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WhatsApp-first practice operations

Every patient, remembered.

Turn the patients you see into recurring revenue.

Built for South African dental and GP practices, CareSavi answers your practice's WhatsApp, books and reminds patients, brings them back when they are due and takes booking fees.

  • No card to start
  • POPIA by design
  • Records hosted in South Africa
A practitioner smiling as she talks with a patient

Works with

  • WhatsApp Business Platform

    Your practice's own number, connected through 360dialog, an official WhatsApp partner

  • WhatsApp Business app

    Keep replying from the practice phone, and messages appear in the team inbox

  • Paystack

    Card and EFT payments into your own Paystack account

A receptionist at a practice front desk

The problem

Your front desk can't keep up, and patients slip away.

Most of what a practice loses is not lost in the chair. It is lost between visits, on the phone and in the diary.

  • Recalls tracked by hand

    Six-month cleanings, reviews and follow-ups live in a diary or someone's memory. When the desk is busy, they simply don't go out.

  • Messages that go unanswered

    Patients message after hours and over lunch. If nobody answers, they book somewhere else.

  • No-shows and late cancellations

    A reminder that goes out late, or never, leaves a chair empty that nobody can bill for.

  • Paperwork at the desk

    Registration and consent forms get filled in on a clipboard while the waiting room fills up.

  • Payments chased by phone

    Booking fees and balances are chased one call and one bank notification at a time.

  • Nothing written down

    What was agreed on a phone call has no record when a question comes up later.

What CareSavi does

Everything between the visits, handled.

Answering, booking, reminding, collecting and bringing patients back: the work around the appointment, done the same way every time on the channel your patients already use.

  • WhatsApp front desk

    Your practice's own WhatsApp number, one shared inbox for the team, and menus patients tap instead of type.

  • AI receptionist

    Answers patients around the clock, books from your real diary, and hands over to a person in one tap.

  • Booking & reminders

    Patients book on WhatsApp, online or from a QR code into a diary built around your practitioners, then get reminded four times.

  • Recalls & follow-up

    When a visit is completed, the next one is already planned and the patient is asked back at the right time.

  • Payments & medical aid

    Payment links on WhatsApp, a booking fee on your terms, receipts that send themselves, and medical-aid details captured when patients book.

  • Everything else CareSavi does, category by category.

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Recalls & follow-up

A due list that doesn't slip

See who is due now, send today's recalls in one click, and track how many replied and rebooked.

  • Recall rules you set
  • Sent for you, on WhatsApp
  • Review requests and satisfaction surveys
More on Recalls & follow-up
The recall screen: counts of recalls sent, engaged and rebooked, a Run today's recalls button, and the pending worklist, showing each recall's rule, when it falls due and its priority. Illustrative: sample data

WhatsApp front desk

Shared team inbox

Your front desk claims, replies to and closes every conversation, and practitioners can read along.

  • Menus patients tap
  • Photos, documents and voice notes
  • Keep the WhatsApp Business app
More on WhatsApp front desk
The team inbox: a list of patient conversations, each marked as handled by the AI, by a staff member or waiting for a person, and one open conversation with a photo, a voice note and read ticks. Illustrative: sample data

How it works

Set up once. Running every day after.

  1. 1

    Create your practice

    Sign up without a card, then add your hours, practitioners and services in a guided setup.

  2. 2

    Connect WhatsApp and payments

    Connect your practice's WhatsApp number and, if you take fees online, your own Paystack account.

  3. 3

    Bring your patients in

    Import your patient list so every patient who messages is recognised.

  4. 4

    Work from one place

    Bookings land in the diary, reminders and recalls go out on their own, and your team steps in from the inbox when a person is needed.

Built for your practice

One platform, shaped around how you work.

  • A dentist smiling in his surgery

    For dentists

    Recalls that fill the chair.

    • A six-month check-up recall rule, ready on day one
    • A booking fee on WhatsApp: off, optional or required
    • Medical-aid details captured when the patient books
  • A GP in a white coat

    For GPs

    Continuity without the chasing.

    • WhatsApp answered after hours, with a person when it matters
    • Registration and consent offered on the patient's phone before the visit
    • Follow-up visits surfaced when they are due
  • A smiling practice manager

    For practice owners

    The whole practice, at a glance.

    • Appointments, no-shows and money collected through CareSavi in one dashboard
    • Roles and permissions for every team member
    • Runs beside your practice system, with nothing to rip out

What changes

Less admin. Fewer empty chairs. Faster payment.

No invented percentages. These are the jobs CareSavi takes off your team, every day.

  • Fewer calls to the desk

    Booking, rescheduling and routine questions are handled in the chat.

  • Fewer empty chairs

    Four reminders before every visit, and a slot that goes back into the diary when a patient cancels.

  • Patients who come back

    Due recalls go out automatically to every patient who has opted in, instead of when someone remembers.

  • Faster payment

    Payment links on WhatsApp, and the receipt sent straight back.

Plans

A plan for every practice.

Three packages, shaped around how your practice works. Pricing is being finalised. Start free, or talk to us and we will tailor a package to your practice.

Compare plans
  • Starter

    Solo practitioners and small practices

    Pricing on request

  • GrowthRecommended

    Practices that want the clinical and medical-aid side set up too

    Pricing on request

  • Group

    Owners running more than one practice

    Let's talk

Questions

Questions practices ask us.

Does CareSavi replace our practice management system?

No. CareSavi runs beside it and does not connect to EMD or any other practice system today. Appointments booked through CareSavi, whether by patients on WhatsApp or online or by your team, live in CareSavi's diary, and that is what reminders, recalls and the dashboard work from. You bring your patient list in with a CSV import.

Do we need our own WhatsApp number?

Yes. CareSavi uses your practice's own WhatsApp Business number, connected through 360dialog, an official WhatsApp partner. The setup wizard walks you through it, and until it is connected CareSavi cannot message your patients. If you connect in coexistence mode, you can keep using the WhatsApp Business app on the practice phone.

What does the AI receptionist do, and not do?

It answers questions from your practice's information, offers real open slots, books and reschedules, takes a new patient's details and sends payment links. It does not give medical advice: messages describing urgent symptoms are picked up by fixed rules and passed to your team, and a patient can ask for a person at any time. Patients consent before any message reaches the AI.

Is CareSavi POPIA compliant?

CareSavi is built for POPIA: consent is recorded for each purpose with the notice version, patient records are encrypted record by record, every read and change of health information is logged, and you can export, erase or set retention dates for a patient's data. Compliance also depends on how your practice uses it. Our privacy notice explains who does what.

Where is our patients' data stored?

Patient records are stored in Johannesburg. Some services necessarily process messages outside South Africa: WhatsApp itself, and the AI model provider when the AI receptionist replies. Each one is listed in the sub-processor register in our privacy notice.

Do patients need to download an app?

No. Patients use WhatsApp, which they already have, and simple web pages for online booking, forms, payments and their visit summary.

How do recalls work?

When a visit is marked complete, CareSavi schedules the next recall from your rules. A six-month check-up rule is ready on day one. Due recalls go out on WhatsApp during business hours to patients who have agreed to hear from you, and you can see who is due and track how many replied and rebooked.

Can patients pay online?

Yes. Patients pay by card or EFT through Paystack, into your own Paystack account, from a link on WhatsApp. You choose whether a booking fee is off, optional or required, and a PDF receipt is sent automatically. Buy-now-pay-later is not part of CareSavi.

Does CareSavi handle medical aid?

It captures membership details when a patient books online or in the chat, records the benefit checks your team does, and builds a claim sheet listing every field a scheme needs, including anything still missing. It does not submit claims to schemes or request authorisations.

Which languages does it speak?

The AI receptionist's replies follow the language a patient prefers. Everything CareSavi sends by itself (menus, confirmations, reminders and recalls) is in English.

Can our whole team use it?

Yes. Invite staff by email and give each a role. Six built-in roles decide who can see and do what, and clinical notes are limited to practitioners. Staff can turn on two-factor sign-in with an authenticator app.

Do we need a card to start?

No. You can create your account and set the practice up without a card. Billing starts only once we agree a plan with you.

Let's bring your patients back.

Start with one practice. Create your account without a card, connect your WhatsApp number, and run bookings, reminders and recalls from one place.

Two nurses in green scrubs smiling in their clinic