Recognition that reaches every unit and every shift. No app, no login, no points.
Milestone, birthday, and Nurses Week cards from your HRIS or directory, peer thank-yous from any unit, employee data only.
See it on your branding in 30 minutes
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What happens after you book
- 1Pick a time on the next screenThirty minutes, on a day that suits you.
- 2We set it up on your branding firstA sample directory and your templates, loaded before the call.
- 3Watch it run liveA birthday, an anniversary, and a peer thank-you sent and opened while you watch.
- 4Ask anythingHRIS sync, SSO, rewards, and rollout. No pressure to decide on the call.
In short
eCardRecognizer is employee recognition for healthcare teams: birthday, work anniversary, and service milestone eCards sent automatically from your HRIS or directory, observances like Nurses Week scheduled to whole units, and peer thank-yous from an intranet form. No app or login for staff. Employee data only, no patient information.
- Reaches every unit and shift at the email in the directory
- Automations from hire dates, no spreadsheet
- Employee directory only, no patient data
Trusted by 9,000+ organizations
Recognition programs built for desks miss the people at the bedside
Most recognition platforms assume an app, a login, and a desk. A large share of a hospital's staff have none of those at work. Gallup finds employees who receive high-quality recognition are 65% less likely to be looking for another job, and that recognition needs to land roughly weekly to hold. A program a charge nurse cannot use on a 12-hour shift will not get there.
Source: Gallup, Employee Retention Depends on Getting Recognition Right.
Reaches every unit and shift
The card goes to whatever email is in the directory, personal or work. Night shift, float pool, per diem, and clinic staff all get the same card on the same day.
Never depends on a busy manager
Birthdays, hire-date anniversaries, and service milestones send themselves from your HRIS. Nurses Week and other observances schedule to whole units at once.
Peer recognition from any unit
A recognition form embedded on the intranet lets any staff member thank a colleague, with the card branded to your system.
Employee data only
The directory holds names, emails, departments, and dates. No patient information ever enters the system, so recognition stays outside your HIPAA scope.
Milestones, observances, and peer thank-yous from one directory
The same directory powers every automation, so nothing is maintained twice.
A branded card that opens anywhere, with no login
The card arrives at whatever email is in the directory, work or personal, and opens full screen in any browser, on a laptop or a phone. Nothing to install for the frontline or the field.
- 500+ templates or your own artwork
- Your logo and colors on every card
Upload the directory once. Dates do the rest.
Birthdays and hire dates from a CSV or your HRIS drive every send. Anniversary years 1 to 50 each get their own card, and the calendar shows what goes out and when.
- Merge tags fill in name, department, and years
- SCIM keeps the directory current on the Enterprise plan
Anyone can send a thank-you in under a minute
A recognition form on your intranet, a kiosk, or behind a QR code. Pick a colleague from the directory, write two sentences, send. No login for the sender or the recipient.
- Embed on SharePoint or any intranet page
- Every send shows up in reporting
See which teams are recognized, and which are quiet
Sends, opens, and clicks by campaign, sender, and department. Quiet teams show up the week it happens, and the CSV export goes to leadership without a spreadsheet.
- Opens and clicks per card
- CSV export for HR and leadership
Live across the health system in a day
Connect the directory, turn on the automations, embed the form. HR does not maintain a spreadsheet again.
Connect your directory
Sync employees from your HRIS or upload a CSV with hire dates, birthdays, department, and email. SCIM keeps it current as staff join and leave.
Turn on the automations
Choose templates for birthdays, anniversaries, and milestone tiers. Schedule observances like Nurses Week to the right groups.
Embed peer recognition
Drop the recognition form on your intranet. Analytics by department show who is recognizing whom, with CSV export for leadership.
See recognition reach every unit on your branding
30 minutes, on your branding, no commitment.
Recognition runs on your employee directory, not patient records
eCardRecognizer holds employee names, work or personal emails, departments, and dates. It is not designed for patient information and does not process protected health information, so it stays outside your HIPAA scope. Staff never install anything or create an account.
- Employee directory fields only: name, email, department, hire date, birthday
- No patient data, no clinical systems, no EHR integration
- SSO (OIDC) and SCIM 2.0 provisioning on the Enterprise plan
- Recipients open the card in any browser, no login
Security and data protection
Recognition without points, catalogs, or balances that expire
Most recognition platforms run on a points ledger: budgets to prefund, points that buy less than dollars, and balances that expire at year end. eCardRecognizer skips the whole economy. A branded eCard says what was done and who noticed, and a real gift card can ride along when the moment calls for one.
No points ledger
Recognition is a branded eCard with a real message, not a currency employees have to bank, convert, or watch expire.
No catalog
Nothing to browse, nothing converted into a points value. When you want a reward, it is a real gift card the recipient claims in one click.
Nothing to remember
Birthdays, anniversaries, and service milestones send themselves from hire dates in your directory or HRIS.
No app, no login
Frontline, hourly, and multi-site staff open the card at whatever email is in the directory. No account to set up.
Gift card rewards on the Enterprise plan.
What HR and culture leaders say after launch
Verbatim from the people who run recognition at Axon, Modivcare, and a 7,000-person healthcare system.
"We've been using the eCard widget to automate our birthday and service anniversary messages, and it has genuinely transformed our workflow. What once took hours each month now happens seamlessly in the background."
"We have been able to create birthday cards, anniversary cards, company value cards as well as get well soon, thank you, and sympathy. This program has enhanced our overall culture, and I couldn't be more satisfied with my experience."
"A+ customer service and plugin! Loved the plugin/widget from the beginning, and Tim made it even better by being super helpful and responsive to ensure it worked well for our organization of about 7,000 staff."
What works in healthcare recognition
Four choices that keep recognition reaching the floor.
Use the email staff actually read
Many frontline staff rarely open a work inbox. The directory can hold a personal email for milestone cards, so the card arrives where it will be seen.
Send on the date, not at the huddle
A milestone card that arrives on the day reads as personal. One name read out at a monthly meeting does not.
Report by unit, not just totals
Recognition analytics by department show which units are quiet, so nurse managers get a nudge instead of a policy.
Keep rewards real and simple
When a milestone earns a reward, a real gift card claimed in one click beats a points balance a nurse has to remember to spend.
Know which units are recognized, and which are not
Opens, clicks, and sends by department, exportable for leadership reporting.
- Sends, opens, and clicks by campaign and department
- Reward orders and claims in an audit log
- CSV export for HR and leadership reporting
Rated 5.0 on Capterra and G2 by the HR teams who run it
Reviewers rate eCardRecognizer 5.0 out of 5 on Capterra, with 4.8 for ease of use and 5.0 for customer service, and 5 stars on G2 and the Shopify App Store. Support is a real person who answers the same day.
Milestones, spot awards, and peer thank-yous from one directory
The same directory, templates, and reward rules power service awards, birthdays, spot recognition, and peer kudos. Turn them on once.
Healthcare recognition, answered
Common questions from hospital and health system HR teams
See recognition running for a health system in 30 minutes
We will load a sample directory with units and shifts, turn on milestone and Nurses Week sends on your branding, and show the reporting by department. Bring your current process; we bring the demo account.
- Milestone and birthday automations from hire dates, on your templates
- A Nurses Week send scheduled to one unit, with open tracking
- Peer recognition form your staff can use without a login
- SSO and SCIM options for IT
Book your demo
Pick a time on the next screen. We will come prepared with your use case.