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Owner Alert in Zapier
Sample data. Valisthea Psychiatry is a fictional practice, so every name and number is synthetic.
The owner wants to know how the monthly provider check went without opening a sheet. I built the smallest thing that does it, two steps in Zapier with no code, because not every problem needs a big build.
About 3.5 min
from the check to the alert
- The problem
- The owner should hear the provider check results the moment the check finishes.
- The result
- The alert arrived about 3.5 minutes after the check.
What it does
- When the provider check finishes, it adds a row to its log.
- Zapier sees the new row.
- It emails the owner how many people were checked, how many are clear, how many need action and how many could not be checked, with a link to the sheet.
What keeps it safe
- If the same check run is repeated, it updates its existing row instead of adding one, so the owner never gets the same email twice.
- It sits on top of the provider check. I changed nothing in that automation.
- Zapier's free plan checks for new rows every 15 minutes, so an email can take up to that long, which is fine for a monthly report.
How I tested it
- A one person check sent through the form produced the owner's email about 3.5 minutes later, with nobody touching Zapier.
- The test email showed 46 people on the roster: 16 clear, 27 action needed and 3 not checked.
- It should use about 1 task a month, on a free plan that allows 100.
Built with
- Zapier
- Google Sheets
- Gmail
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