Getting Started

Using Practice Central

The Practice Central window contains all your important daily information, provides a focal point for your daily activities, and enables you to view and access key information. Because Practice Central content is customized for each user, office managers and individual users can specify the content contained in the window to reflect each user's responsibilities.

Practice Central content is displayed as static data or linked data. Static data is a view-only list of data. Linked data is a hypertext list of data. Clicking linked data accesses the corresponding function.

• You must run Microsoft Internet Explorer software, version 8 or higher, to display the Practice Central window.

• See Practice Central Items for a description of items that can be displayed in the Practice Central window.

The current date and time is displayed in the upper-right corner of the Practice Central window. Clicking Refresh in the upper-right corner refreshes the Practice Central data.

The following links are displayed in the Resource Center section:

• My Preferences:Displays the Practice Central Preferences window.

• Logout/Switch User:Exits the software or switches users.

• Exit SoftDent:Exits the software.

The following links are displayed in the Links section:

• SoftDent Home Page:Accesses the SoftDent practice management software web page.

• Product Education:Accesses the web page containing training and education opportunities for the software.

• Online Resource Center:Accesses the Online Resource Center, a technical support database you can search for information on troubleshooting technical issues.

The following information is displayed in the Production Goals section:

• Today:Displays the goals, scheduled and actual, for the current date in the Rcvtot window.

• Tomorrow:Displays the scheduled goal and actual goal for tomorrow in the Rcvtot window.

• Week:Displays the scheduled goal and actual goal for the current week in the Week At A Glance window.

• Month:Displays the scheduled goal and scheduled amount for the current month in the Month At A Glance window.

The following data is displayed in the FYI section located in the lower-left side of the Practice Central window:

• Patients Remaining Today:Displays the number of remaining patients scheduled for an appointment on the current date.

• Insured Patients:Displays the number of remaining insured patients scheduled for an appointment on the current date.

• Remaining New Patients:Displays the number of remaining new patients scheduled for an appointment on the current date.

• Non-HIPAA Acknowledgement Patients:Displays the number of remaining patients who have not received a HIPAA Acknowledgement scheduled for an appointment on the current date.

• Last Scheduled Appointment:Displays the time of the last scheduled appointment for the current date.

The left side of the Practice Central window contains the features selected in the Practice Central Preferences window. The information in this section of the window can be customized to ensure information reflects the office responsibilities of the user.

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Related Topics

Accessing Information from Practice Central

Setting Practice Central Preferences