Top Tips for Switching to Digital Dental Patient Forms

Are you considering making the switch to digital patient forms? If so, you’re in luck! This blog post will give you five tips that will help make the transition as smooth as possible. Making the switch to digital patient forms can be a great way to improve your workflow and increase efficiency in your dental office.

Digital Dental Patients forms usually include a location to enter comments or read remarks, which can be used to assess patients’ general health, allergies, medications, x-rays, digital photos for specific procedures, and other items that may come up during procedures. It’s important to include digital patient education resources on your site so that they can take time to understand digital forms before coming into your office.

When digital patient education is available before the appointment, your staff will have more time to answer any questions patients might have about filling out online, so there are no surprises when they arrive at their scheduled appointments.

Here are a few tips that can help you switch to digital patient forms today.

• Make sure they’re accessible on mobile devices. (Patients are more likely to fill out their forms if it’s accessible through smartphones, tablets, etc. because they are almost always with them.)
• Have patients fill out digital surveys before their appointment so the dental office knows what issues need to be addressed during the visit.
• Give digital survey tools away or offer incentives for completing digital surveys.
• Use free dental tools like Adit, which make entering data online much faster and easier than paper medical records. Digital charts also allow for sharing of information between doctors within the same practice, saving time.
• Use digital tools like Paperless Charting Software to automatically send digital copies of patient records to insurance companies and pharmacies.
• Provide patients with an electronic record that they can easily access if needed. (This also cuts down on the amount of paper used for storage.) Digital medical records are usually more secure too.
• Provide digital scheduling appointments options for your patients, whether it’s by email or text message.
• Have digital forms readily available at the reception desk, so patients don’t have to wait in line while filling them out during their appointment.
• Offer digital services that save patients time, such as digital check-in and payment.
• Consider offering digital X-ray technology.
• Have a digital library of frequently asked questions to reference for your patients.
• Train your staff on using digital patient forms. Just like any other change in your office procedures, training your staff on using digital patient forms is essential for a successful transition. Make sure everyone is familiar with the new forms and knows how to navigate them.
• Test digital patient forms before going live. It’s always a good idea to test digital patient forms thoroughly before going live. This will help ensure no glitches or problems with the new system once it’s up and running.