Printing patient charts

After selecting a printer, you can print a patient's chart and save the settings you choose. Saving these settings lets you create a custom view for the patient you selected.

To print a patient's chart

1.   Select a patient.

2.   In the Patient Chart, click File, point to Print, and then click Patient Chart.

The Print Patient Chart dialog box appears.

3.   Select the report that you want to print from the Options list.

4.   Under Print, select one of the following:

·        All Progress Notes - Prints all of the patient's progress notes.

·        All Progress Notes - Prints all of the patient's progress notes.

·        Displayed Progress Notes in Date Range - Prints the patient's progress notes specific to a date range that you select.

·        Today's Work and Treatment Plan - Prints the treatment plan and the completed work you posted for the current date.

·        Only Treatment Plan - Prints all of the patient's treatment plans regardless of date.

·        Only Today's Work - Prints the completed work you posted for the current date only.

5.   Under Patient Privacy, select one or all of the following to prevent Dentrix from printing the information indicated:

·       Hide Patient SSN

·       Hide Patient Chart Number

·       Hide Patient Birthdate

6.   Select a tooth style from the Print Tooth Style list.

7.   Click Select Details.

If you chose to print the patient's progress notes, the Select Options dialog box appears.

Note: From the Select Options dialog box, you can change the order of the columns by clicking Move Up or Move Down, and under Status Filters, you can select the patient information that you want to appear in the patient's chart.

If you chose to print anything other than the patient's progress notes, the Select Columns dialog box appears.

8.   Select a column from the list, click Show or Hide to specify the columns that you want to appear in the patient's chart, and then click OK.

9.   To create a custom view for the selected patient, click Save Options in the Print Patient Chart dialog box.

The Save Options dialog box appears.

10. Under New Option Name, type a name, such as the patient's, for the custom chart, and click OK.

11. From the Print Patient Chart dialog box, click OK to print the selected patient's custom chart.