I am in the process of upgrading to a practice management software program. Can anyone give me some advice of what types of programs are out there and which ones are more Podiatry specific and user friendly?
The wife uses it in her clinic and we used it in the University clinic; its easy to use (I am tempted to say something like, if the wife can use it then anyone can..... but shes in the room at the moment!).
I'm from Cliniko (http://www.cliniko.com).
We have a lot of podiatrists using our software, it's very easy to use and very affordable.
It's also completely web-based, so you can access from anywhere, use on any device, etc.
I won't bore you with any more of a sales pitch but there's a free 30 day trial if you're interested to have a look.
We have just started using Cliniko in past month. Very impressed so far. Free prompt helpdesk and thé online booking means we're open 24/7. Give the free month a go. That's what we did.
Check our website to see online booking in action. www.achillescliniccork.com
I started to use Practice Studio by Centaur but found it very long winded to do a simple thing.
It is also just modified to suit Podiatry as it is a Dental program, so I had all the dental item numbers and letter templates to navigate and found I was doing the editing to suit our needs.
I stopped using it and they weren't very happy, so shop around until you are comfortable with what you want.
The free trial software seems to be a good idea, I just need to learn more patience.
The problem with providers like cliniko are that they don't recognise that most people work part time since most pods are female, so they charge you for the number of users ie the nos of pods you have working. And if someone leaves, I'm not sure they then reduce the fee. In our place we have only females - all mums working part time and the cost is prohibitive. They consider we have. X nos of users even though none of them work more than 20 hours a week, some only 4 - our FTE is maybe 4. So they punish you for being that kind of business, ( a female business???) and they punish you for growth. At $200+ a month it's just not worth it, and you have to go with Smartsoft which is stable but expensive and they impose extra charges each year. A rock and a hard place.
I'm sorry to hear you've found our pricing prohibitive.
It is designed for the scenario you mention (part-time practitioners), most our customers operate in this way.
Our pricing model does scale cheaper as you go to the higher plans (less per person) to help as well.
It's not that I'm thinking that this extra information is going to sway you, obviously the price is either suitable for your situation or not.
I just wanted to let you know it's not by neglect for your set up, it's something we've definitely considered.
We need a price that works for us as a business and is also good value for our customers, we think our pricing does this for most businesses.
Hi Bill. Im seriously looking into Gensolve as they will shorty be connecting electronically to HICAPS/Medicare which for me is the biggest drawback of most of the other Cloud systems.
Hi. I would like to introduce ourselves as we have DVA and Medicare ONLINE claiming integrated and we are CLOUD based and securely stored in AUSTRALIA.
Our pricing is competitive and we have small practice packages.
Our Gateway is in Melbourne and all data is stored in Sydney on AMAZON servers.
We are allied health specific with offices overseas as well.