Adding a New Patient Record

One of the most fundamental task you will do in Ascend Academic is adding a patient record. When adding a patient record in Ascend Academic, it will automatically search existing patients to help prevent you from adding a patient that has already been added to your database. Non-patients that are created for billing purposes can also be created by using this method.

Watch this video to learn how to add a new patient record. (Duration: 4:40)

Additional Information

• If your office uses an in-house discount plan, you may attach the fee schedule when adding a new patient record. This will cause the ledger to calculate a discount based on the attached fee schedule.

• If a mobile phone number has been added to the patient record, the patient will receive a text message once the patient record is saved. This allows the patient the opportunity to opt out of future text messages, and also welcomes them to your practice.

• To learn more, read Adding patient records in the knowledge base.