Practice management + patient bookings · South Africa

Nearby Healthcare. Easy Appointments

Patients find and book a South African practitioner in minutes, for free. Practices run the whole visit — booking, consultation and medical aid claim — in one place.

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POPIA-compliant Medical aid claims ICD-10 consultations

Online bookings Shared practice diary Patient records Vitals Voice notes in the consult ICD-10 diagnoses Procedure coding Tooth & body charting Prescriptions & repeats Sick notes Referrals Medical aid eligibility Family cover checks Pre-authorisation Live in- & out-of-network tariffs Dispensed medicine by NAPPI Electronic claims Remittance reconciliation Invoicing & payments Revenue dashboard Patient portal Online bookings Shared practice diary Patient records Vitals Voice notes in the consult ICD-10 diagnoses Procedure coding Tooth & body charting Prescriptions & repeats Sick notes Referrals Medical aid eligibility Family cover checks Pre-authorisation Live in- & out-of-network tariffs Dispensed medicine by NAPPI Electronic claims Remittance reconciliation Invoicing & payments Revenue dashboard Patient portal

For practices

Bookings in one system. Notes in another. Billing in a third. And still waiting weeks to get paid.

Because the claims keep coming back. DocNearby runs the whole visit in one place: the patient books online, the note and prescriptions writes itself while the doctor talks, and the claim goes off correctly the first time.

The patient books online

Your live diary is on a public profile patients can actually find. They pick a slot, you stop playing phone tag, and the gaps in your day fill themselves.

The note writes itself while you talk

Talk through the consult instead of typing it. ICD-10 codes, procedures against the exact tooth or body region, scripts off the medicine database, sick notes and referrals all come off the same screen — and they fill the claim as you go.

The claim goes off right the first time

Member and benefit details are checked before the patient leaves, tariffs are live, and the claim is validated before it is switched — so it comes back paid instead of rejected.

One system

Diary, patient records, consultations, scripts, invoicing and medical aid claims — no re-typing the same patient into three programs.

Fewer rejections

Eligibility, pre-authorisation and family cover are confirmed up front, so a claim is not the moment you discover the membership lapsed.

Paid sooner

Claims are switched electronically to the major SA schemes and remittances reconcile against them, so you can see what is still outstanding.

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Total Practices

Medical Specialties

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Cities & Towns

Run your practice. Get paid. Patients find you.

Everything a South African practice needs: bookings, consultations, ICD-10, prescriptions, sick notes, billing and medical aid claims, plus a patient-friendly front door that fills your diary.

In the room

The visit writes itself up as you work

One consultation screen. Everything the visit produces comes off it — and fills the claim behind you.

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Voice notes while you talk

Hit record and keep talking to your patient. The consultation is captured as you work instead of after hours, and the audio stays on the record.

ICD-10 diagnoses and procedure codes

Search and attach ICD-10 diagnoses and procedure codes during the consult. The billing tab is pre-filled by the time you save.

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Tooth and body charting

Record which tooth or body region a procedure applied to on a real odontogram and an anatomical figure, and see the chart build up across visits.

Prescriptions and repeats

Script straight off the consultation with the medicine database behind you. Share digitally, keep a clean script history, kill the paper pad.

Sick notes and referrals

Sick notes and specialist referrals generated as ready-to-send PDFs in seconds, already filled in from the consultation.

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Vitals tracked over time

Blood pressure, pulse, temperature, height and weight captured in the consult and charted against every previous visit.

Getting paid

The claim is right before it leaves

Cover confirmed up front, live tariffs, validation before switching — and the money tracked all the way back.

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Eligibility and family cover checks

Confirm a member is active — and which dependants are covered — before you see them. The scheme reference and named cardholder are written back onto the patient.

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Pre-authorisation and cover per line

See what the scheme has authorised or excluded before you treat, checked line by line against what you are about to bill.

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Live in- and out-of-network tariffs

Tariffs sync nightly and are typed to your discipline, so procedures price themselves and the billing switches between network rates.

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Dispensed medicine billed by NAPPI

If your practice dispenses, the medicine goes onto the invoice and matches straight back to the claim line by NAPPI code.

Electronic claims to every major scheme

Claims are validated, then switched electronically. Reversals and resubmissions keep their claim number, and duplicates are caught rather than re-sent.

Remittances, invoices and revenue

Scheme payments are allocated back against the invoice they settle. The revenue dashboard splits medical aid from cash and ages what is still outstanding.

Front of house

One diary, one patient list, one front door

The part of the practice your patients and your reception staff actually touch.

One diary, every practitioner

Shared calendars, schedules, away days, booking requests, reminders and cancellations: one diary the whole practice can read and write.

A public profile that takes bookings

Patients search by specialty, location and real availability, then book a slot in two taps — day or night, straight into your diary.

Patient records captured once

Medical aid scheme, plan and option captured as real codes rather than free text, date of birth read off the SA ID, and the whole list editable inline.

A patient portal that answers the phone for you

Patients see their appointments, scripts, sick notes, referrals and visit history themselves, and keep their favourite practitioners to hand.

Staff, practitioners and more than one practice

Invite reception staff and practitioners onto their own logins, and run several practices off a single subscription.

Your own service list and prices

Choose the procedures you actually offer and set your own cash price against each one. Invoices for private patients follow your list, not the scheme rate.

Only verified practitioners

Every practitioner is verified against their HPCSA or relevant council registration before any patient can see them. Trust is the default.

Encrypted. POPIA-compliant. SA-hosted.

Patient data stays in South Africa, encrypted at rest and in transit, with consent logged and access audited end to end. POPIA-aligned by design.

How it works

Two simple journeys, one platform.

For Patients

Search & discover

Find verified SA practitioners by specialty, location and real-time availability.

Book instantly

Pick a time that suits you and confirm the booking in two taps. No phone tag.

Get care

Show up, see the practitioner, walk out with your script, sick note and follow-up already booked.

For Practitioners

Register & get verified

Create your practice profile. We verify your HPCSA or council registration before patients can book you.

See patients & document

Consult, dictate the note, capture ICD-10 diagnoses and procedures, write scripts and issue sick notes, all from one screen.

Bill & get paid

Check cover, submit claims electronically, reconcile the remittance, and invoice cash patients on your own pricing. Done.

Free for all patients

Patients can search, discover, and book appointments with healthcare practitioners completely free

Simple, Transparent Pricing for Practitioners

One subscription per practice, and you only pay per claim or check that actually goes through the switch. All plans include a 14-day free trial, no credit card required.

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Public listing: get discovered by patients while you trial DocNearby

R0 /forever

1 practice, 1 practitioner
Public practice profile
Online bookings & calendar (you confirm each request)
Basic patient records
Email support

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Everything included

Practice

Everything your practice needs: R890 per practice with one practitioner included. Add practitioners for R500/month each.

R890 /practice/month

ex VAT, billed monthly · 14-day free trial

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Practitioners 1

Your monthly total* R890

*Subscription only — excludes VAT and the per-use claim fees below.

Instant online bookings & calendar
Patient records & consultations
ICD-10 coding & live medical aid tariffs
Electronic claim submission & pre-authorisations
Invoicing & revenue dashboard
Team scheduling & staff roles
R500/month per additional practitioner

Simple per-use claim fees (not included)

R6.50 per medical aid claim · R2 per pre-authorisation, eligibility or family check

You only pay for what goes through. Rejected and duplicate claims cost you nothing.

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All plans are POPIA-aligned, hosted in South Africa, with daily backups and a 99.9% uptime target.

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Run the whole visit in one place

Booking, consultation and medical aid claim, without three systems and a month of waiting. Fourteen days free, no credit card.