A practice whose front desk spends the day on phone tag will often look at Curogram and Rhinogram. Both let staff text patients from the practice's own phone number through a shared inbox, and patients do not have to download an app. Curogram adds reminders, intake forms, review requests, and video visits, and Rhinogram keeps its focus on texting, team messaging, and video visits for dental, orthodontic, and specialty offices.
Ambulatory practices that want two-way HIPAA texting, reminders, forms, and video visits in one front-desk stack
Health systems rip-and-replacing enterprise patient CRM suites with deep EHR write-back requirements on day one
Dental, orthodontic, and specialty practices that want HIPAA-friendly texting without forcing patients onto a portal app
Buyers unwilling to text-enable practice lines and train staff on a shared inbox
| Axis | Curogram | Rhinogram |
|---|---|---|
| Cutting phone calls and no-shows | Stronger Curogram scores 7.7 for cutting phone tag and no-shows, with the clearest results at practices that track both every week. |
Rhinogram scores 7.2, with results showing up when phone tag moves into text and staff share one conversation history. |
| Intake forms | Stronger Electronic intake forms sit beside texting and reminders in the same product. |
Rhinogram concentrates on messaging and video visits, with less intake depth than Curogram. |
| Video visits | Similar Video visits are part of Curogram's telehealth features. |
Similar A patient joins a video visit from a link with no app to download. |
| Getting live | Similar A multi-location group usually goes live in a matter of weeks. |
Similar Setup is light for a small specialty clinic, and the team can start with one location. |
| Dental and orthodontic offices | Curogram is aimed at ambulatory medical practices and multi-location groups. | Stronger Rhinogram was founded in 2015 by Dr. Keith Dressler, a practicing orthodontist, and fits dental, orthodontic, and specialty offices. |
| Knowing what you will pay | Stronger Pricing is a custom quote sized to providers, locations, and text volume. |
Pricing is set on a sales call, and public rate cards are limited. |
Curogram is for an ambulatory practice or multi-location group that wants texting, reminders, intake forms, and video visits from one vendor, and will measure call volume and no-shows after launch. Rhinogram is for a dental, orthodontic, or specialty office that mainly wants patients to text the office line and staff to work from one shared inbox.
Walk away from both if you need an EHR, or if no one at the front desk will own the shared inbox.