Common Features and Links
You can access the common features and document the details of a patient using the links that are available on the standard visit template.
The following are the common features and links that are available in the dental workflow:
| Field | Description | 
|---|---|
| Patient Information Card | You can configure the Patient Information Card in File Maintenance. You can set patient alerts, send emails, document telephone conversations, send a task, and track the time a patient spends during the visit. | 
| Risk Level | You can select one of the color coded columns to associate a risk level to a patient on the Risk Stratification template. In addition, you can view the selected risk level (1-6) and the associated level color. | 
| Risk Factors | You can document a patient's risk factor details on the Risk Factors Config template. The risk indicators for tobacco use (TOB), hypertension (HTN), diabetes (DM), and coronary artery disease (CAD) are available. | 
| Care Team | You can consolidate a list of care team members for a patient. | 
| Contagion Risk | You can document the exposures that a patient has had to contagions, and if the patient had travelled to areas with a high risk of exposure to contagions. | 
| HCC | You can view and update the diagnoses for Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding. | 
| Document Library | You can view the list of documents that is used to generate information. | 
| Dental Care | You can document patient's caries risk and sealant details on the Dental Caries Risk/Sealants template. | 
| Tobacco | You can document the details of a patient's tobacco use and methods for tobacco cessation. | 
| Referrals | You can place or manage orders for referrals for other specialists, locations, therapies, and durable medical equipment (DME) on the Referrals Orders template. | 
| Exclusions/Measures | You can manage exceptions and view measure details on the Exceptions/Measures template. | 
| Care Guidelines | You can verify or update the information related to lab or radiology order processing, care guidelines, screening questions, vital signs, immunizations, nutrition, and drug therapy. | 
| Global Days | You can track the number of post-op days remaining for a patient who had a surgical procedure. | 
| History Review | You can document the review status of the medical, surgical, family, and social histories of a patient. | 
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