For clinics and medical practitioners, patient no-shows can mean losing a lot of money. For instance, a clinic ended up losing one million dollars because of an annual patient no-show count of 14,000. Now, while many full-scale medical practice management systems and EMR (Electronic Medical Records) are already equipped with medical scheduling as part of their setup, these might not be feasible for solo practitioners and those with small medical practices.

So, if one is looking for affordable or free medical appointment scheduling software, here’re a few choices:

Appointmentseasy
Appointmentseasy is the very first free online appointment portal offering healthcare professionals to login using their credentials and manage their appointment book and calendars easily, while offering optional paid features such as an ad-free premium version and SMS reminders. The setup can also be used by patients to access the portal from any work station and search for easily and book the date, time and specialist that they need to consult with and remind them of their appointments by SMS. This tool is also a blessing for medical secretaries.

DrChrono EHR
DrChrono is an all-in-one billing, electronic health records and practice management system. It allows doctors and medical practitioners to automatically send appointment reminders via phone/text/email, offers a customizable clinical workflow, helps doctors order prescriptions and labs easily with the eRX and lab tools and view the results in the EMR, and offers integrated medical billing which allows for faster payments with no extra sweat. Pricing for the basic plan begins at $199/provider per month, and the last level is priced customized for the need for every practitioner.

NueMD
NueMD is a Cloud-based medical appointment scheduling software that offers medical billing, electronic health recording, practice management and robust integrated appointment scheduling capabilities. NueMD’s ONC-ATB certified HER offers excellent workflows, apart from offering secure fax management, lab report tracking, and charting. While the Standard plan begins at $149/month per provider, NueMD also offers other customized plans according to the sizes and needs of every medical clinic or practitioner.

Kareo Medical Billing
This ICD-10 compliant online medical billing and practice management solution is employed across a wide variety of medical specialties, including podiatry, chiropractic, paediatrics, family medicine, mental health, and the likes. Ideally suiting small companies best, Kareo allows medical practitioners and secretaries to develop customized reports, store patient documents, manage delinquent reports, and confirm insurance, apart from scheduling patients’ appointments. Kareo begins at $330/month per provider for a physician and $150/month per provider for a non-physician.

One of the most pivotal points of contact in business are appointments and meetings, and with every company becoming sales-intensive, this is one place which could be make or break for future sales. With the help of appointment scheduling software, one can give a monumental leap to their business and gain great value.

Listed below are four appointment scheduling software, which have both free and paid versions:

Acuity Scheduling
The powerful online appointment-booking software Acuity Scheduling is much like a personal assistant only better. It allows both the staff/reps and clients to schedule meetings and appointments by allowing viewing the real-time availability to select the date and time that works best. It also allows advance payments via Authorize, PayPal or Stripe. An unlimited number of users can log in to see availability of reps and even reschedule or cancel on appointments on their own. It has a free version and the paid ones begin at $15/month.

SetMore
SetMore is a powerful, easy-to-use web-based appointment scheduling software that allows customers to schedule meetings in multiple ways, including text reminders and mobile scheduling. The setup is clean, responsive and convenient, with booking buttons for payment scheduling, Email/SMS appointments, business website, Google Calendar syncing, and Facebook fan page. It has a Standard Free Plan and Premium Plans at $25/month or $89/year.

Appointy
The powerful yet functional and simple Appointy allows reps to accept appointments online and even prepay, sends automated email and SMS verifications to clients along with second reminders, integrates with Google Calendar and social media, and features multiple tiers to suit the needs of different-sized business. While they have a free basic plan, it doesn’t feature separate logins for analytics and staff members. The paid versions begin at $19.99/month, going up to $79/month.

TimeTap
TimeTap is perfect for small and medium business owners who are looking to solve their scheduling problems and go automated with booking appointments and meetings. The easy-to-use and simple tool provides numerous unique features such as apps for iOS and Android and customizable booking forms. Ease of use is one of its USPs, apart from it offering five different levels of scheduling software so that you can choose any which one you want to suit your company’s needs. The Starter pack is free and the paid versions for solo and team begin at $24.95/month for 1 staff, 1 location and $39.95/month for 5 staff, 5 locations respectively.