New updates to CS SoftDent

Carestream Dental has released new improvements to its practice management software-CS SoftDent v18-to give dental offices the business features they need today.

“At Carestream Dental, we are proud of our heritage of bringing to market software products developed by dentists, for dentists,” Satish Hemachandran, general manager, global practice management solutions, Carestream Dental, said. “This release of CS SoftDent v18 follows that core principle with several workflow enhancements that were prioritized by our user community and provide increased productivity and efficiency for dental practices.”

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The new enhancements include:

• A new Reviewed by Dr. checkbox helps providers and staff ensure crucial clinical notes have been reviewed by the doctor.

• The new checkbox also features system security settings to ensure no unauthorized users are able to check this box.

• Any changes to the settings are tracked in the Chart Audit Trail report.

•  A Print Routing Slip shortcut has been added.

• More details and patient information can be viewed at a glance in the Team Talk Notes window.

• The Bulk Insurance Payment window has been expanded

• Now includes 19 new options in the Place of Service dropdown

• For on-premise users, SoftDent support can now schedule the three core utilities to run automatically at a convenient time for the practice

• Integrates with the new ePayments Secure feature, which allows practices to securely accept patients’ preferred payment methods and automatically posts to the patient ledger., Patients can also pay online through a practice’s website via Carestream Dental’s processing partner, TSYS.

CS SoftDent Cloud offers the same features with the added benefits and security of a hosted solution. Updates are automatically installed, allowing practices the benefits of the newest software versions-like version 18-immediately upon release.

“Since switching to the cloud, the updates have been effortless,” Betsy White, COO, Access Dental Care, Asheboro, N.C. said. “We are quite excited about the latest Softdent update. As a mobile practice that operates in multiple locations, we really like the additional places of service included in the newest Softdent update.”

For more information visit carestreamdental.com.