DNA rate with automated reminders, versus without
Across 715 UK private clinic owners surveyed for the HMDG Private Practice Barometer, clinics with automated reminders reported a 6.3% DNA rate against 11% without them.
Practice management software runs the business side of a clinic: the diary and online booking, reminders, patient records and clinical notes, invoicing and reporting. Capra puts all of it in one workspace, adds WhatsApp and SMS messaging and a patient portal, connects to the systems you already use, and backs it with human support in UK hours.
A booking tool here, notes somewhere else, invoices in a spreadsheet and reminders on someone's phone. Every hand-off between them is admin time, and every gap is a DNA nobody saw coming.
Across 715 UK private clinic owners surveyed for the HMDG Private Practice Barometer, clinics with automated reminders reported a 6.3% DNA rate against 11% without them.
When rearranging means phoning reception in working hours, many patients simply don't turn up. Self-service cancel and rebook turns those gaps into filled slots.
Diary utilisation, rebooking rate, DNA rate and revenue per clinician are the figures owners ask for, and most tools make them a spreadsheet job.
Click through the tabs to see what a clinician and the front desk see from a single appointment: history, notes, documents, messages and invoices, all on one record.
Everything a clinician needs before the patient walks in: next appointment, what they're taking, the last note and any forms still open, on one screen.
Vitals are captured against the visit and trend over time, so a reading is never just a number in a note.
Current and stopped medications with their history sit on the same profile as the notes that changed them.
Every note is versioned. You can always see what changed, who changed it and when, which keeps record-keeping accountable.
Referrals, signed consent and generated letters are stored against the patient and can be shared to the portal while the original stays on file.
Import, connect, go live, with a named onboarding lead throughout.
Bulk import from spreadsheets or your current system, with appointment types, clinicians, rooms and locations set up for you.
SMS, WhatsApp and email are connected in your first days; your calendar, accounting and any other system you run follow during onboarding.
Reminders start sending, patients book online, and your team has one person to call, in UK hours, from day one.
Diary, notes, forms, reporting and permissions that share one patient record and one login.
Clinician, room and location diaries in one view, with online booking that lets patients book, cancel and rebook themselves within the rules you set. Deposits, buffers and lead times keep the day running the way you planned it.
Structured notes, templates, body charts, documents and letters sit on the same record as every message and invoice, so anyone with the right role sees the full picture.
Registration forms, consent and outcome questionnaires are completed before the appointment from a link or the portal, and land on the record ready for the clinician.
Dashboards for the numbers owners actually track: diary utilisation, rebooking rate, DNA rate, revenue per clinician and per site, without exporting to a spreadsheet.
Role-based access means reception, clinicians, managers and owners each see what they need and nothing more, across one site or ten, with every action logged.
Defence in depth, from the first message to the last record. This is how we operate, not a badge.
Connections use current TLS with HSTS, and stored data is encrypted with keys managed by our cloud provider.
Permissions come from defined roles, privileged access needs multi-factor authentication, and rights are reviewed regularly.
Security-relevant events are recorded, retained and reviewed so unusual activity can be investigated quickly.
Critical data is backed up regularly and protected like production, with processes to restore service after a disruption.
UK clinics are hosted in the UK by default; deployment in other regions, including the UAE, is available on request with the same protections.
Capra connects to the record, calendar, accounting, messaging and claims systems you already run; integrations are built with you during onboarding.
Practice management software runs the business side of a clinic: the diary and online booking, appointment reminders, patient records and clinical notes, forms, invoicing and reporting. Capra combines all of these with WhatsApp, SMS and email messaging and a patient portal in one workspace.
Clinician, room and multi-site diaries with online booking; SMS, WhatsApp and email reminders; clinical notes, templates and body charts; online forms and consent; invoicing; reporting on utilisation, rebooking and DNAs; a patient portal; role-based permissions and audit logs. The product is configurable by role, so each clinic sets it up for its own specialities.
Yes. Patients book from your website or the portal within the rules you set, and can cancel or move an appointment themselves without phoning reception. Each change updates the diary and triggers the right reminders.
Yes. Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook and Teams sync two-way today, and your accounting package, insurer billing, clinical system or anything else you run is connected during onboarding by Capra's own team.
UK clinics are hosted in the UK by default. If your organisation needs its data held in another region, Capra is deployed there on request, with the same encryption, access control, backup and audit practices described on our security page.
Human support in UK hours, by email and phone, from a named team. Every new clinic has a named onboarding lead from the first call to go-live.
Yes. Locations, rooms and clinicians live in one account with per-site diaries, permissions and reporting, so a group sees every site in one view while each site sees only its own.
Yes. Note templates, forms, appointment types and roles are configured per discipline during onboarding, so a physiotherapy clinic, an aesthetics clinic, a counselling practice and a private GP service each get a setup that matches how they work.
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