Health care
Clinics, dental and private practices
Appointments, treatment payments and consumables. Core selling, stock and cash fit; gaps: clinical records and insurance claims.
Good fit, some gaps Planned NAICS 621
Status
Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.
How the industry works
Operating characteristics
- appointments
- treatment plans with staged payments
- consumables and lab fees
- insurance co-pays
- small teams
Typical roles
- receptionist
- dentist or clinician
- hygienist
- practice manager
Day-to-day flows
- book an appointment
- record a visit
- take a payment or deposit
- sell products (retail)
- order consumables
- reconcile the day
Tenders and payments seen
- cash
- cards
- insurer co-pay
- instalments
- mobile wallets recorded manually
Inventory and assets
- consumables
- retail products
- instruments (non-sold)
- expiry
Reports they ask for
- payments by clinician
- outstanding balances
- retail sales
- consumables cost
Integrations they need
- clinical record software (out of scope)
- accountant
A day in the life (illustrative scenario)
What the catalog covers
Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, RSV, SVC, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, PE, LATAM, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR.
| Capability | Status | Catalog modules |
|---|---|---|
| Selling and checkout | C Catalogued | SALE, TKT |
| Inventory, lots, purchasing | C Catalogued | INV |
| Pricing, discounts, tax rules | C Catalogued | PRC, DISC |
| Returns, credit, special sales | C Catalogued | RET |
| Reservations and appointments | C Catalogued | RSV |
| Work orders, rentals, services | C Catalogued | SVC |
| Cash drawer, shifts, safe | C Catalogued | CASH |
| Tender types and payments | C Catalogued | PAY |
| Customers, loyalty, gift cards | C Catalogued | CRM, LOYL, GIFT |
| Staff, time clock, payroll basics | C Catalogued | EMP |
| Bookkeeping and ledger | C Catalogued | BK, LITE |
| Reports and analytics | C Catalogued | RPT, ANL |
| Multi-store, multi-register, sync | C Catalogued | MULTI |
| Security, audit, backup, failsafes | C Catalogued | SEC, DATA, FAIL |
| Hardware and peripherals | C Catalogued | HW |
| Country fiscal packs | C Catalogued | PE, LATAM |
| Integrations, API, settings | P Partial | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Clinical records and insurance claims | G Gap | no dedicated module |
Gaps
- no clinical record, charting, imaging or claims
- only front-desk payment, appointment-style booking and retail are covered
Closest catalog items
Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.
- Pharmacy lot & prescription flags INV-0119
- Batch / lot tracking INV-0034
- Product expiry tracking INV-0033
- Multi-salesperson commission attribution SALE-0023
- Service line (non-stock) SALE-0049
- Plastic bag charge line (ICBPER) SALE-0052
- Delivery fee line SALE-0053
- Service charge (cover/gratuity) SALE-0054
- Partial payment / deposit SALE-0060
- Walk-in (consumidor final) default customer SALE-0086
- Order profile defaults TKT-0009
- Eat-in vs take-out tax/price rule TKT-0010
- Special order (out of stock) TKT-0031
- Work order (service/repair) TKT-0032
- Layaway / apartado TKT-0037
- Floor plan lock mode TBL-0017
Sub-verticals
Dental clinic
staged treatment payments
Open →Sub-verticalPhysiotherapy and wellness practice
packages of sessions
Open →Sub-verticalOptician
frames, lenses and lab orders
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- patient privacy and record-keeping rules
- insurance billing
- receipts for medical expenses (themes to verify)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- treatment plan changes mid-way
- deposit refunded
- no-show fee
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 621 (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 62
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Health Care: Medical Facilities
- Fit
- Good fit, some gaps
Public references consulted
- Square Support: deposits on appointments; cancellation policies (excerpt)
Questions
Is Simca ready for clinics, dental and private practices today?
What is missing for clinics, dental and private practices?
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