Cliniko setup guide

Connect Cliniko
to Distribb

Distribb uses your Cliniko locations, practitioners and services to write a page for everything you offer, then shows you how many new patients came from Google and ChatGPT. Setup takes about 5 minutes.

Free for 7 days · Cancel anytime · Read-only access

The results screen at the end of the video uses example numbers.

Four steps, about 5 minutes

You need a Distribb account and a Cliniko login that can create API keys.

1
In Cliniko

Allow API keys on your user

Open My info under your name. In the API keys section, set Allow yourself to create and use API keys to Yes, then press Update user.

Cliniko > My info > API keys
2
In Cliniko

Create a key for Distribb

Press Manage API keys, then Add an API Key. Name it Distribb and press Create API Key.

Cliniko > My info > Manage API keys > Add an API Key
Copy the whole key before you press Done, including its ending such as -au1 or -uk1. Cliniko shows it only once.
3
In Distribb

Paste the key and connect

In Distribb, open Integrations and press Add Integration. Choose the Other tab, then Cliniko. Paste the key and press Connect.

Optional: paste the address of your online bookings page so posts can link to it. Distribb tries to find it by itself. It is in Cliniko under Settings, Online bookings.

Distribb > Integrations > Add Integration > Other > Cliniko
4
In Distribb

Distribb gets to work

Distribb reads your locations, practitioners and services and plans a page for each one, like physiotherapy in your suburb or dry needling at your second clinic. Every month it shows how many bookings and new patients came in, and how new patients heard about you, against the month before.

What Distribb can and can't see

Read-only. Distribb keeps counts, never patient records.

Distribb reads

  • Your business details and locations
  • Practitioners and the services they offer
  • Appointment types and online booking settings
  • Counts of bookings, new patients and referral sources

Distribb never

  • Shows or keeps a patient's name or details
  • Reads treatment notes
  • Reads invoices
  • Changes anything in Cliniko

Why clinics on Cliniko use Distribb

Done-for-you SEO and GEO, built around what your clinic actually offers.

Pages that match your services

Every service and location in Cliniko becomes a page patients can find on Google.

Patients, not just traffic

See new patients and bookings each month, next to the month before.

Recommended by ChatGPT

Distribb checks every week whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI name your clinic.

Your Google listing, kept alive

Reviews answered and a new Google post every week.

Within the rules

Every post is checked against Ahpra, HCPC, ASA and FTC rules before it goes live.

Live in 15 minutes

Connect your website and Cliniko once. After that it runs by itself.

Questions about the connection

How do I stop Distribb's access?

Archive the Distribb key in Cliniko under My info, Manage API keys. Access stops straight away.

Does Distribb change anything in my Cliniko account?

No. The connection is read-only. Distribb never creates, edits or deletes anything in Cliniko.

Can Distribb see patient records?

No. It counts bookings and new patients as numbers only. It never shows or keeps a patient's name or details, and never reads treatment notes or invoices.

My key ends in -au1 or -uk1. Do I paste that part too?

Yes. Paste the whole key, including the ending. It tells Distribb which Cliniko region your account is in.

I closed the key window before copying it. What now?

Cliniko shows a key only once. Archive that key and create a new one named Distribb.

Do I need Cliniko to use Distribb?

No. Distribb works without it. Connecting Cliniko makes your pages match your real services and lets you see the patients that came in.

More patients from Google and ChatGPT

Connect Cliniko in 5 minutes. Try Distribb free for 7 days.