video consultation with the provider.
When it’s time for your appointment, an URL link will be sent to which will redirect you to the video consultation waiting room.
3. After entering the video consultation waiting room, you will be requested to allow access to your phone’s camera and microphone.
IF you do not allow, the provider will not be able to hear or see you, thus hindering the video consultation process.
After your video consultation ended, click on the button “back to chat” button and you will be redirected to whatsapp.
You will receive an invoice PDF file and an URL link to make payment.
4. Fill in the details of your address and choice of delivery, enter your credit card details and once you have made your payment you will be redirected back to whatsapp.
After successfully submitting your payment, you will receive a message saying that you have completed your payment, how long your medication will take to be delivered to you as well as your documents like your Medical certificate. Please note that your Medical Certificate and other documents will be encrypted with the last 4 characters of your ID.
Q. How do users reschedule their appointments on Whatsapp?
Users will not be able to reschedule the appointment,they will have to either “end” or “cancel” the appointment.
Q. How does a user cancel their appointment on Whatsapp?
Users can cancel their appointment by typing “cancel” in our HeartVoice Whatsapp chat. A list of appointments will be shown, and the user will have to select which appointment they would like to cancel.
Q. How do I schedule an appointment with providers on Whatsapp?
From Whatsapp redirect to our webpage:
- In provider’s details, select [Book appointment] > show select date pop up
- select a timeslot
- Tap [confirm]
- direct to whatsapp send appointment booked message
Q. How do I Schedule appointments from browse doctor list?
Whatsapp:
- In provider’s details
- select [Book appointment]
- show select date pop up
- select a timeslot
- Tap [confirm]
- direct to whatsapp send appointment booked message
Promotions & Referral
Q. How do I filter out the activesg providers?
When user browse for providers, add a filter “ActiveSG Promo” (screen below)
Apply “ActiveSG Promo” filter > show providers who are available for ACTIVESG
Q. How do I enter a provider's referral code?
Q. What is a provider referral code?
A provider referral code is a special code providers could share with users, in return users will get a reward.
Q. What is a provider coupon code?
A provider coupon code is a personalised coupon code for users. Providers will share this coupon code with users , and users can apply this coupon at checkout to enjoy discounts.
Q. What is the difference between a “provider coupon code” and a “provider referral code”?
A referral code is only usable when users use HeartVoice for the first time as referred by their providers. A coupon code is usable when users have already registered with HeartVoice and can use this coupon code at the marketplace or/and using telemedicine consult.
Q. How do I apply my coupon at checkout?
In the HeartVoice app & mobile web checkout, users will select, “coupon” which will direct to the coupon page.
Coupon page will show all HeartVoice coupons that the user has.
After applying promo code successfully > show “coupon discount” in price breakdown and minus off the promotion amount from total price.
Coupon code applied at marketplace:
Coupon code applied at teleconsultation checkout:
Monitoring Program
Q. How do I join a monitoring program?
User will either join via our HeartVoice app or our website:
If your provider has registered for you, you will receive a code in your email. If you have not registered, please do so by:
- Going to either HeartVoice app homepage and scroll down to select “join a program” button
- OR you can browse our telemedicine website, and click on “explore monitoring program”
First Browse program > click join > enter code > success, tap “let’s go”
Q. How do I request to join the monitoring program?
- Step 1: In mobile APP home page > select [Join Program]
- Step 2: User can select a program and request to join.
- You will receive an email to approve / decline the user’s request. If approved, users will receive an email with unique code to join the program. Once a user enters the code and successfully joins the program, they will be shown in the monitoring list.
Payment
Q. What are the costs involved?
Costs include the cost of delivery, medication and consultation fee. Medication and consultation fee vary from clinic to clinic.
Delivery cost will vary depending on the time of day:
Normal hours delivery
- 8:00 am– 9:59pm
- Standard 4hr to deliver ($10, on promotion at $5)
- Express 1.5hr to deliver ($20)
Night hour delivery (coming soon)
- 10:00pm – 11:59pm
- Night hour delivery ($20)
Late night delivery (coming soon)
- 12:00am – 7:59am
- Late night delivery ($35)
Q. How do I make a payment?
After the clinic has processed your consultation cost, you will receive a payment url on whatsapp OR you can make payment if you have completed your consultation through HeartVoice app.
We currently support credit card payment. Other methods of payment will soon be available.
Personal Information, Medical Records & Confidentiality
Q. Are my personal information and medical records secure?
In Singapore, there are currently no stipulations of data security, of course we are still adhering closing to the National Telemedicine Guidelines and are in close talks with MOH for the upcoming healthcare services act in ~2022. We are also following the Cybersecurity Act (CSA) and Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA)
User data are encrypted and hosted on the Amazon Web Service (AWS), a HIPAA-compliant cloud-based platform.
HIPAA refers to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 enacted by the 104th US congress signed by Bill Clinton.
if you do not practice in the US, there is no need to comply with the HIPAA act.
Q. Will there be a recording of the video consultation?
As with a traditional face to face user consultation. No recording will be done without the approval or either party.