Dentrix Ascend Reviews

Pros

Intuitive. It has eliminated wasted time and money on training.

Cons

While being next generation technology and cloud based it has been very slow to publish APIs and become operable with so many other businesses that can enhance dental practice management.

Pros

I like that I can access this software from any location and even on my phone. It allows me to be able to assist patient's and access the schedule when I'm not in the office.

Cons

I don't like the way the Day sheet report prints out. I don't like how if a dollar amount is over $1000 it doesn't show the full number on the report when it's printed out. I also don't like that I can't tag payments with multiple tags. For example, If I enter a credit card payment I can only tag they credit card type but can't add like a tag for the doctor that provided the service for whom that payment is going towards. I also don't like that we can't customize text or send manual text messages to patients. I'm still getting use to using the software but the power reporting I find it not very user friendly.

Pros

I like the ease of importing documents; the fact that it is web based, accessible anywhere; ease of attachments for insurnace claims

Cons

For every one click for an action in our previous software, there are 4 or 5 at least, in one case 10 clicks to perform an action. Bulk ins payments and printing are examples.
Reporting is complicated and time consuming. Not simple and effecient at all.
There is not a central noting location and all cannot be viewed simply nor at the same time.

Pros

Easy to navigate, fast response and download time, very straight-forward.

Cons

Subscription cost has gone up. Sometimes on Chromebooks, charts do not load correctly.

Pros

I like that you can break down codes and see where the balances are coming from>

Cons

Not real user friendly can not enter payments if they are not exact to estimates

Pros

There can be so much information stored in the program, which is great if you know where to find it. The extra notes sections and flags are always so great to have and anyone can access them from any computer. The appointment book/scheduler is the perfect way for each member of staff to keep track of the day. I love being able to see when patients arrive, if they have been confirmed, if they are running late by just one quick glance at the schedule.

Cons

Sometimes when a patient chart is open from multiple monitors in the office, there will be a lag in updating the info. Sometimes notes or treatment will be added twice in this case.

Pros

I really like the abundance of features this software offers as well as the ease of use. Customer service is always quick to answer and walks you through your issues until you understand it.

Cons

I was not happy with the initial 20 hours of training. I feel it went at too fast of a pace and tried to cover too much in a short period of time. Not much time for questions.... Our rep did her best to get all answered for us, but there was a lot I had to learn on my own via video tutorials and customer service calls.

Pros

Ascend is very user friendly. Anyone can pick it up easily. It has excellent features for reporting as well as managing patient schedules and re-care.

Cons

You are not able to send e statements to patients, doctors aren't able to pull up images on the chart at the same time as the chart to see clinical notes and imaging/

Pros

includes text reminders, ability to see claims status and follow-ups with insurance, ledger activity and balance is staggered nicely, imaging function and treatment planning is awesome (can obtain bird's eye view from dental chart)

Cons

have experienced glitches and entire days where the software has been completely disabled; not everything saves instantly (has nothing to do with internet speed but speaks to the nature of cloud-based software and, by nature, the downfall of having an offsite server).

Pros

Easy to navigate.
You can get anywhere you need to go in the program from every screen, and each person can find the path that works best for them.
Makes tasks such as submitting insurance claims, signing charts, and treatment planning easy.

Cons

It is still growing, so some functions such as medical billing isn’t available yet, but Ascend is growing so quickly these things are being added.

Pros

Bouncing between separate offices is easy to work with, managing appointments, and using the ledger works great. Keeping track of family members, adding watched surfaces, and adding procedures is great to work with. X-ray features have improved over time

Cons

The overall interface of the clinical notes, charting and imaging is not user friendly. I've commented countless times about referencing the clinical notes with a patient in the chair is hard to use and hard to look back on old notes clicks around and x-ing out of boxes. The old dentrix note setup below the chart was much easier to use and made it much easier to refer to the chart in front of you. The image quality on xrays are ok, dexis is better than schick. Schick images are so bad I hardly consider them diagnostic. Dentrix and Schick both point the finger at each other and Dentrix answer is to use a twain device which looks like an interface from Windows '98 and is not user friendly or conducive to a fast working office.

Pros

I like how easy it is to find things. Everything I do can be easy and quick. Very Easy to explain to someone how to use it.

Cons

I do find that sometimes its hard to track who put in what when auditing but that's very minimal.

Pros

That it is cloud based. Can access from home.

Cons

Still need to add some features that regular dentrix has

Pros

We used Easy Dental before switching to this program and we love it!! So much easier to use!

Cons

Just getting to learn it at first since this is completely different then the program we came from but once we learned it and having multiple ways of getting to what you need is wonderful!

Pros

The speakers always carefully breakdown step by step process of how to use each feature.

Cons

nothing, so far everything seems very easy to use and understand

Pros

Cloud based. AMAZING customer service. Clean looking.

Cons

pretty large learning curve but works efficiently. Not perfect but they are always improving.

Pros

The customer support is great and prompt . Webinars are informative

Cons

I love everything about the software .

Pros

Cloud based software that is user friendly

Cons

No time clock
No auto text in Spanish/multiple languages

Pros

Finally ! No server, no networking, very intuitive!
Just getting over the transferring of x-ray into the new software and loving it !

Cons

Unable to transfer x-rays and scanned documents

Pros

The best thing is that this is a cloud based software. Charting is easy and saves time.

Cons

I dislike that the ucr is the fee shown in the ledger. They're are also simple features that are not available, such as making a claim EPSDT.

Pros

Ease of use and cloud based - I am able to manage clinical and administrative in one place.

Cons

It's a work in progress- The software has potential and requires patience

Pros

Easy navigation of the software makes learning how to use Ascend less frustrating.

Cons

I would like to have a monthly view. Also, when moving/rescheduling an appt., I would like to have somewhere to "put" the appt. instead of dragging it around. Not sure if that made sense.

Pros

Ease of use and easy to teach a staff member

Cons

sometimes slow but usually our server...would be good to know what are the best server and computer requirements.

Pros

The ease of seeing all offices for our centralization
line item accounting
love the dash board

Cons

the clinical notes and xrays and tx plan is not the same as dentrix

Pros

I love being able to log on from my 2 locations and being able to see the schedule from both offices

Cons

I would like to see improvements in the schedule view; better ledger breakdowns, statements. We're waiting for electronic health history forms