You can assign statuses to each of your appointments, which indicates various aspects of a patient’s appointment. For example, statuses can indicate that a patient has confirmed their appointment, has arrived, is ready for the operatory, left a message, etc. Also, you edit each status to meet the needs of your practice.
Watch this video to learn how to edit an appointment status. (Duration 0:37)
Additional Tips
- Dentrix includes ten pre-installed statuses, and each status consists of a unique identifying color (that appears in the Appointment Book and Appointment List), an abbreviation, and a brief definition.
- You are limited to only ten statuses; however, you can edit or delete them as needed.
- To learn more about editing an appointment status, read Customizing Appointment Status in Dentrix Help.
Check Your Knowledge
If you have access to Dentrix, check your knowledge with this exercise.
- Switch to the Dentrix demo database.
(Skip this step if you are using the Dentrix Learning Edition software.) - Change the “HERE: Patient has Arrived” status to “LMSG: Left Message”.