Zanda Feature Overview: Going Paperless and Beyond

Upload Your Existing Documents and Files

• Once you have scanned your files, you can start organizing them. Here are two ways you can do this:

1. Create an individual folder for each of your clients, and set the folder’s name to the name of your client. Inside each client’s folder, you can add their files. In this way, you can structure your documents to be included in the relevant client’s folder.
2. Rename each file related to the client to have a unique identifier related to that client only. This can be their full name or a unique ID that you’ve assigned to them.

• After organising your documents, you can now start uploading them into your Zanda account. You can tackle this task at a pace that suits you, for example, upload files for one client a day, so that it does not become a daunting process.

This is how you upload files in Zanda:

1. Create a client profile in your Zanda account.
2. Open it and navigate to Records > Files and Admin > Admin Files. Depending on the type of documents you are uploading, the files can either go to the Admin section or the Records section. We recommend storing sensitive client files in the Records section, while files which can be accessed by admin staff can go into the Admin section.
3. When a file is uploaded, you can add one or more Tags to it, to easily look up for specific types of files when necessary.
4. Use the Description section to add any extra notes to this file. The available Filtering feature will help you filter the list of files by keywords that were used in the Description column.

Get Help with Importing Your Existing Data

If you already have a significant amount of client data, whatever system or format it’s currently in, our Data Import Team can help you bring it into Zanda in bulk, as a one-time complimentary service. For what we can import (client details, tasks, appointments, clinical notes, services, products, and more), the file formats we accept, and how to share your data with us, see General Importing Guidelines.

Prioritize Data Security

Individual user accounts. Every staff member should log in with their own account rather than sharing logins - this keeps activity properly attributed and lets you control access individually. A Master User, or a user with permission to Setup and Configure Zanda, can invite new users into your account. See Managing Users for how to add a new user under User Menu > Account Settings > Team > Users > User Management, set their permissions, and resend or copy their invitation link if it expires.

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). Turning on 2FA adds a second layer of security: after entering their password, a user also enters a 6-digit code from an authenticator app before they can log in. We recommend enabling this for every user in your account. See Activating Two Factor Authentication for setup steps.

For a broader look at how Zanda protects your data day to day, see Security and Operational Maturity.

Within each user profile you create, you can limit what information each user can access within your account. At anytime you can also change a user’s security settings, including suspending or removing their access altogether. This will take immediate effect, even if they are currently logged in. User Activity Recording User activity within your Zanda account is recorded. You can see when a user logged in (including their computer’s IP address) and exactly what they viewed and changed in your Zanda Account. You also have a range of filter options so you can search and view specific information such as which users have accessed a client file, made an appointment, or changed an appointment detail etc. The system stores the past two months of activity.

To view these user activity records, you need to

1. Navigate to Tools > Log File.
2. Set up the available filters and click on the Go button.

Use Zanda Practice Manual

The Practice Manual platform is a feature of Zanda available to everyone regardless of the account subscription plan. The Practice Manual base content of over 100 policies and procedures provided by Zanda have been put together with the intention to help health practices prepare their own operations manual and create their own policies and procedures in an efficient manner. Please keep in mind that the pre-prepared content is general in nature and does not take into account your particular circumstances, including the relevant legal or regulatory authority requirements for your profession or local jurisdiction. You can find the full information here, but in short, you will be able to:

1. Enable the Practice manual via User Menu > Account Settings > Practice > Practice Manual.
2. Upload your business logo for personalised branding via the same menu.
3. Update and customise the sections and articles of the Practice Manual.
4. Archive and delete the articles, if necessary.
5. Once ready, make the updated Practice Manual available to your account users.

Types of Profiles for Data Records

In Zanda, you can generate and record data and files not only about your clients, but also the contacts, referrers and third parties involved in their treatment process. Here are the four types of client files you can create:

• Client profiles
• Contact profiles
• Referrer profiles
• Third Party profiles

Manage Clients on Waitlist

You can move your waitlist of clients from a spreadsheet to the Zanda Waitlist. Here, you can organise your clients by their:

• Waiting time.
• Preferred practitioner(s).
• Preferred location(s).
• Preferred availability based on the day of the week and time of the day.
• Custom tags that you can create to suit your business needs.

Zanda Waitlist is linked with the SMS feature. This allows you send text messages to your waitlist clients about a newly opened time slots. Zanda will also suggest which clients on the waitlist are waiting for a time slot of the appointment you just cancelled or rescheduled. You can then send that client an SMS message offering the time slot.

Upload and Save Files Ongoing

Now that you are all set up and ready to use Zanda, it is recommended that you upload new client files and scanned documents to the relevant client profiles instead of filing them in paper folders. Here’s how:

1. Go to Client Profile > Records > Files (for clinical files), or Client Profile > Admin > Admin Files (for admin type of files)
2. Use the Drop or Browse function and upload the file.
3. Edit the uploaded file to add File Tags and description for better organising your files.

Zanda allows you to download or email individual client files, or export all of them when required.

Use Online Forms

You may be thinking of how to collect your client information and still be paperless. Zanda has the answer to this: you can now create custom forms and send them to clients to be completed and signed online. Online forms can be customized to include the sections and fields you want, allowing you to collect just about any type of information you need. You can even use Online Forms to automatically update fields in the Client Profile. To be more specific, you will be able to:

• Create your own Online Form templates, or import and modify the ready-to-go templates we provide in the Template Library. Find out how here.
• Use the form templates and Zanda Communication feature to send the forms to your clients;
• Print, email or export one or all client forms when required.

Manage Invoices, Payments, Receipts, and Statements

The invoicing feature of Zanda is one of the most extensive and may help you keep your billing and accounting in one place. Zanda can do so much for you, including:

• Generating invoices to clients, their contacts, third parties and insurance companies;
• Accepting and managing payments via the integrated POS (Tyro AUS) and online Stripe payment platforms. You will also be able to make records of payments when you use any other payment methods available in your practice;
• Generating and managing receipts for any types of payees;
• Generating statements to show all provided services and accepted and allocated payments, for any type of payees and within the time frame of your choice.
• Zanda Financial Reports will enable you to keep track of all financial processes in your account, and
• Zanda invoices and payments can be easily exported into your Xero account if you have one.
• Available User Permissions and free user profiles will allow you to invite your accountant into the account to help manage the financial side of your business.

Streamline Insurance Claiming

• Zanda has a direct integration with Medicare Australia, using which you will be able to process Medicare Bulk Bill and Patient claims, and DVA claims directly from your Zanda calendar screen. There are no extra charges for this.
• Zanda also enables users to generate invoices for insurance claiming, which will be suitable for use in any country and with any health fund type.
• USA-based users can create superbills and integrate with a clearinghouse for insurance claims in Zanda.

Manage Session Notes

Zanda session notes can help you replace the traditional paper-based notes and contribute to more accurate and timely documentation, facilitate seamless information sharing, promote patient engagement, and bolster data security and privacy. With Zanda, you can

• Create a list of note templates to suit for every purpose. There are templates that can be imported from the Zanda template library and easily modified, or created from scratch. Navigate to the Tools > Note Templates menu to have a look at the templates and start working on them.
• When your note templates are sorted, it will only take one click on the appointment panel to start writing a session note.
• You can type your notes in, dictate or even handwrite them directly in your Zanda session notes. If you prefer using an external device to write your session notes (such as the reMarkable tablet) you can still store them in Zanda for record-keeping, as an attachment to a simple note template in Client Profile > Records > Notes, or upload as a file in Client Profile > Records > Files.
• Zanda session notes can be protected from accessing and editing by unauthorised users, taking client data protection to the next level.
• On demand, such notes can be exported and sent to the requesting authority.

Manage Admin Records

All client documentation that is not related to the sensitive treatment information, can be stored electronically in the dedicated folders in the Client Profile > Admin section which includes

• Admin Notes
• Admin Files
• Admin Forms

Utilize Communication Features

With any type of Zanda subscription plan, you will have access to communication with your clients, referrers and third parties via SMS, emails or letters:

• The SMS feature can be used for automatic and manual appointment reminders, client portal notification, birthday messages, any custom message, and much more. You will only be charged for outgoing messages, receiving client replies is free.
• You can use emails for any purpose of communication, be it sending appointment reminders, copies of invoices, forms, notes and files or referrer letters, sending your clients their Telehealth session links and resources for their sessions, client portal notifications, and so on. The emails feature is included in the subscription and there is no cap on number of emails you wish to send.
• Apart from sending individual SMS and emails to your clients, the Zanda Bulk Send feature enables you to send an SMS or an email to a group of clients that you can select using the available filters.
• The Letters feature will help you to easily create and send letters to your referrers and GPs.

Utilize Reports Feature

There are over 25 different reports available to you, with each of these being able to be further refined and customised using report grouping options and column filters. A majority of our reports can be printed or exported to either PDF or Excel.