Questions

What do I need?

• An Android tablet for you and an Android phone for your secretary.
• A Google account.
• A printer for prescriptions and certificates.
• For the phone and tablet to share the patient list, both must be on the same clinic Wi-Fi, or one can share its connection with the other.

Does it work without internet?

Yes. You can open charts, write visits and print with no signal. The phone and tablet catch up with each other when they are together again.

What can I do with it?

• Keep each patient's chart: allergies, history and every visit.
• Write visits: vital signs, complaint, examination, diagnosis and plan.
• Follow a pregnancy: weeks today, due date and prenatal visits.
• Print prescriptions and medical certificates, then sign them.
• Record fees and payments, and set the next visit.
• Add your own fields to a chart or a visit.
• Use it at more than one clinic.

What does it not do?

• It does not file PhilHealth claims.
• It does not suggest a diagnosis or check drug interactions.
• It does not print prescriptions for dangerous drugs. Write those by hand on the required form.

Where are my patients' records kept?

On your tablet and your secretary's phone, locked with your PIN or fingerprint. We do not keep a copy.

A locked backup goes to your own Google account. The app can only see its own backup there, not your other files. Nothing from your Google account is sold, used for ads or shared. The privacy policy has the details.

What if the power goes out while I am typing?

We tested this: we closed the app by force ten times in the middle of saving. No record was lost or half-saved.

Who is responsible for the records?

You are, as with your paper charts. Under the Data Privacy Act you give your patients your own privacy notice.

Can I use it now?

Bitbit MD is being tested by a doctor now and is not yet on Google Play. Ask about the trial.