In the Appointment book color code the appointments according to Type. Allow colors to be specified by Appointment Type, and allow user to choose whether to use Provider colors or Appointment Type colors in the Appointment Book.
Most of these ideas as I have looked are so old, they will never be managed, which is sad. I thought Dentrix was supposed to be the star of programs- we can't change the appointment color by procedure and so many other things! If Open Dental, Eagle Soft, Practiceworks and all the other ones can handle these operations, why can't Dentrix- or why don't they take the time to read and update more often then they do?? We need these options to be efficient and make things easier
It would be nice to add some view option, or menu button, to change between [Provider colors] and [Appointment Type colors]. This way the doctors can view their patients in their color, and the staff/assistants can easily view the appointment types on a glance. This one of the things Eaglesoft did well.
I agree. This allows at a glance to see if high production is booked or if certain procedures are over booked on a certain day. i used to color code for procedures but reduced to amt of production and time . unable to this. staff needs visuals as when in hurry they will not read appts around "empty slots"
until now, we have a provider named "sealants" so that we can quickly at a glance see who needs sealants on the schedule. you can essentially do that for any procedure you would want to highlight. however, changing and giving an option of how to color code would be much better. hope it happens soon.
Please add this option. I'm surprised that 6 years after the suggestion it hasn't been made available. This is an option in Eaglesoft. In my previous office, we would schedule on production and procedure, not just where there is an opening for a provider. It was the screen of preference by any assistant/hygienist that had worked there for more than a couple weeks. The front desk still used the provider color screen because they had to juggle 6+ providers, but they toggled between the two screens when making appointments. With having the colors by procedure and production it gives the staff a really good view on how the day will go and how to be more productive and efficient. It can have a dramatic effect on your bottom line and teach the staff to schedule better.
eg. have one hour under a cerain color for restorative and then another color for eg. 1 1/2 hours for surgery that way staff members
who are pitching in can help schedule correctly.
We should be able to view an appointment color as the type of the appointment (or procedures attached to it) not by provider. Having the option of either or would be a huge improvement. Dentrix is one of the only practice management software's that does not have this capability at this time.
we schedule from 7 to 7 with alternating morning and evening shifts. It would be nice to have the background colors of the appointment book coordinate with the color of the hygienist that will see them at that time so we can just schedule without having to memorize the schedule.
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As a ton of other people before me have asked... Please allow us to color code by appointment type. It helps so much with Block scheduling
Most of these ideas as I have looked are so old, they will never be managed, which is sad. I thought Dentrix was supposed to be the star of programs- we can't change the appointment color by procedure and so many other things! If Open Dental, Eagle Soft, Practiceworks and all the other ones can handle these operations, why can't Dentrix- or why don't they take the time to read and update more often then they do?? We need these options to be efficient and make things easier
It would be nice to add some view option, or menu button, to change between [Provider colors] and [Appointment Type colors]. This way the doctors can view their patients in their color, and the staff/assistants can easily view the appointment types on a glance. This one of the things Eaglesoft did well.
This needs to happen!!! Yesterday.
I was just looking all over for this. I would love to be able to paint by appointment type just like Eagle Soft can. DO IT!
Yes please!
PLEASE!
This is one of the major features I miss from Eaglesoft! It is so helpful in efficient scheduling!
PLEASE, it really makes a difference for the staff to see new patients at a glance by color.