Use Appliance Tracker

The Appliance Tracker lists patient appliances you have sent to lab destinations but have not yet been returned. Use this feature to review and edit expected appliance information.

Get Started

Enter Appliance Data - You track the type of appliances sent for consultation or service, along with their service locations and dates in the Lab Appliance fields of the Milestones tab of the patient folder. See "Manage Patient Appliances" for details.

How to Get Here

ViewPoint Shortcut Menu - View >

Appliance Tracker. (Or, press Alt+V on your keyboard to open the View menu options.)

Use This Feature

Choose Appliances to View - You can view all active appliance records, or select to display only items you have sent to a specific Destination. Only appliances that are currently flagged as "sent" are included in the Appliance Tracker.

Sort Data - Click a column heading to sort the data by that column. Click the same column heading to reverse the sort order.

Adjust Columns

You can adjust both the width and location of the columns in the window. All columns return to the defaults when you exit and re-enter.

Adjust Column Width - Click the bar between two columns to reallocate the column space. Be aware that it is possible to adjust a column to be so narrow that you no longer see it.

Change Column Order - Click a column heading and drag it to a new location within the window. Other columns adjust accordingly.

Update Appliance Dates - Click the date column you want to edit, then make your changes. Or, click T to flag the selected appliance as being returned today. Click Save to save your changes. As soon as you save an appliance as being "completed/back", it is removed from the Appliance Tracker.

Delete Appliance - If an appliance is entered in error, you can select the appliance to work with in the Appliance Tracker, then click Delete to remove it. This also removes the appliance from the Milestones tab of the patient folder.

Save - Click Save to save any changes you have made to the appliance data.

Print Appliance Tracker - Click Print to generate the list as it appears on your screen. Consider printing the Lab Appliance and Lab Appliance - Back Dates reports for more detailed information.

More Information

Barcode Scanner, Printer, and Format - Use the Barcode fields of your Scanners user options to select the type of barcode scanner you have, which format to generate, and which printer to use to obtain a hard copy of the codes.See "Set Up Scanner Options" for details.

Appliance Workflow Triggers - Use the Appliance Checked In trigger to activate a workflow whenever a patient appliance has been flagged as "received", regardless of the appliance type. See "Manage Patient Appliances" for details. In addition, you can trigger a workflow whenever a specific type of appliance is either "sent" or "received" with the Appliances editor.

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