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.
Enter Appliance Data - You track the type of appliances sent for consultation or service, along with their service locations and dates in the Appliance fields of the Milestones
Home Ribbon Bar - 
Appliance Tracker.
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"
Reorder Data - Click a column heading to sort the findings 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.
Add / Edit Notes - Click the Notes column to enter a message about the selected appliance. Appliance notes can only be viewed only from the Appliance Tracker, and not from the Milestones panel of the patient folder.
Update Appliance Dates - Click the date column you want to edit, then make your changes.
Open patient - Click a patient name in the Appliance Tracker to open that patient folder.
Manage Barcodes - Use barcodes to track patient records and appliances. Once you assign a barcode, you can print it and attach the printout to the folder or appliance. When you scan a patient barcode, the associated patient folder is opened for you; when you scan an appliance barcode, you are prompted to flag the associated appliance as "received".
Assign / Print Barcode - Select Print Barcode to obtain a hard copy of the currently assigned barcode. You can then attach the print out to the corresponding record, appliance, or other item you are tracking. If no barcode exists, Edge prompts you to generate one before printing.
Save Barcode Assignment - If you have a printed barcode that you want to assign, select Save Barcode, then scan the printout. If no barcode exists, the code is assigned automatically. If a barcode is already assigned, you can either overwrite it with the newly scanned code, or cancel the action and keep the original barcode.
Copy barcode - Select Copy Barcode, then choose the format you want to save the barcode text or image to your clipboard. You can then paste the copied code into another application, such as a word processing document or label.
Barcode Indicator - After you save a barcode for an appliance, an icon appears in the barcode column of your Milestones panel and your Appliance tracker,
Scan Barcode to Receive Appliance - If you have assigned barcodes to your appliances (described below), when you scan an appliance barcode you will be prompted to flag the associated appliance as received.
Delete Appliance - You cannot delete an appliance from the Appliance Tracker; You can, however, delete it from the Milestones panel of the patient folder. See "Manage Patient Appliances" for details.
Save Changes Click 
Save in your Quick Access toolbar or File ribbon bar (or press Ctrl+S on your keyboard) to save any changes you have made.
Print Appliance Tracker - Click 
Print from your File ribbon bar or Quick Access toolbar (or press Ctrl+P on your keyboard) to print a copy of the current screen contents. (See "Printing from Edge" for details.) Consider printing the Appliance
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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