
In SwiftPractice, physician encounters (or “consultations”) must be previously approved at the front desk. Several options exist for controlling validity period of the approval as well as whether payment will be required before encounter, etc. Clients currently on a packaged service (e.g. ANC) are automatically placed on the approved list on visit logging.

Appointment scheduling for ‘Material’ or on-site appointments. Options can be chosen to assign an appointment to a particular staff and time slot. If linked online appointments is implemented (This is one SwiftPractice bonus!), then such appointment requests coming from the internet are seamlessly presented locally for vetting and approvals. The client who made the request receives automatic emails regarding the current status of their appointments.

SwiftPractice EMR features a referral register that is structured to mirror the standard NHIS Secondary Care referral form, though it might well be used for general clinical referral purposes, to keep a record of such referrals. When this is an in-house NHIS secondary care referral, it can subsequently be “mail-merged” into a bill report for claims purposes.