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Patient Profile

Daftra can help you manage your patients and keep accurate records of their information as well as a history of past check-ups, prescriptions, or surgeries.  Add notes, attach patients’ documents, x-rays, and analyses, and share their updates with them. Conduct post-care check-ins to verify patients understand medical instructions.

Manage appointment scheduling and check-in schedules between patients and doctors. Send patient alerts to keep them up to date on any changes to their medical condition or prescriptions.

Let’s break down each feature mentioned in the introduction and guide you through managing patients:

Patient Details

To view a patient’s profile click on “Clients” in the main menu.

From the dropdown menu click on “Manage Clients” if the patient you need is already added to your patients’ list.

If not you’ll need to add the patient from the “Add new client” tab.

Note: Before starting, make sure to enable the client follow-up app in your account.

You’ll find, in the patient’s details, all the information that was entered in the ‘add new client‘ tab, such as patient info, account info, and additional details about the patient, such as the registration date, whether the patient has any chronic diseases or details about previous surgeries.

Note: For more info about how to add a new patient/client refer to the “Add new client” guide.

Add Notes / Attachments

Click on “Add Notes/ Attachments

 

Fill in the following information to add a note to the patient’s profile:

  • Date: Add the note date
  • Time: Enter the time that the note was added.
  • Action performed: Choose the desired action from the dropdown menu under action performed.
  • Update status: Select the patient’s status.

Note: Actions and status are customizable you can click on “edit actions list” / “edit status list” to edit the existing actions or status or click on “add new action” / “add new status” to add new ones. Refer to the following guides for more information “Edit actions list”.

In the note or the text box type the required notes with formatting tools. Click on the checkbox “Share with Client” if you want the client to be able to view the notes and attachments on their portal.

To attach files click on the “Upload” button, drag or choose from your computer any document or image you need to attach to the patient’s profile. 

 

Click on the “Save” button on the top right of the screen.

 

To view the notes or attachments that you have previously uploaded click on 

Notes / Attachments

You’ll find all the attachments and notes here arranged from the newest to the oldest.

Schedule Appointment

Click on “Schedule Appointment

As shown in the screen illustrated in the following photo, there are a few info about the appointment that you need to fill out to schedule the patient’s appointment these info are:

 

  • Date: Select the date of the appointment in this field.
  • Time: Set the appointment’s desired time.
  • Duration: Specify the value to set the period the appointment will take.
  • Actions: Select the required action from the “Actions” list
  • Notes: Add notes for the appointment if needed in the attached text editor with formatting tools.

 

Share with Client: Send appointment details to the client.

Recurring: The appointment will be repeated at fixed intervals until a specified date.

Assign to staff members: One or more employees whether a doctor, nurse, or receptionist can be chosen to view and follow up on the appointment with the patient.

Note: For more information about appointments refer to the “Managing Appointments” guide.

To view scheduled appointments

Click on “Appointments

Send an Email to a Patient

Click on “Send Mail

Fill in the requirements to send an email to a patient:

Subject: Add the email subject in the subject field.

To: Enter the recipient’s email address.

 

 

  • Body: You’ll find the variables illustrated in the previous photo that will help you fill in the email with your clinic’s logo, name, address, and so on.
  • Replace these variables with your info and enter the desired email content whether it is a confirmation or a reminder for an appointment, a medical prescription, or whatever is needed to be sent to the patient.
  • Attachments: You can attach documents and images to the email. To do so click on “Choose File” and select the desired attachment.

 

Placeholder: Placeholders are used to be able to save a message as a template and send it to different clients without rewriting it for each client. Placeholders are automatically replaced by the correct value before sending the email.

 

Send an SMS

Daftra allows you to send SMS messages to the client that include notifications regarding invoices, appointments, or other matters.

 

Create Invoice

Click on “Create Invoice

You’ll be directed to the Invoice page to fill out the invoice data.

Note: Before you start, make sure that the “Sales” App is activated on your Daftra account.

 

Enter the basic information, and the client for the invoice will be automatically added from the previously chosen client profile. 

You can also add products/services, specify quantities, change the price if you need to change the default product price in your inventory, and select the tax applied to each product individually if needed.

 

Note: For more details about how to create a sales invoice refer to the “Creating sales invoice” guide.

Assign to a Staff Member

Daftra provides you with the ability to assign a dedicated doctor or staff member to the patient’s profile. This feature ensures seamless communication and personalized care plans.

Click on “More Actions

From the dropdown menu select “Assign to a Staff Member

 

 

Select the responsible staff member for this patient then click “Save

 

 

Then the staff member’s name will appear on the top left of the screen under the patient’s name.

Add Medical Prescription

You can add the patient’s medical prescription to his profile so that doctors can easily follow up with him and access all of his data from one place.

 

Click on the “Add” button on the top right of the screen,

Click on “Add Medical Prescription

 

 

To add a medical prescription, include some general patient information as well as the medical prescription information. Fill in the required data as shown in the following image:

 

 

General Information 

  • Patient Name, Age, and Gender
  • Illness Complain: What does the patient complain about or what is the patient’s disease?
  • Date: The date the prescription was issued.
  • Doctor: Select the doctor responsible for the case.

 

Medical Prescription

  • Medicine: Enter the prescribed medicine name.
  • Medical Dose: Specify how many times the patient should take his medicine.
  • Medical Notes: Add any further notes needed.

 

Thus, we have covered all of the features of the Daftra software in patient management. Now, follow the steps provided in this tutorial for an effective patient management experience.