Software for diabetes and thyroid clinics
Diabetes clinic software for patients who come back every month
Vitels is diabetes clinic software for a diabetologist or physician who runs a diabetes and thyroid OPD, where most patients are on long-term medicines and return every month or every quarter. The repeat visit takes three steps, a changed dose is an edit on the copy, every version is kept, and the follow-up due list shows who has missed their review. It works offline and has no licence fee.
What does a diabetes clinic need from software?
A diabetes clinic needs software built for the returning patient. The doctor must see at a glance that this is a known patient with diabetes, hypertension or a thyroid condition, open last month's prescription, change one dose and print, with the old version still on record. The desk needs a queue that copes with a crowded review morning, a follow-up list for the one-month and three-month reviews, and a fee taken in cash, UPI or card. It does not need a lab module, and Vitels does not attach HbA1c reports, plot sugar trends or calculate insulin doses.
- Built for
- Diabetes and thyroid OPD, one or more doctors
- Repeat visit
- Start, F4, Ctrl+Enter
- History
- Every prescription version kept
- Follow-up
- 1 month or 3 months, due list
- Vitals
- Optional each visit
- Price
- No licence fee
Why a diabetes OPD is the clearest fit for Vitels
A general OPD sees a new complaint most of the time. A diabetes and thyroid OPD sees the same people again and again: a patient diagnosed years ago, on three or four long-term medicines, who comes in every month for a review and a fresh prescription, or every three months when things are settled. On a review morning the queue can be forty regulars, many of them elderly, several of them a husband and wife together.
Vitels was built around exactly this visit. The desk finds the patient from the phone number in seconds. The doctor opens the consultation and the rail already shows the chronic conditions, the last visit and the last prescription. Repeating that prescription is one keystroke, changing a dose is an edit, and the follow-up date is a tap. A clinic that sees mostly returning patients gets more out of these three screens than any other kind of practice.
The repeat visit, and what happens when a dose changes
For a stable patient the visit is Start, F4, Ctrl+Enter: the last prescription is copied, saved and printed in three steps. When the doctor changes a dose or adds a drug, the copy is edited before printing and the previous version is kept as it was. Every version of every prescription sits in the patient's history, expandable and printable, so the doctor can see what the patient was taking in Jan 2026 and what changed in Apr 2026 without leafing through a file.
Each doctor keeps their own favourites and multi-drug templates on the prescription pad. A diabetologist might save a template for a common first-visit combination and another for a thyroid patient, and reach either with F8. Vitels ships no diabetes-specific template; the doctor builds their own, and a clinic can add a custom drug when a brand is missing from the master list. Vitels records the doctor's decision. It does not calculate an insulin dose, suggest a drug, check an interaction or propose a target of any kind.
Vitals and the patient rail
Vitals are optional on every visit. A clinic that checks BP and pulse at each review records them at the start of the consultation; a clinic that does not can skip them with one action. The fields are the doctor's choice, and the values are stored against that visit and visible in the history.
The patient rail is where the chronic conditions live: diabetes, hypertension, hypothyroidism or whatever the doctor has recorded, alongside allergies and the earlier visits. Complaint and diagnosis fields autocomplete from this doctor's own completed visits, so after a few weeks the entries the doctor types most come up on the first letters. There is no sugar log and no trend graph in Vitels. Clinics that track fasting and post-meal readings keep the patient's own diary or a paper chart alongside, and the doctor notes what matters in the consultation.
Reports, HbA1c and the lab
Most diabetes patients arrive with reports: an HbA1c, a lipid profile, a thyroid panel. Vitels has no lab integration and no way to attach or upload a report or a photo of one. The patient keeps the printout, the doctor reads it at the table and types the result into the notes if they want it on record. For many clinics that is how the lab file already works, and the page is honest about it so nobody buys Vitels expecting a lab module.
What Vitels does keep is the visit record: complaint, diagnosis, vitals if recorded, the prescription and the follow-up date, every visit, in order. The clinic admin can export everything as CSV, seven files in a zip, at any time. More on the record itself on the EMR page.
The review calendar, the queue and the desk
At the end of each visit the doctor taps 1 month or 3 months, or picks a date. The follow-up due list in reports shows every patient whose review date has passed and who has not come back. Reception works through the list by phone on a quiet afternoon. Vitels does not send reminder messages itself; the token messages on WhatsApp and SMS go out when a patient is in the day's queue, and that is the only message the system sends.
The queue runs on daily tokens, with waiting, called, in consultation, done, skipped and stepped out, and reception and the doctor's screen stay in step within seconds. Patients can also book from the Vitels patient app by scanning the clinic's QR code, and those bookings land in the same queue as walk-ins. The fee is one amount per visit, defaulting to the doctor's fee and editable at the desk, and the A4 day book totals the day by payment mode. More on the queue on the patient queue page and on the fee on the billing page.
A diabetologist's review morning, mapped to Vitels
Each card is a live feature today. The section further down lists what Vitels does not do, including the lab and glucose-log features a diabetes clinic may ask about.
Three-step repeat visit
Start the consultation, F4 copies the last prescription, Ctrl+Enter saves and prints. Change one dose or swap one drug on the copy before you print. The earlier version stays in the history.
Chronic conditions on the rail
The patient rail shows allergies, chronic conditions, the last visit with its prescription, and earlier visits. The doctor knows who is sitting down before the first word.
Vitals, when you want them
BP, pulse and the other vitals you choose to record go in at the start of a visit. One action skips them on a visit where you do not need them.
Follow-up chips and due list
Tap 1 month or 3 months at the end of the consultation, or pick a date. The follow-up due list in reports shows every patient whose review date has passed.
Families on one number
A husband and wife both under review, or a patient and an elderly parent, sit on one phone number with separate histories. Reception types the number and picks the person.
Tokens on WhatsApp and SMS
An older patient who finds the waiting hall tiring gets the token on the phone and comes in closer to their turn. A patient who steps out keeps their place.
Letterhead print
A4 or A5 on your letterhead with logo, qualifications and registration number. Nothing from Vitels on the page: no advert, QR code or pharmacy reference.
Fee and day book
One consultation amount per visit, cash, UPI or card, A5 receipt, and an A4 day book with totals by payment mode at close.
What Vitels does not do for a diabetes clinic
We would rather you find this out here than after you have moved your patients in.
- Lab integration, lab orders or attaching HbA1c, lipid, thyroid or sugar reports
- A glucose log, sugar diary or trend graphs
- Insulin dose calculation, drug suggestions, dose or interaction checks, or any clinical decision support
- Diet charts or patient education material
- Appointment or review reminder messages to patients
- Teleconsultation or video visits
- Diabetes-specific templates or fields shipped by Vitels; the doctor builds their own favourites and templates
- Pharmacy stock, dispensing or medicine billing
- ABHA or ABDM record linking
Straight answers
How does a repeat visit work for a patient on long-term diabetes medicines?
Start the consultation, press F4 to copy the last prescription, then Ctrl+Enter to save and print. If a dose has changed, edit the copy before you print. The earlier version stays in the patient's history, and any older prescription can be repeated the same way.
Can I attach HbA1c or sugar reports to the patient's record?
No. Vitels has no lab integration and no report or image upload. The patient keeps the printout and the doctor reads it at the table. If you want a value on record, type it into the visit notes. The visit record itself, with complaint, diagnosis, vitals and prescription, is kept for every visit.
Does Vitels keep a glucose log or show a sugar trend?
No. There is no glucose log and no trend graph. Clinics that track readings keep the patient's own diary or a paper chart alongside Vitels. BP, pulse and the other vitals you choose to record can be entered at each visit and are visible in the history.
How do I know which patients have missed their monthly or quarterly review?
At the end of each visit, tap the 1 month or 3 months chip or pick a date. The follow-up due list in reports shows every patient whose review date has passed and who has not returned. Vitels does not send reminder messages; reception calls from the list.
Can a husband and wife who are both patients share one phone number?
Yes. Several patients can be registered on one number, each with their own history and prescriptions. Reception types the number and picks the person. Adding a parent or another family member to the same number takes under a minute.
What does it cost for a single diabetologist?
Core Vitels has no licence fee, no per-doctor fee and no per-patient fee, and you can get started for free. If a second doctor joins and needs their own queue, fees and templates, that is Vitels Pro at ₹999 per clinic per month, with a 14-day free trial and no GST charged at present.
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