Know what was recorded, and by whom
PetNFO is owned by the pet's household. Veterinary practices are optional, owner-authorised contributors: with an owner's approval, eligible vets can read a pet's shared history and add clearly attributed clinical records.
How a practice is planned to take part
The practice applies
A veterinary organisation applies to PetNFO. Reviewers check the practice and its clinical staff against applicable South African registration evidence. Approval alone gives no access to any pet.
The owner approves access
Staff request access to one pet using the pet's reference. The primary owner or a family member approves, for a set period: 90 days unless another end date or ongoing care is chosen. Nothing renews silently.
Eligible vets read and add records
Individually verified, eligible clinical staff at the approved practice can read the shared history and add records. Each entry names the practice and the individual vet.
Corrections keep the original
Another eligible vet at the same practice can amend an entry with their own attribution and a reason. The original stays visible. A vet from a different practice adds a separately attributed linked entry instead.
What practices can rely on
Source you can see
Owner-reported history is always labelled as such and is never presented as clinician-verified.
Individual attribution
The practice is the organisation holding the access grant, but every action is attributed to the individual who took it.
Managers administer, not read
A practice manager can handle staff and access requests but has no automatic access to clinical history. Only eligible clinical staff do.
Access follows the owner's decision
When an owner ends access, further actions stop. Copies already received cannot be recalled, and PetNFO says so plainly.
A record for the owner, not a system for your clinic
PetNFO will not manage billing, inventory, internal patient administration, staff scheduling or other practice operations. Integrations with practice software may be explored after launch to improve a pet's history, if owners permit it and the interfaces allow. None is promised.
A paid practice subscription is a possible later option. Its benefits are undefined, basic clinical contribution is not assumed to require payment, and payment alone never grants access to a pet.
Directory is separate. A directory listing is not clinical enrolment. See the planned directory for businesses.
Follow PetNFO as it takes shape
We are building in the open and describing only what exists. There is no sign-up form yet; read how to take part when we are ready for you.