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Establishing an Effective Continuing Care Process
Having an effective way to contact recall patients is important. Automated text and e-mail reminders using Dentrix Patient Engage can make that task easier. However, there will still be a need for you...
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7 Tips for Hiring a New Team Member
The human resources aspect of the job can be a challenging part of being a dental office manager. Counseling or reprimanding staff as well as interviewing and hiring can be both time consuming and...
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Speed Up Your Note Writing Process
Writing clinical notes can be a time-consuming part of any doctor, assistant, or hygienist’s job. The note-writing process can go a lot faster if you use these two features in Dentrix: procedure notes...
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Billing Types--Are You Using Them?
Assigning billing types in Dentrix is a great way to categorize patient accounts. The benefit of assigning patient accounts to a billing type is because nearly every report you generate in Dentrix can...
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CareCredit Integration with Dentrix G7.1
One of the exciting new features in Dentrix G7.1 is the integration of CareCredit within the patient Ledger. CareCredit provides financing that gives patients the ability to pay monthly for their...
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New Features in Dentrix G7.1 Health History Worth Shouting About
Last week I talked about the integration of CareCredit within the patent Ledger in Dentrix G7.1. This week let’s talk about another exciting new feature in G7.1, the improvements to the patient Health...
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Properly Assigning and Using Insurance Fee Schedules in Dentrix
If your office participates and is in-network with insurance companies, here are some tips for how to assign and use fee schedules for those plans in Dentrix.First, enter the fee schedules for the...
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Assigning User Password Rights in Dentrix
Setting up and using Dentrix passwords properly in your office is very important. And one of my favorite features dealing with passwords, is the ability to assign password rights to different team...
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Participating in a Dental Savings Plan
With the joint venture of Henry Schein One, Henry Schein has partnered with other companies to help your office in provide your patients the best possible experience. One of those companies is...
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More Information? You Better Believe It!
As a Certified Dentrix trainer I often get asked the question, “What can I do to access the data I need more quickly and easily?” The More Information icon can give you the data you need very quickly....
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Using the Search Payments Tool
Has this ever happened in your office?Mary Jones comes in for a return appointment following her cleaning last week. She says she made a check payment of $25.00 last week, and it has cleared her bank,...
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Using the Appointment Checklist
Do you ever have this happen in your office? The hygienist wants to know if you have received X-rays from her new patient’s previous dentist. The doctor wants to know if his 2:00 pm patient was...
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Customizing the Hover Window to Fit Your Needs
Most of you are probably familiar with the Hover window in the Dentrix Appointment Book. When you hover your mouse over a particular appointment, the Hover window appears and gives you information...
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Referral Analysis in Dentrix
Internal marketing can be a great way to market your practice and generate referrals from patients. And what better compliment is there than your patients telling their friends and family they should...
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The Daily Huddle - Possible the Most Important Part of Your Day
A morning meeting or daily huddle can be one of the most important parts of your day. It’s the best time to communicate with the team about the upcoming day and can set your morning off on the right...
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Using Appointment Statuses to Improve Intra-office Communication
Knowing where patients are in your office is important information for all team members to be aware of. For example, is the patient in the lobby updating paperwork or are they waiting to be taken back?...
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Dentrix G7.2 Health History Features and Why They're Great
In recent Dentrix releases, we have seen many enhancements to the Health History module:Dentrix G7 Health History gave us the ability to separate medical conditions and allergies and also removed the...
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Some Thoughts About Clinical Notes
Having accurate clinical notes is very important in your dental office because clinical notes are the record of the patient’s treatment. It’s so important that each clinician document accurate clinical...
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Building and Maintaining a Strong Team
As I was watching the USA women’s soccer team play in the World Cup this past weekend (and win!), I started thinking about the importance of teamwork. Teamwork is important not only in sports but also...
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Route Slips or Patient Visit Forms: Which is Right for Your Office?
Offices that are “paperless” can still require some paper. In Dentrix, you have two different paper options that can help to complete a successful patient transition throughout the office: the Patient...
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