Introducing
ChronicFocus™
Engaging chronic patients in their care can be especially challenging.
Watch the video below.
Chronic Disease Management
80% of older adults have at least one chronic disease, 77% have at least two. Patients with chronic medical conditions are among the largest consumers of healthcare costs. Here is how ChronicFocus offers to reduce the primary care provider's burden of care.
VISIT REMINDERS
Patient recalls and visit reminders are easy to set up. Automated effortlessly via SMS or email.
MEDICATION ADHERENCE
Remind patients to stick to their medication regime, fetch refills timeously and adhere to lifestyle
INFORMATION ACCESS
At the touch of a button pick up patient demographics, reminder and last visit details
FAST COMMUNICATION
Modern life is busy. Patients don't have the time. Communicate directly with them via SMS
MEDICAL RECORDS
Easily capture and retain electronic medical records using customisable templates
DOCUMENT CENTRE
No more digging for the insights into the treatment rendered to your patients
Features
Reduce The Burden of Treating Chronic Patients
PATIENT MANAGEMENT
Guide your patient's experience with fingertip access to their contact details, demographics, lab results, pictures much, much more.
ENCOUNTER MANAGEMENT
Rapidly record details of your patient encounter. Digital records means the end of files getting lost plus instant retrieval.
PATIENT REMINDERS
Get your messaging through to your patients with SMS or email. Rest assured, they are never without their mobile.
ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS
Wave goodbye to paper-shuffling days. Easily organise things by attaching docs, lab results and scans to your patient record.
ELECTRONIC PHOTOS
No need to rely on your memory anymore. Take a pic of patient's face, wound, rash or injury and attach it to their patient record.
MEDICAL SCHEMES LIST
Stay updated with your funders' list in order to quickly dial in for benefits, access their website, jot them an email or check their plans.
ChronicFocus Use Cases
Primary care practices
Front-line practices, single or multi-practitioner
Nursing clinics
Standalone, retail, academic or hospital affiliated
Intervention facilities
Dialysis, weigh-loss, dietitian or allied professional care provider
ChronicFocus is a web-based app that resides online in the cloud. This means it can run on any connected device such as a PC, tablet, smartphone, iPad, etc. It can also be run from anywhere, at any time that’s convenient for you.
Once you sign up, you are given access via a secure username and password. This allows you to access all your practice data securely and uniquely.
You login to ChronicFocus to enter your patient demographics. This only need to be done once. In future, patients will be uniquely identified by their ID number. Patients can be super-conveniently searched for by any criteria – address, cell number, email, employer, etc. Use the file number reference to manually retrieve the patient file physically from your filing cabinet.
Encounter or visit details are easily captured, indicating chronic condition status, diagnosis, treatment, medication and recall visit date.
Not every chronic patient needs to be recalled, but for those that do, we create an entry into the reminder recall register.
Here we input the date we wish to see the patient, the reason for the reminder, what the patient’s chronic condition is, and whether the patient should be contacted by SMS, email or telephone call.
Periodically (we suggest once-a-week), we would run a list of of all the recalls for that week. These patients can then be either bulk-sms’d, emailed or call individually to book an appointment. This saves massive amounts of time and frees up your staff to perform other important patient-care tasks.
ChronicFocus will reduce costs, increase quality of care
Manage Your Patient's Info
Basic Details
Basic information such as name, address, date of birth and contact details.
Contacts
Keep track of client contacts include parents, partners, children and next of kin.
Medical Aid
Securely store client private health and other required medical aid details.
Referrals
File referral information including provider numbers, authorization and duration.
Appointments
All past and future appointments, including attendance history.
Invoicing
Complete invoicing and payment history, including outstanding amounts.
Classifications
Create custom classifications for diagnosis, health status, etc.
Preferences
Set preferences such as preferred service and reminder method.
Pricing Plans
For Private Practitioners only. All other medical healthcare facilities – available on request.
MICRO PRACTICES:
Normal patients: <=200
Chronic patients: <= 50
FREE TRIAL (Forever)
R0.00 per month
SMALL/MEDIUM PRACTICES:
Normal patients: <=1000
Chronic patients: <= 200
STARTER PLAN
R299.00 per month
LARGE PRACTICES:
Normal patients: Unlimited
Chronic patients: Unlimited
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
R999.00 per month
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
ChronicFocus is cloud based meaning that you don’t need to download or install any software. Everything runs securely from your internet browser. You can access ChronicFocus from your desktop, laptop, tablet or smart phone, and it’s compatible with everything – Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.
To access ChronicFocus you’ll require an internet connection and we recommend keeping your internet browser updated for an optimal experience.
ChronicFocus is cloud based meaning that you don’t need to download or install any software. Everything runs securely from your internet browser. You can access ChronicFocus from your desktop, laptop, tablet or smart phone, and it’s compatible with everything – Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.
To access ChronicFocus you’ll require an internet connection and we recommend keeping your internet browser updated for an optimal experience.
Of course you may! Our focus on chronics is simply because this need is bigger, and has not been adequately addressed over the years. The truth is, to the vast number of doctors serving underprivileged communities, chronic patients are an important segment that cannot simply be wished away. So yes, you may use it to manage ALL your patients.
Not at all. You can use ChronicFocus to manage medical aid scheme, private, cash, sickfund and indigent patients.
Once you’ve applied, we register and vet your practice details. The create a login account for you. Realistically, expect to be up-and-running in 24-hours.
Yes, this is an additional service available to our Medinol users. Setup takes a little longer, but the huge benefit is that all your patient data is pre-captured.
On the contrary, the time and effort savings are HUGE. Imagine a future with no chronic patient cards/folders, instant retrieval of patient medical records, fingertip access at your consulting desk, easy templated capturing of visit details, shared workflow between you and your reception, plus topnotch organisation to keep your happiness levels up.
No, neither EMR – Electronic Medical Record, nor EHR – Electronic Health Record. We like to think of ChronicFocus as a PMR – Patient Medical Record. It is a patient-centred healthcare provider tool dedicated to the outcome of better patient experience at your practice.
Nope, absolutely not. Our enrolment philosophy is easy-on-easy-off. First month trial is absolutely free. And you can decide whether to continue or not. To step out of the agreement all that is required is that you give one month’s written notice.
Your data will be securely stored on international servers, hosted party on/offshore. Partly within our national borders for speed, and internationally for security.
Your data belongs to you. Always. This is sacrosanct. You can download or export your data within minutes at any time, so cannot be held ransom in any event.
The three bands (subject to possible recalibration) is to fairly allocate resources on the basis of “user pays” principle. Our chief costs are data storage, bandwidth and data (airtime) costs. The 3 tiered approach is to simplify a selection of usage upfront. Should there be a need to, migrating from one to the other will be discussed with you to ensure your practice is matched up correctly.