Concepts

Volume 6 Issue 3

Being able to do things quickly and easily spells efficiency. Most offices "pull" their charts for patients that are scheduled each day. Busy offices know this helps make the whole day run smoother. It means the treatment staff doesn't have to rummage through the file cabinet for a chart, and the front office has phone numbers and insurance information right at their fingertips. Everyone in the office then has easy access to the information they need.

Dental Office Manager II can do the same job for you...instantly! How? Via the Status Board.

Patients get automatically entered on the Status Board whenever an appointment Is made. Whether it is the emergency patient you just squeezed in, or the prophy patient scheduled 6 months ago, they'll be there. And remember, even if you are not using the Scheduling module, you can record and track appointments.

The Status Board displays all patients scheduled for the current day. It shows their appointment time, and which provider they are scheduled with. Double clicking on a name brings up their Appointment Detail window, showing treatment scheduled today and for all other appointments. To return to the family's Main Patient window, just click on the MP icon.

The status buttons are used to record patients who fail or cancel today's appointment. An entry is made in their history for future reference. Next, the Treatment Status and Phase window automatically opens for you to update it. This way, no patient slips through the cracks.

The time that each patient arrived, was seated, was treated, etc., can be recorded for time studies in the office, plus as you enter services for each patient, their name is automatically removed from the list.

By selecting a patient's name in the list, and using the function buttons along the right, you can start functions just as you would from the Main Patient Window.

Last at the end of the day, take a quick peek at the Status Board to be sure everyone has been checked out in the computer before you run your End of Day processing.

 

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