Sending Recare Notices to Patients

You can:

Specify different recare procedures for adults and children.
Use alternating recare notices for procedures performed on alternating visits.

You can set up:

Separate recare notices for a different class of dental care; such as, orthodontics.
Set up specific recare notices for individual patients.

Using the Recare feature, you can generate:

Letters
Postcards
Labels
Merge files
Telephone lists

Example:Example:You might call patients who are due to receive their first recare notice, send postcards to those due for a second notice, and send a letter to those patients due for a third notice. You must generate a separate report for each format and indicate which patient group is due to receive that notice.

Using Instant Recare, you can schedule a patient’s recare visits before he leaves your office.

The following factors determine the time slot for a recare appointment:

Last exam date for the patient
Recare interval
Recare procedure set in the patient record
Time units required for the appointment
Patient's preferred hygienist
Doctor's availability
Office hours
Preferred days and times for the patient

When a patient is overdue for recare appointment, the following reminders are available:

The patient record is displayed in blue text and the Overdue For Recare button is displayed in the Patient List window Alerts column.
The date in the Next Recare due on or after: field is displayed in red text in the Patient window.
The Next Exam Due field is displayed in red text in the Transactions window.
An ***Overdue*** alert is displayed next to the Last Exam field in the Patient Appointments window.
The Recare Overdue reminder is displayed in the title bar of the Patient List and Patient Appointments windows.

If a patient has a red medical alert and is overdue for a recare appointment, the record text is displayed in red in the Patient List window.