Drawn vs generic booking tools

General booking apps are built for haircuts, classes and consultations. Blood testing has rules they don't know about: fasting windows, preparation, home visits by postcode and results that need releasing. Drawn is built only for blood testing, so those rules are part of booking.

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  • Fasting windows
  • Home visits by postcode
  • Results released securely

Generic tool

Fasting glucose

  • 08:00
  • 10:00
  • 13:00
  • 15:00

15:00 is free, so it's offered.

Drawn

Fasting glucose

  • 08:00
  • 10:00
  • 13:00
  • 15:00

This test needs fasting, so we're showing morning times only.

Side by side

What a blood test clinic needs

Generic tools vary, and some can be made to fit with workarounds. The middle column describes general purpose booking apps in broad terms, not any one product.

  • Fasting testsTypical generic tool: Any free slot, any time of dayDrawn: Mornings only, up to the test's latest start time
  • PreparationTypical generic tool: A note in the confirmation, if you write oneDrawn: Steps for each test, fasting added, and a reminder the evening before
  • Several tests at onceTypical generic tool: Usually one service per bookingDrawn: Several tests in one appointment, with the time and fasting combined
  • Home visitsTypical generic tool: Often a separate add-on, or not offeredDrawn: By postcode district, with travel time and a visit fee
  • ResultsTypical generic tool: Not part of bookingDrawn: Upload, comment and release lab reports securely
  • Patient dataTypical generic tool: Built for haircuts and classesDrawn: Treated as health data, held in London, test names kept out of emails
  • PriceTypical generic tool: Often per staff memberDrawn: Per clinic, with unlimited bookings

Fasting

Why does fasting matter for booking?

A generic tool sees a fasting glucose test as a 10 minute appointment, and offers 15:00 as happily as 08:00. The patient either fasts all day or eats, and the sample is wasted. Drawn knows each test's fasting hours and latest start time, and only offers times that work. See fasting and preparation.

Cholesterol (lipid profile)Northvale Diagnostics · £45

This test needs fasting, so we're showing morning times only.

  • 07:30
  • 08:00
  • 08:30
  • 09:00
  • 09:30
  • 10:00
  • 10:30

How to prepare

  1. Don't eat for 10 hours before your appointment. You can drink water.
  2. Wear a top with loose sleeves.
  3. Drink plenty of water beforehand. It makes the blood test easier.

Home visits

Why do home visits need more than a calendar?

A home visit has a place and a journey. Drawn only offers home visits in the postcodes you cover, keeps travel time free between them, and adds your visit fee. See home visits.

We come to you. Visit fee £35.

Results

Why should results live with bookings?

With a generic tool, results go out as email attachments from someone's inbox. In Drawn, the lab's report goes on the patient's record with their booking, a clinician adds comments, and the patient signs in to read it. See releasing results.

To be fair

When a generic tool is the better choice

If blood tests are a small part of what you do, and most of your bookings are other treatments, one general tool for everything may be simpler. Drawn is built only for blood testing, and is the better fit when blood tests are your main service.

Questions

Questions clinics ask

Something else? Email director@hizmedia.com and a real person will reply.

Can I use a general booking app for a blood test clinic?

You can, but you'll work around fasting times, preparation, home visit travel and results by hand. A blood test booking system like Drawn handles them for you.

What does Drawn do that a general booking app doesn't?

It only offers fasting tests in the morning, sends preparation steps, books home visits by postcode with travel time, combines several tests in one appointment, and releases lab results securely.

Is switching from another booking system hard?

No. Import your patients and future appointments from a CSV file, and set up your tests from the gallery. It takes about half an hour.

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