Manage the needs of up to ten patients in the office at once on a single Light panel, depending upon whether they are in check-in or in an operatory. The five arrival lights correspond with five columns of scheduled dentistry, while the Op lights make it easy to summon doctors, ask for assistance, and know which patient is next in line for an exam. You can easily scale the number of Lights up or down and add many more details as your team evolves its use of the program.

This is a continuation of the smaller example code above. Simply delete any unnecessary Lights once you’ve downloaded this Example into System Wide changes and begin using this framework to include or exclude anything, including doctor names, waiting room protocols, notifications, and statuses. This example will allow you to manage the needs of up to twenty patients at any given time.

Larger practices are served by a division of workflow between the Front Office and the Back Office light panels. This example increases the number of checkout statuses, virtual waiting room Lights sterilization areas, and operatories without overwhelming the screen with too many Lights all at once. It’s easy to add more doctors, especially if your practice utilizes specialists who aren’t always in the office. This extensive configuration becomes vital for letting everyone know how many patients are waiting for care, and in the proper order.

Surgeons and endodontists find this example a comfortable configuration to begin with, since practices tend to be more compact than general dentistry. Check-in Lights are universal, and especially tuned for patients who may need to text or call before coming into the building. Specialized “Help Needed” lights are the quickest way doctors can summon for immediate assistance to specific locations, and other tasks have been automated as Lights as well.

While this example was created with pediatric dentistry in mind, it is very flexible for just about any type of practice. Many offices have open bays, so here lights are labeled as chairs. Also, preventive and restorative arrivals are separated from one another. Three prompted “Help is Needed” Lights are unique to this design. This form factor can be easily transformed for your specific office’s needs and expanded to include many more operatories and chairs.