Adding or Adjusting Consent forms
Overview
TDO comes with two built in consent forms; the Financial Policy and the Privacy Policy. You can easily add more consent forms in a few steps.
External Link: Google Slides link for Consent and Policies
Detailed Instructions
How to add a consent form category
Go to Program Setup
- Select Policy/Consent
- Select Categories
Add a new category to the list. Example "Consent for RCT" or "Consent for CBCT"
Menu Options:
- Fixed: This consent cannot be deleted
- Show in Infograbber: The consent will show as an option to choose in infograbber
- Show in TDO: The consent will be viewable in TDO
- Show on website: When the patient logs into the office website, they will be able to view the consent form, however they cannot sign the form online
- Required: The consent form is required for the patient to sign. See Note below.
- Consent per tooth/patient: If it is set per tooth, then the consent form can be assigned to a certain tooth on the case presentation page.
- Expire in Months: If you do not want the consent to expire, put 999.
How to add consent form text
Go to Program Setup
- Select Policy/Consent
- Select ‘Text’
- In the drop down menu at the top, select the Category in ‘Policy Consent/Category’ field that you wish to add/edit text
- Highlight the text for each policy consent and use the CTRL+C to copy from the Word doc and CTRL+V to paste the text in the big white box right below the ‘Policy/Consent category’ field
- Once you have the text for a consent, please make sure to hit the ‘Save’ button
- Then you can select another category in ‘Policy/Consent Category’ field and repeat the steps above
Setup > Program setup > Policy/Consent > Categories
If no consent forms are marked as ’Required’, when the patient comes into the office for their appointment, it will show in TDO that all required consent forms have been signed (since nothing is required the requirement has been met). Please make sure to appropriately mark the consent forms that are required for each patient.
If you make any changes to an existing consent form and click "save" there will be a pop up stating "Changing the text will cause previously signed forms to be displayed as not signed under Case Presentation/Policy Consent Management. Do you wish to continue?"
This simply means that if a patient signed the previous form, they will be prompted to sign the new updated form next time they are in the office. The old signature will not be removed.