CareNest

Community Edition · free

Patient records for small clinics. It runs on the clinic's own computer, works without internet, and keeps the data in the clinic.

Version … · installed copies update themselves

Free to use. By downloading or installing CareNest you accept the licence terms.

What the Community Edition includes

Patients

Registration, quick search by name, phone or ID, and each patient's visits and results over time.

OPD queue

Today's patients with daily token numbers: waiting, seen, and scheduled follow-ups.

Specialty forms

Eye clinic and ENT clinic forms (examination, refraction, audiometry, procedure notes), plus vitals and visit notes.

Diagnosis and prescription

ICD-10 diagnoses, a medicine list with usual doses, and printed prescriptions on your letterhead.

Follow-ups and reminders

Next-visit dates, a calendar, and day-before reminders by call, SMS or WhatsApp through the clinic's own provider account.

Charges and receipts

Fees, discounts, payments by cash, UPI or card, printed receipts and the day's collection.

Whole clinic, one computer

Installed on one PC; reception and consulting room open it in the browser over the clinic's network.

Your data stays with you

Daily automatic backups to a folder you choose, restore when needed, and no cloud account.

Users and audit log

Doctor and assistant roles, quick PIN switch between users, and a record of who changed what.

Installing

Windows. Run CareNest_setup.exe; no administrator rights are needed. The installer is not yet code-signed, so Windows may show a "Windows protected your PC" notice: choose More info, then Run anyway.
Mac. Open CareNest.dmg and drag CareNest to Applications. The app is not yet signed with Apple, so the first start is blocked: open System Settings → Privacy & Security and choose Open Anyway.