Late October 2025 focuses on making patient registration faster, smarter, and more reliable — the kind of foundational improvements that your front desk team will feel on every single patient interaction.
Dramatically Faster Patient Lookups
Searching for a patient by IC number or passport is now near-instant, even for clinics with tens of thousands of records. A busy GP clinic in Shah Alam with over 20,000 patient records told us their front desk used to wait several seconds for each lookup — now it is immediate. When you are processing a queue of patients at 8am, those seconds matter.
Automatic Duplicate Prevention
MedicalMet now checks whether an IC number is already registered before creating a new patient record. This prevents duplicate profiles that can cause billing confusion and split clinical records — a common problem for clinics that have been operating for years with manual data entry.
Cleaner Patient Database
Duplicate prevention works automatically at registration. If an IC number already exists, your staff is guided to the existing patient profile — ensuring every patient has one complete, unified record.
Thai ID Card Validation
For clinics operating in Thailand, the registration form now validates Thai national ID card numbers. Invalid numbers are flagged immediately during entry, preventing data quality issues that could affect insurance claims or patient identification down the line.
Better Registration for International Patients
The registration form now separates country code and phone number into distinct fields, making it easier and more accurate for clinics that serve international patients — medical tourists, expats, or patients from neighbouring countries. Phone fields also enforce digits-only input to keep contact data clean.
Quality Improvements
This update also includes improvements to treatment package expiry calculations, insurance panel selection in appointment editing, inventory stock filtering, revenue reporting accuracy, and invoice date handling. These refinements keep your daily workflows running smoothly as your clinic grows.
“Patient lookups should be instant — not something your front desk waits for. When you process dozens of patients every morning, speed at registration sets the tone for the entire day.”
— MedicalMet Team
MedicalMet Team
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