Finger-Ink is a kiosk for your clinic — running on an iPad. It allows patients to check in and walk-ins to book an appointment, find out more information, or leave a message.
For Cliniko users, it's also a powerful paperless forms provider — filled forms flow through to Cliniko as PDFs and update the patient record in the process.
For more about what Finger-Ink is and why you might want to use it, see our What is Finger-Ink? article.
Best on an iPad
How you use Finger-Ink depends on whether or not you'll be using an iPad. If you're using an iPad you can use Finger-Ink's kiosk.
And, if you're running Cliniko, you can also use the iPad for best-in-class forms.
If you're not running an iPad, but you are using Cliniko, you can use Finger-Ink for web forms as well. This means you can send your paperless forms to your patients to fill in before their appointment, on their own devices. No iPad required.
The iPad kiosk
👍 Available for all integrations.
The iPad kiosk is our flagship feature. It's transforms your iPad into a beautiful, eye-catching time-saver. Allowing patients to check in and walk-ins to book an appointment, find out more information, or leave a message.
Buy yourself a nice stand with a lock, plug in the iPad to keep it charged, and give your admin staff more time for more valuable tasks.
Here's a sneak peek at what it looks like to check in with the app:
Forms on the iPad
☝️ Available only for Cliniko.
Our purple-built iPad app pre-fills forms from Cliniko for quick form filling. Perfect for an ad-hoc consent, or for those that haven't yet completed their intake. Take a look.
Sending forms to your patients
☝️ Available only for Cliniko.
Each of your Forms in Finger-Ink get their own unique URL that will point to that form for life — even if you re-name it. The URL will look something like this:
https://forms.finger-ink.com/your-clinic-name/your-form-name
(where "your-clinic-name" is an URL-friendly representation of the name of your clinic, and "your-form-name" is the same but for the name of your Form)
You can share these URLs via any means necessary, at any point, with any patient — new or existing! We recommend adding it to Cliniko's Appointment Reminder Templates so that your patients receive it shortly after booking their appointment.
Here's what it looks like to fill out a form via a URL: