Better Systems

Better Systems is a Canadian software company, trading as Better Systems Group, that sells a practice management package known as the Better System. Clinics use it to run bookings, billing and patient files from one program, and the firm has kept updating it since its founding.

What Better Systems offers

• Central appointment sheet — a single screen listing every booking for every practitioner, with drag-and-drop rescheduling and patient details opened straight from a booking.
• Billing and financials — payments, receipts, statements, treatment plans and block billing that can be set up differently for each patient.
• Patient communication — reminders sent by email or text, plus mailing of appointment lists and newsletters and a mail merge tool.
• Reporting — more than 200 reports with graphs, along with recall prompts, warnings and on-screen cues for balances owed.
• Better Notes — a paperless treatment notes module that reuses earlier entries and runs on a desktop, laptop, touch screen or tablet.

Who it works with

The software is aimed at clinics and practices with one or more practitioners who need a shared schedule and patient billing in one place.

Key facts

• Based in: Canada
• Founded: 1987
• Products: the Better System and Better Notes