In Perio Chart, you can print a variety of letters with periodontal exam information.
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Why: |
To provide a patient, insurance carrier, and/or referring dentist with a letter regarding a patient's periodontal exam |
When: |
After completing a periodontal exam, and as needed |
Notes:
Microsoft Word must be installed on the computer from which you are printing letters.
Printing letters for a perio exam requires the "Print Perio Chart Letters/Charts" security right.
To print Perio Chart letters
In Perio Chart, view the exam that you want to print letters for.
On the File menu, click Print.
If applicable, do one of the following:
If the Password - Print Perio Chart Letters/Charts dialog box appears, user verification has been assigned to the "Print Perio Chart Letters/Charts" task. Do one of the following:
If your user account has been granted the "Print Perio Chart Letters/Charts" security right, enter your credentials in the User ID and Password boxes, and then click OK.
If your user account has not been granted the "Print Perio Chart Letters/Charts" security right, have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can print letters for a perio exam this one time. The overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
If a message appears, informing you that you do not have rights to this operation, your user account has not been granted the "Print Perio Chart Letters/Charts" security right. To have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can print letters for a perio exam this one time, do the following:
On the message, click Yes.
In the Password - Print Perio Chart Letters/Charts dialog box, the overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
The Perio Print Selections dialog box appears.
Under Letters, select the letters that you want to print:
Letters - Select any of the following letters that you want to print ():
Insurance Consultant Letter - Prints a letter that can be sent as documentation of Perio disease diagnosis to an insurance carrier.
Patient File - Prints a document that can be placed in the patient's chart that documents the perio diagnosis for the selected exam.
Patient Initial - Prints a letter that can be sent to the patient to remind him or her of perio diagnosis and to suggest home care aids.
Patient Progress - Prints a follow up letter that can be sent to the patient to update them on his or her perio status.
Patient Completion - Prints a congratulatory letter that can be sent to a patient on the completion of his or her perio treatment. The letter contains several helpful reminders to aid the patient in maintaining perio health.
Referring Dentist Initial - Prints a letter that can be sent as documentation of Perio disease diagnosis to the referring dentist.
Referring Dentist Progress - Prints a letter that contains updated diagnostic information for the referring dentist.
Referring Dentist Completion - Prints a letter that contains final diagnostic information and explains that the patient should be returning to the referring dentist for general dental care.
Click Print to the specified letters to the default printer for Perio Chart.
Note: If the Perio Chart provider was changed automatically, and you are printing reports for a new exam that has not been saved yet, a message regarding the provider being changed automatically appears.
