by Joel Baldwin | Mar 3, 2021 | Clinical Efficiency
A quick-pick is a helper in your clinical note templates. It is a handy list of pre-determined choices that “fill in the blank” in a clinical note sentence. Dentrix Ascend comes with a long list of quick-picks already defined, and you can create new quick-picks or...
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by Betty Leh | Feb 24, 2021 | Patient Record Management
Dentrix Ascend has a two-way texting feature that helps you communicate with your patients throughout the day. Depending on where you are in Dentrix Ascend throughout you day, you can quickly and easily check patient text messages without disrupting your workflow....
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by Joel Baldwin | Feb 17, 2021 | Patient Record Management
Do you have patients who have insurance coverage through a non-patient guarantor, patients who have separate accounts but share insurance coverage? How about divorced patients who do not want to share any information with the other party? Dentrix Ascend can handle all...
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by Ronda Borgman | Feb 16, 2021 | Business & Team Management
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are quantifiable, outcome-based statements that you use to measure your ability to meet your business goals or objectives. When closely monitored, KPIs provide insight on how well a business is performing, help to make operational...
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by Betty Leh | Feb 10, 2021 | Schedule Optimization
We’re all thinking of ways to improve our production. Reserving time for your high-producing procedures in your schedule helps you and your team meet your daily production goals. Dentrix Ascend allows you to add visual elements called “time slots” to your Calendar....
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by Joel Baldwin | Feb 3, 2021 | Patient Relationship Management
Just like the oh-so-important pop-up alerts for medical conditions, your Dentrix Ascend practice management platform allows you to configure pop-ups for account notifications. These are for non-clinical purposes, such as for indicating a family has a billing problem,...
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by Betty Leh | Jan 27, 2021 | Business & Team Management, Schedule Optimization
Providing exceptional dental treatment is only part of the equation to a productive and growing practice. The other part of the equation is scheduling recare, collecting contact information and collecting payment before the patient leaves. When these tasks are...
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by Joel Baldwin | Jan 20, 2021 | Patient Record Management
It is common for families to schedule dental appointments for multiple children to be seen on the same day. With today’s information overload, your patients will appreciate Dentrix Ascend’s streamlined reminder feature for same-day family appointments. If you’ve...
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by Betty Leh | Jan 13, 2021 | Clinical Efficiency
Patients often will not proceed with your best treatment recommendation if they feel they cannot afford it. So, what do you do? There are many ways to approach this problem, including flexible financing and staff and patient education techniques. Many practices find...
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by Joel Baldwin | Jan 6, 2021 | Revenue Cycle Management
Let’s face it: there are some patient debts that are not worth chasing down. For the persistent non-paying patient, every phone call or letter you send costs your practice money and cuts into the revenue you could receive from that delinquent payment. Debts...
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