Start from the empty list
Until you have created anyone, Clients opens on a card reading Your client registry is empty. It offers three ways forward:- Add your first client — “Register one client manually with the full intake form.” This is the step below.
- Import clients — bring an existing list in from a CSV rather than typing it. See Manage your client list.
- Explore with sample clients — a 60-second tour of the screen. Nothing in it is saved to your clinic, and it does not tick the checklist step.
Register someone
The sheet shows its position as Step 1 of 3 • Basic information and so on. Next and Back move between steps; Submit is offered from step 2 onwards if you do not need the medical section.1
Choose the record type
Client type offers Adult, Minor and Couple. A minor gets a Contact tab for the parent or guardian, with a Relationship picker and a Responsible for billing checkbox; a couple gets Partner 1 and Partner 2 tabs.
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Enter the name and basics
Legal first name and Legal last name are required. What name do they go by?, Gender and Date of birth (three boxes — MM, DD, YYYY) are optional but worth filling now, because the preferred name is what appears on your calendar.
3
Set how they pay and where they came from
Billing type is set separately For individual appointments and For group appointments, each Self-pay or Insurance. Referred by records the source.
4
Set the status
Status is required — Active or Prospective. Prospective lets you track their intake progress on the Inquiries page; Active does not. There is also an Add to waitlist checkbox.
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Add contact details
Step 2 is Contact & notifications. Add one or more Email addresses and Phone numbers, each with a type (Home, Work, Mobile, Fax, Other) and a permission (Email OK / No Email; Text / voicemail OK, Text only, Voicemail only, No calls).
An email address is what grants access to the patient portal and what appointment reminders are sent to. Skipping it here means adding it before either can work.
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Set their reminder preferences
Under Reminder and notification options there are three switches — Upcoming appointments, Incomplete documents and Cancellations. Manage on each opens the timing, for example 24 hours before, 2 days before or 1 week before. These preferences are per person and they are honoured; leaving a switch off means that person is not contacted.
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Add medical information, or skip it
Step 3 is Medical information — Blood Type, Genotype, Allergies, Medical History / Past History and Current Medications. All optional. Select Create client (the button reads Creating… while it saves).
Check it worked
- A toast reads Client created successfully! and the record appears in the list.
- The Get Started checklist ticks Add your first client.
- The name now appears in the pickers on the appointment sheet and the note editors.
If something goes wrong
I have a spreadsheet of existing clients
I have a spreadsheet of existing clients
Use Import clients on the empty state, or Import in the toolbar, rather than typing them in one by one. Details in Manage your client list.
The sample records tour worried me
The sample records tour worried me
Explore with sample clients is a preview only — “nothing is saved to your clinic”. No sample data is ever written to your records, and the checklist step does not tick from it.
I picked the wrong type — adult instead of minor
I picked the wrong type — adult instead of minor
Create the record correctly and remove the wrong one rather than trying to convert it. The type decides which contacts and billing responsibilities the record can hold.
They asked not to be contacted
They asked not to be contacted
Set the email permission to No Email and the phone permission to No calls, and leave the three reminder switches off. Those settings are the ones the reminder system reads.