Diagnostic centres · CRM
Record the enquiry and the referring doctor, and leave the reports in the lab system.
A CRM for a diagnostic centre is the record of enquiries, bookings, referring doctors and corporate accounts, kept apart from the laboratory and radiology systems that hold results. GullySales sets up what to record and who records it, so departments share one view of each enquiry without sharing clinical data.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
What CRM means
A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.
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For diagnostic centres
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“The lab system is treated as the CRM”
The laboratory information system starts when a sample is registered. It knows nothing about the caller who asked about an MRI and went elsewhere, and that caller is where the lost bookings sit.
“Each department keeps its own register”
Pathology has a notebook, imaging has a spreadsheet and the check-up desk uses WhatsApp. A family that asks about a package and a scan appears three times, or not at all.
“Corporate accounts live in one person's inbox”
Camp quotes, rate agreements and HR contacts sit with whoever closed them. When that person leaves, the renewal leaves too.
What we do
What we deliver for diagnostic centres.
The work available for this need. We agree the deliverables and responsibilities for your engagement in writing.
An enquiry record shared by all departments
Name, number, test or package asked about, source and outcome, entered by whichever desk took the call.
Result: A family asking about a package and a scan is one record.
Referring doctor as a fixed field
The doctor's name picked from a list rather than typed freely, so referrals can be counted by doctor and speciality.
Result: You can see who sends imaging and who sends pathology.
Corporate and TPA accounts with a named owner
Each company, insurer and TPA with its rate agreement, contacts, renewal date and the person responsible.
Result: A renewal is not lost when someone resigns.
Stages that match the centre's steps
Enquiry, booked, sample collected or scanned, report delivered, and lost with a reason.
Result: The record shows where enquiries stop.
A privacy line between the CRM and results
What may be recorded, what stays in the lab and radiology systems, and who can see what, agreed with your adviser before anything is set up.
Result: No test result ever sits in a sales record.
How the result is measured
- Enquiries logged in the CRM
- Data completeness
- Reports generated from CRM data
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
What to record, and when
What a diagnostic centre should record about every enquiry, and whether it needs software yet.
- Test, scan or package asked about
- Pick from a fixed list on the first call, such as MRI knee, thyroid profile or senior citizen package. Free text makes it impossible to count which studies people want.
- Source and referring doctor
- Record Google, Maps, doctor, corporate, camp, WhatsApp or family, and the doctor's name where there is a prescription. This field shows where the money should go.
- Outcome and the reason for a loss
- Mark whether the enquiry was booked, done, reported or lost. For a loss, add the reason in a word: price, distance, insurer, slot or the doctor's choice.
- Insurer, TPA or employer paying
- Note the payer before the visit, so the desk knows whether a cashless or corporate rate applies and what the patient must bring.
- What never goes in
- No results, diagnoses, report PDFs or images. Those stay in the lab and radiology systems with their own access controls and their own retention rules.
- Do you need software yet?
- A single centre can start with a shared sheet and one owner. Several branches, home collection routes and corporate accounts need a proper CRM linked to billing, chosen with your IT person.
Who it is for
This is written for these diagnostic centres.
- Standalone diagnostic centres with pathology and imaging
- Diagnostic centres inside or beside a hospital
- Multi-branch diagnostic chains
- Diagnostic centres that run corporate camps
- Centres with a strong health check-up business
- Centres serving senior citizens and families
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- Pathology, imaging and the front desk keep separate patient lists that cannot be matched, so the record would split on day one
- You plan to store test results in the tool, which needs a privacy and consent decision before any data goes in
- The centre handles a small number of repeat patients, and a well-kept register would serve before a software purchase
Before you decide
Agree the work. Know how to judge it.
CRM for diagnostic centres: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.
Bring the right evidence
List the records your team uses and show how an enquiry becomes an order today. Bring examples of duplicate entries, missing owners, and reports that require manual correction.
Make the scope clear
Agree the stages, required fields, access roles, and integrations before configuring the system. Separate software subscriptions from setup, data work, and training.
Check the work in use
Ask the people who will use the CRM to complete a real handover and find the next action without help. Check that the management report can be traced back to individual records.
Know when to change course
If the process is unclear, buying a more complex CRM adds more places for confusion. Start with the minimum fields and rules the team can use consistently.
These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.
How it works
How the CRM work runs
The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.
- 1
Sales journey agreement
Your sales lead explains how an enquiry becomes an order, using open deals as examples. We agree which steps belong in the CRM and identify decisions needing your approval.
- 2
Configuration approval
You approve stage definitions, required fields, ownership rules, and access. Unresolved choices are settled before configuration starts.
- 3
Test environment decision
We confirm whether your plan provides a trial copy or separate pipeline. Where neither is available, changes to the live system need an agreed approach before work proceeds.
- 4
Connection and rule checks
Enquiry connections are checked before automations are activated separately. Your nominated owner verifies where records arrive and which person receives each task.
- 5
Sales team acceptance
The people handling enquiries test open deals from entry through closure. Required corrections are resolved before you approve the switch.
- 6
Switch and ownership handover
The agreed configuration goes into use, and your CRM owner receives the final record. Any post-switch corrections included in the scope are documented before handover closes.
Where this fits
Three pieces of sales work, in this order.
This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.
Step 1
Sales audit
Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.
Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.
Step 2
Sales process design
One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.
Start here if every salesperson sells differently.
Step 3 · you are here
Sales management
A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.
Start here if the team has targets and no routine.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
Can our lab software vendor add a CRM module instead?
Our desk staff never fill in the source field. How do we fix that?
How do we bring WhatsApp enquiries into the record?
Who owns the patient data if we change software?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
From the blog
Further reading for diagnostic centres.
5 min read · 6 Oct 2026How diagnostic centres quote a corporate health campA corporate health camp is won in the quote and the follow-up. What to ask first, what goes on the one-page quote and who chases it afterwards.
6 min read · 6 Oct 2026What healthcare buyers check before they choose youA patient, a referring doctor and a hospital purchase team each check different things before choosing a provider. See what each looks at.
8 min read · 21 May 2026How to sell health check-up packages without discountingFamilies compare check-up packages on the inclusion list, not the price. Sell on what is inside, who explains the report, and how short the visit is.
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