Why track medical contacts in ClinicalTools
The general Contacts app was not designed for healthcare. It has no field for a specialty, an NPI number, office hours or which insurance a practice accepts, and the emergency contact you need at 2 a.m. is buried between the plumber and your cousin.
ClinicalTools' Medical Contacts directory stores each provider with a type — primary care, specialist, hospital, urgent care, pharmacy, physical therapist, psychiatrist or therapist, insurance and more — plus phone, fax, email, website, full address, office hours, NPI number, insurance accepted and free notes. Flag one contact as your primary doctor and any number as emergency contacts, which are pinned to the top of the list.
Everything actionable is a tap: phone numbers dial, addresses open in Maps for directions, websites open the patient portal, and emails start a message. Pharmacies and labs get the same treatment, so refills and pre-visit blood draws are one tap away too.
Three steps, every time.
Add a provider
Name, type, specialty and whatever contact details you have. Add NPI, office hours and insurance notes when you know them.
Flag the important ones
Mark your primary care doctor and pin emergency contacts to the top.
Use it in the moment
Tap to call from the waiting room, tap for directions from the car, tap the portal to check a result.
What the Medical Contacts tool does
Tap to call
Every phone number dials directly. Fax numbers are stored too — many practices still need them for records requests.
Tap for directions
Addresses open in Apple Maps, so getting to a new specialist or an unfamiliar imaging centre takes one tap.
Tap for the patient portal
Store the practice website or portal link and open it instantly when a result comes in.
NPI, hours and insurance
Keep the National Provider Identifier for insurance forms, the office hours for calling, and notes on which plans are accepted.
Emergency contacts pinned
Flag hospitals, on-call lines or a family member as emergency contacts and they stay at the top of the list.
Organised by type
Primary care, specialists, hospitals, urgent care, pharmacies, therapists, insurers — filter to the kind of contact you need.
For anyone with more than one doctor
If you have a chronic condition, you have a team: a primary physician, one or more specialists, a pharmacy, a lab, an imaging centre and an insurer. Caregivers managing a parent's care often hold this list on paper; keeping it in ClinicalTools means it is always up to date, always in your pocket, and ready when a new clinic asks "who is your cardiologist?"
Your medical contacts data stays yours.
No account, no login, no server run by us. Data lives on your iPhone or iPad and, if you turn on iCloud sync, in your own end-to-end-encrypted iCloud account. Every export and share is something you start.
Medical Contacts — common questions
Is Medical Contacts free?
Medical Contacts is part of ClinicalTools Pro, a one-time $9.99 purchase with no subscription.
Why not just use the iPhone Contacts app?
You can, but it has no place for specialty, NPI number, office hours, accepted insurance or an emergency flag, and it mixes medical contacts with everyone else. ClinicalTools keeps them separate and adds the fields clinics actually ask about.
Can I store my pharmacy and lab?
Yes. Pharmacies, labs, imaging centres, urgent care and hospitals all have their own contact type.
Does it give directions?
Yes. Tap any address and it opens in Apple Maps with directions.
Is the directory private?
Yes. Contacts are stored on your device and in your own iCloud account if sync is on. Nothing is uploaded to us.