Reach every resident, right where they already are.
Post an announcement to your whole program in seconds. Every resident gets a push notification and sees it in the ResQ app — and you can see exactly who has read it.
Built for Program Coordinators and Program Directors — with institution-wide reach for the GME office. No new app for residents to install; it is already in ResQ.
DashboardUsersProgramsBroadcastThree steps, and it is on every resident's phone.
No mailing lists to maintain, no group text to keep current. Your residents already have ResQ on their device — Broadcast reaches all of them.
Select your program
Administrators post from the Program Admin or GME Admin portal. Program admins reach the entire program they manage; the GME office can reach any program, or the whole institution.
Write it, or start from a template
Type your own message (up to 500 characters) or start from a ready-made template for the things you send every week.
Post — it pushes instantly
Every announcement fires a push notification and lands in the resident's in-app feed. Then you watch the read receipts roll in.
Residents on ResQ app 2.8 or newer open announcements in the app. On older versions they still receive the push and can read it on the lock screen.
The messages you send every week — pre-written.
The messages coordinators send over and over — room changes, deadlines, conference reminders — are one click away. Pick a template, tweak the details, and post. Or start blank whenever you want.
Know who has seen it — resident by resident.
Every announcement keeps its own record. Click the read count in your log and see each resident with a clear status and timestamp, so following up is targeted, not a mass re-send.
- Read — opened the announcement in the app.
- Push sent — the notification was delivered to their device.
- Not sent — no registered device or notifications are off, so you know who to nudge in person.
36 of 60 read on this announcement
Everything you've sent, in one place.
A running log of what went out, who posted it, and how many residents have read it.
Times shown in UTC.
| Posted | Program | Announcement | Posted by | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 7:50 PM | General Surgery | Program picnic is a week from Saturday at Riverbend Park, 11:00am. Families welcome. Let the program office know a headcount by Wednesday. | Garcia, Hassan | 0 of 60 |
| Aug 6, 4:10 PM | General Surgery | Please update your emergency contact and mailing address in the portal by the end of the month. | Garcia, Hassan | 12 of 60 |
| Jul 31, 3:45 PM | General Surgery | Trauma call schedule for next month is posted. Swaps must be approved by the chief and emailed to the program office before the 25th. | Garcia, Hassan | 36 of 60 |
| Jul 22, 9:30 PM | General Surgery | Parking garage C is closed for resurfacing next week. Overflow parking is in lot F with a shuttle every ten minutes. | Administrator, GME | 47 of 60 |
Announcements, not patient data.
Broadcast is deliberately narrow: one-way, text-only, program and logistics communication. It is designed so protected health information has no place to go.
One-way by design
Announcements go out to the program. There are no resident replies that could carry patient details back in.
A clear PHI reminder
The composer states it plainly: program and logistics only — never patient names, identifiers, or care details.
Text-only, kept short
No attachments or images, and a 500-character limit — announcement length, not case discussion.
Built for the people residents already hear from.
Program Coordinators
Replace the email blast and the group text with one channel that reaches 100% of your residents — and tells you who has read it.
Program Directors
Get program-wide messages out with your name on them, and know they landed before the next conference or deadline.
GME administrators & DIOs
Reach a single program or push an institution-wide notice across every program, from the same office you already use.
Where this sits.
Before you ask
Do residents need to install anything new?
Who can post announcements?
How do I know residents actually saw it?
Is it safe to use for program communication?
What if a resident is on an older version of the app?
See Broadcast on your own program.
A short walkthrough with the ResQ team — post an announcement, watch it hit the app, and see the read receipts come back.