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Paper, Excel, generic software, or Vertowise
The same clinic tasks, four ways. We don’t name other products: the third column is the question we’d ask any vendor, us included.
| Task | Paper | Excel | Generic clinic software: ask | Vertowise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booking appointments | A diary at reception | A sheet you build and keep tidy yourself | Can a patient book a free slot from a link, without an account? | One clinic calendar, plus a booking link per patient that works once, no login |
| Reminders | Calls and messages typed by hand | Typed by hand from the sheet | Does it remind by WhatsApp, or only SMS and email? | A WhatsApp reminder for today’s and tomorrow’s visits, one tap per patient |
| Session notes | Handwritten, hard to search | Not built for clinical notes | Are the note templates made for physiotherapy, or for a doctor’s visit? | Structured notes; type bullets or dictate, AI drafts, you review and save |
| Home exercise programmes | Photocopied sheets | Not built for it | Does it have home exercise programmes at all? | Exercise programmes in Arabic and English, with the patient’s own daily reports |
| Insurance approvals and claims | Folders of approvals and claims | A tracking sheet, updated by hand | Does it count approved sessions against sessions used? | Prior approvals, claims and their status, approved sessions counted against used. Tracking only: not connected to insurers |
| Invoices and payments | A receipt book | Formulas you maintain | Does it invoice in dinars, to three decimals? | Invoices in dinars (fils), payments recorded, print or PDF |
| Arabic | Whatever you write | Whatever you type | Is the whole interface Arabic and right-to-left, or only some labels? | The full app in Arabic (right-to-left) and English |
| Who sees what | Whoever has the cabinet key | Whoever has the file | Can reception be kept out of clinical notes? | Roles: reception can’t open clinical records; therapists don’t see billing |
| Cost | Paper, printing and time | A licence you may already have, plus time | Priced per user, per branch or per clinic? In dinars? | 35, 70 or 140 JOD a month per clinic; one month free, no card |
Booking appointments
- Paper
- A diary at reception
- Excel
- A sheet you build and keep tidy yourself
- Generic clinic software: ask
- Can a patient book a free slot from a link, without an account?
- Vertowise
- One clinic calendar, plus a booking link per patient that works once, no login
Reminders
- Paper
- Calls and messages typed by hand
- Excel
- Typed by hand from the sheet
- Generic clinic software: ask
- Does it remind by WhatsApp, or only SMS and email?
- Vertowise
- A WhatsApp reminder for today’s and tomorrow’s visits, one tap per patient
Session notes
- Paper
- Handwritten, hard to search
- Excel
- Not built for clinical notes
- Generic clinic software: ask
- Are the note templates made for physiotherapy, or for a doctor’s visit?
- Vertowise
- Structured notes; type bullets or dictate, AI drafts, you review and save
Home exercise programmes
- Paper
- Photocopied sheets
- Excel
- Not built for it
- Generic clinic software: ask
- Does it have home exercise programmes at all?
- Vertowise
- Exercise programmes in Arabic and English, with the patient’s own daily reports
Insurance approvals and claims
- Paper
- Folders of approvals and claims
- Excel
- A tracking sheet, updated by hand
- Generic clinic software: ask
- Does it count approved sessions against sessions used?
- Vertowise
- Prior approvals, claims and their status, approved sessions counted against used. Tracking only: not connected to insurers
Invoices and payments
- Paper
- A receipt book
- Excel
- Formulas you maintain
- Generic clinic software: ask
- Does it invoice in dinars, to three decimals?
- Vertowise
- Invoices in dinars (fils), payments recorded, print or PDF
Arabic
- Paper
- Whatever you write
- Excel
- Whatever you type
- Generic clinic software: ask
- Is the whole interface Arabic and right-to-left, or only some labels?
- Vertowise
- The full app in Arabic (right-to-left) and English
Who sees what
- Paper
- Whoever has the cabinet key
- Excel
- Whoever has the file
- Generic clinic software: ask
- Can reception be kept out of clinical notes?
- Vertowise
- Roles: reception can’t open clinical records; therapists don’t see billing
Cost
- Paper
- Paper, printing and time
- Excel
- A licence you may already have, plus time
- Generic clinic software: ask
- Priced per user, per branch or per clinic? In dinars?
- Vertowise
- 35, 70 or 140 JOD a month per clinic; one month free, no card
Before you choose
- A practitioner seeing a handful of patients a week may not need software at all. Paper is free and never goes offline.
- Vertowise needs an internet connection; it runs in the browser on any computer, tablet or phone.
- Try it with your own week: the one-month trial needs no card, and you can export your data as CSV files at any time.
See it with your own clinic
One month free, no card. Set it up in an afternoon and decide with real appointments.