Spruce Is Your Inbox. Why Does It Need 8 Tabs?

The Spruce Tab Problem

Spruce is the communication backbone for thousands of DPC practices — secure messaging, phone, fax, and telehealth all in one platform. But here's the problem: Spruce lives in its own tab, and so does your EHR, your lab portal, your billing tool, and everything else. A patient sends a message asking about their lab results, and suddenly you're bouncing between Spruce, your EHR, and Labcorp trying to piece together the answer.

For DPC clinics that pride themselves on responsive, personalized communication, this fragmented workflow is a real bottleneck. You're spending more time finding information than actually responding to your patients.

How Tabflows Brings It All Together

Tabflows places Spruce alongside your EHR and other clinical tools in a unified workspace. When a patient message comes in, you can read it, check their chart, review their labs, and reply — all from the same screen. Check out our Spruce integration page for a closer look at how DPC practices are streamlining their communication workflows.

Real Workflow Examples

• Responding to lab questions: A patient messages through Spruce asking about their cholesterol results. You see the message on one side and pull up their lab results on the other — reply drafted in under a minute.
• Pre-visit triage: A patient texts about a new symptom. You review their Spruce message alongside their chart history to decide whether they need a same-day visit or a quick phone call.
• Telehealth follow-up: After a Spruce video visit, you document the encounter in your EHR on the same screen without switching tabs or losing the conversation thread.

Stop Tab-Switching. Start Practicing.

Spruce keeps your patients connected. Tabflows keeps your workflow connected. Try Tabflows free and turn your DPC communication hub into a single-screen experience.