Here at Cliniko, we know a lot about websites, software, running businesses, and digital marketing. This is where we share all our practical tips to level-up your practice management skills, and help you run your healthcare business more efficiently.
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Curious about virtual assistants and how they are used in healthcare? This post covers the basics to help you decide whether a virtual assistant could be right for your practice.
Learning the ins and outs of digital marketing can take time that practice owners, particularly small ones, don’t have. Marketing Director Louis Meletiou takes you through what healthcare marketing agencies typically do for a practice, and how to find one that fits your business.
Michelle Rimmer has run a successful massage therapy clinic for almost twenty years. Michelle, who is a former nurse, sat down with Cliniko to share how two big and unexpected setbacks changed the course of her career, leading her to look inward at who she was and what she wanted—and go for it.
Thinking of starting your own healthcare business? Already have your own and want an idea of how to do things a bit differently? Practice owner and physiotherapist, Michael Dermansky, has some advice on different practice models to help you make an informed decision.
When Dave James opened his podiatry practice, he learned a lot of lessons the hard way. In this article, we share some of his experiences and advice on what NOT to do when going into private practice.
The Hive's UK Director and a healthcare business coach, Blake Sergeant, covers the key numbers and the three financial reports you need to review each month, so you’ll always know how well your practice is doing.
The utilisation rate can be one of the most valuable metrics to help prepare your practice for unexpected challenges. Troy Parsons, Managing Director at Optimise Health, explains how to determine utilisation rates for your team and why he thinks it can be such a helpful tool.
A Patient Visit Average is the average number of appointments a patient has with your clinic over a given period of time. Physiotherapist, clinic owner, and business coach, Andrew Zacharia, explains why tracking this number will improve your patient care.
By cutting back on your clinic’s paper usage, you could help the environment and maybe even your budget.
Could focusing on your practice's brand help you grow your business? Our new guest blog by Helena Leslie of Handsome Ground Studio explains all the basics of brand identity.
Wondering about the legal implications of telehealth for your healthcare practice? In this guest post, Founder and Principal of You Legal Sarah Bartholomeusz provides an overview of what you need to know about telehealth and Australian law.
For UK practitioners, the start of 2021 could bring changes to how you comply with patient privacy laws. This article will give you an overview of what to expect and suggestions for finding more info.
Two-factor authentication (2FA) is one of the best tools you have to prevent unauthorised access to your online accounts. Learn how 2FA works and why you should be using it to protect your patients' privacy.
Timing can make a big difference on the effectiveness of your appointment reminders. Learn what the research says about which day and what time you should be sending out your messages.
Learn how Cliniko meets or exceeds many of the world's privacy laws, how we help you comply with them as well, and where you can get more information on the requirements for your practice.
In 5 years, One Central Health has grown into a team of more than 40 multi-disciplinary staff based across Western Australia—all using Cliniko to work harmoniously so clients can receive the highest standards of care. Read their growth story to learn more about how they did it.
Maintaining an accessible website for your healthcare business is an important way to show your patients you care. We invited web expert Taeke Reijenga to share his view on what accessibility is, and five simple ways you can make your site easier for everyone to use.
There's more to digitising your clinic than meets the eye. In this guest blog, digitisation expert Diana Xhumari explains the ways 'going paperless' can transform your clinic for the better.
Collette and Sean from The Village Osteopaths in Cheshire, UK share how they have adapted their clinic post-lockdown with a PPE protocol based on the latest scientific research into COVID-19.
We caught up with Dr Ben Tucker to learn how his communication techniques have helped him earn so many happy clients who love to spread the word about his clinic.
Paul Smith is an allied health practitioner and an experienced digital marketer. He knows what it takes to promote a clinic online, and we've got his top tips on how beginners can start marketing their practice today—no experience required!
Sarah Sacks is a director of The Grove Counselling & Therapy, and she’s here to share the story of how she moved her clinic to 100% telehealth appointments while maintaining an excellent service for her clients.
You may have seen Zoom in the news recently for a myriad of security issues. Bill from the Cliniko operations team explains why you shouldn't use Zoom for telehealth, and how you can best protect your patients and business.
Osteopath and Cliniko founder Liora Dafner-Beach explains how manual therapists can treat and support their patients using telehealth.
Podiatrist and clinic owner Catherine Fletcher-Liddell MChS BSc (Hons) explains how she is using her practice's social media presence to connect with and reassure clients in the wake of COVID-19.
For as long as she can remember, Hazel Potter always wanted to work with animals, but she was allergic to anything with fur. So she tried dentistry. But as she learned, fate is not so easily cast aside.
Osteopath David Birley knows how tough it is to run a clinic. Twice, he grew his business from nothing, and we’ve got his story here for you. Check out our conversation with David and learn all you can from his powerful tale.
There is a large debate in the business world about whether or not you should go into business with someone you’re currently friends with. Clinic Mastery's Peter Flynn outlines the things you should consider before choosing a friend as a business partner.
Presenting to Victoria University's (AU) fourth year Osteopathy students, Cliniko founder Joel Friedlaender details how all health professionals can keep their patient health data safe.
With approximately one million Australians currently battling eating disorders (ED), the Australian Government has committed to helping more people access and afford the help they need with a dedicated Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS) item number.
Ever wanted to go into business with a friend—be it opening that bar, or getting the band back together? Cliniko customers Keith Tan and Aaron Lau of Spinefit Chiropractic & Physiotherapy in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) share their story of starting a clinic with a friend.
Karen Finnin is a self-proclaimed accidental entrepreneur, but also a pioneer of the online healthcare movement. We talked to Karen to find out how she went from rural physiotherapist to telehealth pioneer.
Cliniko customer, NAPA (Neurological and Physical Abilitation) Centres share how their founder, Lynnette LaScala, turned her son's near-death into a two country, four practice pioneer of children's intensive therapy with a two-year waiting list.
If you’ve ever been frustrated that no one ever does the tasks around the clinic as good as you, so you tend to ‘just do it yourself’, then it’s time to let go of your ego, because you’ll never create the business you truly want.
Cliniko founder Joel Friedlaender has learned a lot about building a team in the 10 years since he started the company. Here he shares what has worked for his business.
What are the essential items you need when you're starting up your own therapy practice? UK-based speech therapist, Rhiannon Walton, gives us her tips.
It may be well into the new year, but the truth is that any time is a good time to get started on your business plan.
Protect your patients data by disabling browser autofill. Learn what autofill does in Cliniko and why you should disable it.
Finger-Ink for Cliniko (iPad App) Looking to speed up your form process within Cliniko⏱? While you can scan 👩💻, take a photo 📸, or upload your completed forms 📄, you can also use Finger-Ink’s iPad app 🙌!
Our MailChimp Integration just got better (if that’s even possible) 🙌!!
It’s that time of year again and many of you will be looking forward to a well earned break. And by you, I mean all of you sitting there trying to gather a list of naughty and nice patients to send Christmas wishes to this year. Well, fear not!
A serious weaknesses in WPA2 (a protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi networks) has been discovered. An attacker within range of a victim can exploit this using key reinstallation attacks (KRACKs).
Cliniko is ever-growing and in this Behind The Scenes feature we explore our Public API and how it lets you use other applications that work seamlessly with Cliniko! Drop the jargon!
This is part of an ongoing blog series that focuses on some of the fantastic features of Cliniko. Today we’re going to look at 2 Factor Authentication. What is 2 Factor Authentication (2FA)?
MailChimp is one of the best email marketing programs out there, trusted with sending more than 600 million emails every single day. It’s a cloud-based software program (like Cliniko!
There’s been a security vulnerability found in Internet Explorer versions 6 through to 11 (basically all of them). Internet explorer is a web browser, the default one installed on Windows computers.
Let's compare the speed and performance of Cliniko in different browsers. Learn which browsers gives you the best Cliniko experience.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could type faster? Or if your computer knew what you were thinking and just put those words to the screen? Well, we’re not living in a Star Trek world yet, but there are some tools out there to get close.
We get a lot of questions about the security of Cliniko , our practice management software system. I am pretty sure we get asked this question commonly because we are completely cloud-based.
It seems easy to compare the pricing of clinic software. Here are 10 hidden costs outside of your subscription cost that you might not have considered yet but should.
More basic tips to help you out with setting up your own website. Learn what kind of content to include on your site.
Help potential clients find your business using Google places. It doesn't take long and is easier than you think.
Let's go over a few basic tips to help you out with setting up a website. Get your domain name, develop your site and host it.
A practice managers guide to understanding the difference between web-based, hosted and cloud computing software?
