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Automations are rules that read live sensor data from your facility and take action automatically — without anyone needing to watch a screen. When a sensor condition matches a rule’s trigger, Sentalis fires the configured action: sending an SMS to a supervisor, creating a work order for maintenance, posting to a Slack channel, or escalating an unacknowledged alert. Automations reduce the manual monitoring burden on your team and ensure that nothing is missed between rounds.

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Opening the Automations page

Select Automations from the left-hand sidebar navigation. The page shows your automation dashboard, a filterable grid of all configured automations, and a recent activity feed below.

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Dashboard statistics

The header area shows three live metrics that summarise how your automations are performing.
StatWhat it measures
ActiveHow many automations are currently enabled, out of the total configured
Triggered · 24hTotal number of times any automation has fired in the last 24 hours
Hours saved /wkEstimated staff time saved per week, summed across all active automations
These numbers update as automations run, giving you a sense of how much work the platform is handling on your team’s behalf.

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Automation categories

Every automation belongs to one of five categories. Categories help you understand what part of your operation an automation addresses and make it easy to filter the grid.

Environment

Rules related to the physical environment — temperature sensors, HVAC controls, cold-chain monitoring, and similar facility conditions.

Assets

Rules triggered by asset tracking events — RFID beacons, infusion pump alarms, equipment location changes, and maintenance needs.

Patients

Rules driven by patient sensor data — bed pressure events, vital sign changes, fall risk conditions, and patient movement.

Staff

Rules related to staff location or availability — proximity detection, on-call routing, and task assignment based on who is nearby.

Compliance

Rules that support regulatory and operational compliance — door access events, time-window-based checks, and audit log triggers.
Use the category filter tabs above the automation grid to show only the automations relevant to your role or current task. The count next to each category shows how many automations you have configured in that group.

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Automation cards

Each automation appears as a card in the grid. The card gives you a complete picture at a glance.
  • Category chip — colour-coded label showing which category the automation belongs to
  • Name and description — what the automation does in plain language
  • Trigger → Action labels — a two-tag summary showing what sensor condition fires the rule and what action it takes (e.g. Patient left bed → SMS)
  • Runs · 7d — how many times this automation has fired in the last seven days
  • Impact — rated high, medium, or low to indicate how significant the automation’s effect on operations is
  • Active / Paused badge — whether the automation is currently running
  • Enable/disable toggle — flip this to pause or resume the automation without opening the builder
Select Open in builder on any card to view or edit the full automation flow.

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Enabling and disabling automations

Each automation card has a toggle in the top-right corner. Flip it to enable or disable that automation immediately.
Disabling a patient safety automation — for example, one that escalates unacknowledged fall alerts — means that action will no longer happen automatically. Make sure your team has a manual fallback process in place before disabling any automation that covers a patient safety scenario.
You can also enable or disable automations from inside the automation builder using the Enabled toggle in the header.

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Recent activity feed

Below the automation grid, the Recent activity panel shows the latest events across all your automation rules. Each row shows:
  • When the automation fired
  • The name of the rule that triggered
  • What action was taken
  • A severity dot indicating the urgency of the triggering event (red for critical, amber for warning, green for a routine event)
Use the recent activity feed to verify that automations are running as expected, or to investigate why a particular action was or was not taken.

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Browsing automation templates

If you are setting up automations for the first time or want to add coverage for a common scenario, select Browse templates from the top of the Automations page. Templates are pre-built automation flows that you can adopt as-is or customise before saving.
Templates are a fast starting point for common healthcare scenarios like fall escalation, cold-chain breach notification, and after-hours door access alerts. Start from a template and adjust the thresholds and recipients to match your facility’s workflow.