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DavidWolf

On the subject of time patterns: I have noticed that if you change the procedures attached to a scheduled appointment from the chart module, the algarhythm that tries to predict how much time you need for an appointment takes over and changes the amount of time that was originally scheduled in the s...

DavidWolf

Wondering how hard it would be to have the date of the "other" appointment in parenthesis instead of the generic (other appt)? In the edit appointment window. Also wondering how hard it would be to automatically reset the appointment confirmation status back to not called or the default when an appo...

DavidWolf

It is shown in the lower right of the treatment plan mdule.

If you setup the patient's insurance profile including their annual maximum it will also show how much is remaining for the calendar year.

DavidWolf

The printer settings are specific for each workstations. Have you changed the settings at each location?

DavidWolf

I use the contacts list with a category = Pharmacies.

DavidWolf

I get that same message on every computer that has a signature pad. I am using Dell Optiplex Workstations with WinXP. Doesn't seem to hurt anything but it is a pain.

DavidWolf

When the treatment plan module gets revamped, it might be a good time to incorporate the ability to save snapshots of the graphic tooth chart.

Also would be nice to have the total column fixed so treatment plans over $10,000 fit in the column.

DavidWolf

I've noticed that you can right click on the appointment in the chart and a drop down windows opens which has "set complete" as an option, but when you click set complete on an appointment from the chart nothing happens?

DavidWolf

It is not a big deal, once you know how to do it...it is more direct and easier.

Rather than adding another new button, I would prefer to be able to do the same thing (edit) from the chart module where referred from is also listed.

Thanks.

DavidWolf

Thanks for your help on this project!

Another thing that I thought of:

Being able to use an auto note wherever we can currently place a quick note. I would especially be interested in placing an auto note into the large medical history text box.

DavidWolf

The POTENTIAL for the Auto Notes Feature is tremendous!!! A few things: It would be nice to be able to edit combo box control options. I would like to be able to edit spellings and re-order the options (move up, move down) similiar to the ability to edit other control options in Open Dental. Also wo...

DavidWolf

I actual write a note for each procedure, mainly because I have the procedure notes setup which are automatically entered when I set the procedure complete. The caviat to this is the anesthesia note which I post into the first procedure and leave that part blank for the rest of the procedures. The b...

DavidWolf

Subtle, I doubt I would have figured that out on my own.
THANKS JORGE.
Happy New Year.

DavidWolf

Can someone help me find the new place to enter where a patient was referred from:

I'm on Ver 5.4.19

Thanks,
Dave Wolf

DavidWolf

Just noticed the button for an insurance address label from inside a claim is broken. Just prints blank. The new label button on the new tool bar works perfect. Also wondering if the ability to printout an appointment label is still on the list. I have thousands of appointment reminder cards anxious...

DavidWolf

Sounds good, just wasn't sure.

Thanks for the reply!!

DavidWolf

Check the completed procedures and see if the hygienist is set as the provider. Chances are the 'dentist' is defaulting as the provider when the procedure is set complete for all procedures. Check your procedure list make sure the procedure codes that the hygienist is doing ie the prophy's are check...

DavidWolf

Just upgraded to Ver 5.4 and my 3D tooth charts appear "washed out" almost like the brightness is set too high. Is this by design or do I have something set wrong?

Thanks.
DW

DavidWolf

Open Dental has trouble shutting down on the computers where I have Sig Pads. It deosn't casue any major problem just gives me a shutdown error and asks if I would like to send a report. It is more of a nuisance than anything else.

Has anyone else had this trouble and/or is there a fix?

Thanks,
DW

DavidWolf

I think they are talking about a red exclammation point which shows the account has a procedure which has not been billed out to insurance.

My staff got used to that feature very quickly as well.

They will be glad to see it return. Thanks for adding it back in.

DavidWolf

I think they are talking about a red exclammation point that showed the patient account had a procedure which was not billed out to insurance.

My office got used that feature very quickly as well.

I too will be glad to have it as an option.

Thanks for adding it back in...

DavidWolf

I get an open dental shutdown error on any computer which has a Topaz Signature pad connected. Has anyone else seen this problem and if so is there a fix?

DavidWolf

One of my patients mentioned today that it would be cool if we could beam his appointment to his palm phone. I agreed that would be a cool idea. Not sure if that is possible or if they even make a USB infra red unit to plug into a PC. Just a thought.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Cheers.

DavidWolf

I agree that it doesn't take much time to memorize them. But rather than adding a new box in the window, you could just have the text be the same color of the the status.

DavidWolf

Great idea. I was also wondering if there was a way to turn provider transfer off.

DavidWolf

I have noticed that tretament plans that exceed 10K do not print out properly. The last zero in the total moves to a second line. This also happens on the tooth surfaces with more than 4 surfaces. The last surface letter moves to a second line. Not sure if this is a local setting, printer setting or...

DavidWolf

Sorry to bring up an old post but I just noticed this as well on a claim.
All you have to do to fix it is open the claim and change the claim's status to received and it will fix the problem in the account and remove the claim from the delinquent claims report.

DW

DavidWolf

Thanks again for the efforts.
Cheers.
DW

DavidWolf

I think the background of the appointment is setup in the provider section. Each provider can have a background color for their appointments so that it is easy to see who the appointment is scheduled with when you look at the schedule. List:Providers Double Click a Provider: Apointment Background Co...

DavidWolf

What we do is just change the status of the referred extraction procedure to existing other. This removes the X's and hides the teeth. Then in the note for that procedure I type extracted by Dr. OMFS and change the date completed to the date they did it. Seems to work ok. One thing I thought about i...

DavidWolf

I have had trouble trying to get the schedule times for provider and procedures to default correctly. I have been told this will not currently work for me because I use Chairtime as my rate limiting factor rather than Provider time. But that being said even if I were using Provider time something st...

DavidWolf

Is this the camera you are talking about:

Aiptek Mini PenCam 1.3 Digital Camera

DavidWolf

That is a great place to put the 'Paper Chart' because it will also show on the confirmation report which would work great for the person pulling the records to use.

Just remember to uncheck the box which which places the info into the profile of all members of the family.....

DavidWolf

When we do this, we make the negative payment and enter our check number into the payment window, in the note we type refund for overpayment. We then make/print out a deposit slip for this single negative payment and attach it to our check stub for the file. By making the single deposit slip it prev...

DavidWolf

I use the procedure code D6010. In the procedure list I have that procedure set to paint = implant; treatment area = tooth; and over-ride color set to grey (because it looks better). For implant crowns I use the code D6059 with paint = crown light and treatment area = tooth. When you place both proc...

DavidWolf

We use this feature every day, and I totally fail to see why you would have more than one payment type on a deposit slip. Don't you just want checks on it? Cash is handled separately by the accounting system. You don't deposit the exact same amount of cash as you brought in for the day. You also wo...

DavidWolf

I doubt this will be a big priority but also don't think that it would be hard to add.

Would it be possible to get the "payment type" to show on the deposit slip printout?

Thanks,
Dave Wolf

DavidWolf

Here is a query my accountant asked for today, thought I would share it. Cheers, DW SELECT sum(procfee) as 'Total Fee', COUNT(DISTINCT AptNum) as 'Number Of Appointments', sum(procfee)/COUNT(DISTINCT AptNum) as 'Ave Fee/Visit' from procedurelog WHERE procStatus=2 AND procDate>='2007-01-01' AND procD...

DavidWolf

Can you also scan driver licenses and plastic insurance cards?

We can Scan plastic insurance cards or driver licenses with the IrisCard scanner.

DavidWolf

Ok, I just got my IrisCard Pro PC/MAC US 3.50. I installed the scanner software and scanner. I calibrated the scanner as instructed. I closed the software that came with the scanner. I Opened Open Dental and went to images. I clicked the button that says 'SCAN' a small window opened and asked me to ...

DavidWolf

Also seesm to toggle back and forth from one graphic to the other when teeth are selected or deselected.

DavidWolf

Seems to be linked to the refresh interval, if I just wait 15 seconds it seems to stay in the correct graphic???

DavidWolf

I upgraded to 5.1.17.0 yesterday. I had a patient selected in the charting module, while staying in the chart module selected a new patient, as soon as I click a tooth on the chart the previous graphic returns of the previous patient's teeth. If I leave the charting module and select the patient and...

DavidWolf

Just wondering if anyone uses a business card scanner to scan insurance cards into open dental? I went for a physical yesterday and my physician's office was doing this for medical cards....I thought it was a great idea. Currently we photocopy them and then scan them later....too much work compared ...

DavidWolf

One thing I like about the way it works now, is that you can select all the procedures for each appointment together and set the priority. For me this helps visulaize the plan. That being said having the drop down menu would be nice, especially when editing a plan or rearranging the plan.

DavidWolf

Thanks. Understood. Sorry, if my banter seemed a little picky.
DW

DavidWolf

In my list of procedures I have adult prophy set up as 45 minutes all (XXX) all provider time. If we add bitewings to the appointment, the Time Bar Calculation changes to (/X/). I can't get the calculation to stay at (XXX) automatically. So the front desk has to manually reset the slide bar to (XXX)...

DavidWolf

In my office we created an appointment column called cancelled. We move the cancelled/'missed appointment to that column which shows the appointment in the schedule but takes it out of the active column. This allows the front desk to see the appointments in the cancelled column all day and work on r...

DavidWolf

I did my upgrade to Ver 5.0.16.0 and the graphics needed to be set to hardware acceleration, after that change everything works great.

I have Dell Optiplex GX 520's with Intel 82945G onboard graphic cards.

DavidWolf

I was planning on upgrading to ver 5.X.X tomorrow, but the charting issue is concerning?
Can anyone confirm that the chart module bug is fixed?
Thanks.

DavidWolf

The graphical tooth chart is an amazing part of open dental. It is such a strong tool to be able to visually access the patient's existing and planned restorations. However, one thing that it lacks is the ability to chart dental pathology that is not linked to a procedure. I know the standard work a...

DavidWolf

I like the relaxed photo of our fearless leader as well. The previous one was a bit 'nerdy'. I am planning on posting up my picture right after I grow some hair and loose about 30 pounds.

DavidWolf

There is probably a better way if you know how to write queries, which I am not very good at doing. I only do comprehensive exams on new patients so I run a procedure report for the month and filter it for only comprehesnive exams 'D0150' This gets me close but I have to add them up by hand. This al...

DavidWolf

We also use ScanX with Visix bridged to OD. It works great. Jordan's review was right on, if your staff are careful with the plates they can last a long time.

DavidWolf

I agree that it would be nice to be able to prioritize and plan more than one appointment at a time. Also regarding the global schedule: Would it be possible to have a place to show the schedule notes on the calendar screen for the day (the notes which are placed in the master schedule). For example...

DavidWolf

Having a report which would satisfy a request for all patient records would be very helpful; for legal request and patient transfers.

Especially, if the program could somehow legally validate/timestamp the printout.

Great Idea!

DavidWolf

I tried to link to the forum from the Open Dental Manual Webpage and it didn't seem to work. I think that it might have a broken link on it.
DW

DavidWolf

Ok, well, I will give the troops more time. As I typed this reply the person who initially complained said that the popups were helpful while she was confirming the next days appointments. I think that you are right about just getting used to them. Since we have them is there any chance of getting t...

DavidWolf

Is there a way to deactivate/disable the Pop-up windows in the schedule?

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Re: Procedure Time - Time Pattern

(other appt)

Referred from:

Ver 5.4.19 Insurance Address Lables

Ver 5.4 Tooth Chart Graphics

trouble shutting down

Infra Red Beam of appointment

Treatment plan prinouts V 5.2.14.0

?Payment Type on Deposit Slip Printout

Ave Fee/Patient Visit by date range

CARD SCAN SUCCESS!

Chart Refresh Bug

Card Scanner Success

Appointment Time Bar Calculation for Hygiene Appointment

Intel 82945G works with hardware Acceleration

Is it safe?

Charting Thoughts

Schedule

Links to forum

POP UPS

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