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Paperless intake, consent and payments
Dental office · new-patient visit from 3.5 hours to 90 minutes, about $1,000 a month saved
- Task
- cut the paperwork that filled most of a 3.5-hour new-patient appointment and stop scanning and manual payment posting
- Result
- new-patient appointments from three and a half hours to about ninety minutes; roughly $1,000 a month cut from card processing fees; no more daily scanning or manual ledger posting
- Tools
- NexHealth (digital forms, tablet consent, payment terminal with ledger auto-posting, record sync)
- Setup
- stage 1: send new-patient paperwork as a link the night before → stage 2: load consent forms on a tablet signed at the chair → stage 3: take card payments on a portable terminal that applies them to the right balance → everything auto-syncs to the record within seconds
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Help me set this up for my business: "Paperless intake, consent and payments".
Example business: Fresno dental practice that ran on paper charts and a consent-form binder. Task: cut the paperwork that filled most of a 3.5-hour new-patient appointment and stop scanning and manual payment posting.
Reported result: new-patient appointments from three and a half hours to about ninety minutes; roughly $1,000 a month cut from card processing fees; no more daily scanning or manual…
Tools: NexHealth (digital forms, tablet consent, payment terminal with ledger auto-posting, record sync)
Setup outline:
1. stage 1: send new-patient paperwork as a link the night before → stage 2: load consent forms on a tablet…
Starter prompt from the guide (use it as a base):
Write a step-by-step new-patient flow from the night-before link to the chair.
First, ask me up to 5 questions about my business and tools. Then give me a beginner step-by-step setup plan, plus copy-paste prompts/templates I can use. Plain English, and tell me if any step needs a tech helper.
via autopilotbusiness.ai/use-case/paper-based-dental-office-nexhealth-forms-tablet-consent-and-auto-post/Step-by-step setup guide
> Cost: Paid, by quote. NexHealth does not publish prices (third-party listings guess roughly $300-350 a month; unconfirmed). Google booking and review links are included in the subscription.
Honest note: Rules. Both figures are vendor-reported; card payments through NexHealth are 2.9% + $0.30.
Prerequisites
- A NexHealth account connected to your practice system through the NexHealth Synchronizer (supported systems include Dentrix, Open Dental, Eaglesoft, athenahealth; NexHealth sets this up).
- Admin permission for the feature you are changing (Forms, Online Booking, Scheduling).
Step-by-step setup
Step 1. Build your forms. Go to Forms → Manage forms → New form, then Build from scratch or Digitize an existing paper form.
Step 2. Send forms automatically. On each form switch on Send automatically. Forms go out through the Reminders sequence for that appointment type (packets cannot be automated, only single forms).
Step 3. Use tablets in the office. NexHealth supports iPad check-in kiosks and card terminals; ask NexHealth to enable them and see the kiosk and terminal articles.
What success looks like
No scanning or ledger posting.
Common issues & fixes
- Sync looks stale: NexHealth writes into your practice system through the Synchronizer, so check that the Synchronizer is running on the office computer before blaming the setting.
- Terminal not posting: check ledger sync.
Optional: Maintenance
- Quarterly: review.
Copy-paste prompt
Use this with any AI chat. It helps you plan the visit flow.
Write a step-by-step new-patient flow from the night-before link to the chair.Sources
- Case: NexHealth case study (dental office). Credit: the practice team (vendor-published).
- NexHealth pricing page
- NexHealth Help Center: automated communications
- NexHealth Help: Forms
- NexHealth Help: Kiosk
- NexHealth Help: Terminal payments
- NexHealth Help: Ledger sync
Industries: AI automation for Dentists & Dental Practices
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