A general physician's clinic has a particular rhythm: high patient volume, short consultations, a wide range of conditions, many returning patients, and often an in-house medicine counter. Software that works for a specialist seeing ten patients a day can be painfully slow for a GP seeing fifty. Use this checklist to judge any product — including ours.
The GP checklist
Patient management
- Find a returning patient by phone number in under five seconds
- See past diagnoses, prescriptions and allergies on one screen
- Record the next follow-up date and see who is due
Consultation speed
- Diagnosis and prescription entered in under a minute
- Works on a laptop and a phone, with no installation
- No mandatory fields that do not apply to a GP visit
Billing
- Invoice for consultation plus medicines, generated from the visit
- Cash, card and UPI recorded against each payment
- Outstanding dues tracked and settled on later visits
Inventory
- Stock deducted as medicines are dispensed
- Low-stock alerts
- Expiry alerts before the medicine reaches a patient
Business basics
- Free plan or trial you can use with real patients
- Transparent monthly pricing without setup fees
- Data export so you are never locked in
- Clear privacy policy and encrypted connections
Red flags
- Features aimed at hospital administrators (wards, departments, insurance desks) that clutter every screen
- Per-module pricing where billing and inventory cost extra
- Desktop-only software that ties you to one computer
- No way to get your patient data out
How CliniTrack measures up
CliniTrack was built around this exact checklist: it is patient management software for general physicians with a fast EMR, billing, inventory and reports in one place, a free plan to start, and flat pricing after that. See the full feature list or book a demo.