GET/POST/PUT Appointments - Patterns for both dentist and hygienist?

[rinse-dental]

Requesting you mimic the windows client and allow get/post/put of dentist and hygienist patterns. Post/put as optional field.
Also requesting get/post/put of assistant assignment.

Two issues we're working to resolve:
1. More accurate staff assignment to a given appointment. Today, a user books a visit online and 'X' represents the primary provider. In the case of a New Patient visit, we use /XXXX/ and X is then assigned to the dentist. On the windows client a team member then has to reassign the pattern so that the dentist is ////X/ and the hygienist is /XXX//. We'd prefer to avoid this manual step and make this assignment when posting the appointment via the API.

2. More sophisticated online availability. By comparing patterns assigned to both the dentist and hygienist against blockouts and schedules, we'd like to be more precise with how we present availability for online bookings.

Thank you!

[DerekR]

Good Morning rinse-dental,

Adding PatternSecondary to the API Appointments resource, and allowing it to be set in Appointments POST / PUT has been added to our development list.

Thanks!

[JTS]

Good morning, we have completed this feature request.

Starting in version 23.3.17, PatternSecondary can be set as part of Appointments POST and PUT. It will also be visible in the appointments returned by Appointments GET and POST.
For more information, please see https://www.opendental.com/site/apiappointments.html

[Jackwill]

Hello everyone,

I’m currently exploring how dental practices manage online appointment scheduling when both dentists and hygienists are involved. I’m particularly interested in how appointment patterns, provider assignments, and availability are handled through APIs.

For those working with similar systems, how do you manage provider-specific appointment patterns and availability while keeping the booking process flexible? I’d be interested to hear how others approach this.