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🏷️ How to Create a Tag and Apply It to Patients

Group contacts easily for campaigns and bulk messaging

Kyla Lightfoot avatar
Written by Kyla Lightfoot
Updated this week

When You Need This Guide

Use tags to group patients by behavior, treatment plan, event attendance, or any other category. Tags help you:

  • Create targeted campaigns

  • Send bulk messages to specific groups

  • Track engagement or participation


🔖 Where to Create and View Tags

  1. Go to Campaigns > Show Tags

  2. Click +Add Tag in the top right corner

  3. Enter your tag name (e.g., “WellnessWorkshop2025”, “VisionCare”, “MissedAppointments”)

  4. Click Add Tag

That’s it! You’ve created a tag.
To see patients under a tag, click View Contacts next to that tag.


📥 How to Add Many Patients to a Tag (CSV Upload)

Need to tag a large list of patients from your PMS or EHR? Here’s how:

  1. Export your contact list as a CSV file from your EHR

  2. Go to Contacts > Import CSV

  3. Under Import Data, select: Contact Data Only

  4. Under Apply Action, choose: Apply a Tag

  5. Select the tag you'd like to apply

  6. Click Pick CSV File to upload

📌 Aloha may ask you to map the columns (e.g., First Name, Phone Number)—just use the dropdown menus to match your data.
🔗 Click here to view how to import a CSV file


🙋 How to Manually Tag a Single Patient

  1. Go to Contacts > Show Contacts

  2. Search and click on the patient’s name

  3. Click the Tags tab at the top

  4. Select the desired tag

  5. Click Apply

✨ The patient is now grouped under that tag and ready for targeted messaging!


🛟 Need Support?

Have questions about tagging or running tag-based campaigns?

📧 Support@getaloha.com
📞 1-800-563-0469

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