Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for podiatry clinics.
A checklist built from how podiatry clinics work, to print or save as a PDF and bring to any supplier meeting.
What the software should cover
Tick each one that matters to your business.
- Appointments by podiatrist and room
- Foot assessment and treatment notes
- Wound care tracking
- Orthotic and device orders
- Referrals and reports
- Consumables and sterilisation records
- Recalls and risk reviews
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For the clinic owner
- For podiatrists
- For assistants
- At the front desk
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Visits by podiatrist and treatment type
- Wounds open and their latest measurement
- Orthotic orders out, late and fitted
- Referrals received and reports outstanding
- Patients overdue for a review
- Takings by treatment and device
- Supplies to reorder
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- SMS
- WhatsApp or other messaging
- Card and online payments
- Accounting export
- Camera or tablet for wound photographs
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Is it built for podiatry or general clinics?
- How are wounds tracked?
- Can notes be taken on a tablet away from the clinic?
- How are orthotic orders followed?
- Do referrals get a report back?
- Can patient charts be moved over?
- Whose data is the patient record?
- How is the price worked out?
- Do we need it for one clinician?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Wound progress is hard to compare
- Risk checks are not scheduled
- Orthotic orders are followed by phone
- Home and care home visits are scattered
- Referrals and reports are chased
Prefer to talk it through? See the podiatry clinics page.