Assistant
Assistant
One configured voice agent: greeting, voice, capabilities, and knowledge base. A phone number points at exactly one assistant. See Assistants.
Capability
Capability
A per-assistant switch for one thing the agent can do: book, cancel, transfer, quote a balance. A capability that is off means the agent has no tool for it.
Confirmation status
Confirmation status
Whether a patient has confirmed an appointment, separate from the appointment’s own status. Set when a patient replies to a reminder, and written back to your PMS.
Follow-up
Follow-up
A call that left something for a person to do. Lives in Follow-ups, where it is claimed, assigned, and closed.
Feature flag
Feature flag
A per-practice switch for a whole product area: Referrals, Waitlist, Reports. A section you do not see in the sidebar is a feature that is not enabled for your practice.
Huddle
Huddle
One day’s schedule with what each patient still needs, for the morning meeting. See Huddle.
Intake
Intake
A new patient the agent registered over the phone. See Intakes.
MRN
MRN
Medical record number: the patient’s identifier in your PMS. Use it instead of a name when writing anything that leaves the practice.
Operatory
Operatory
The room an appointment is booked into. Comes from your PMS, and constrains what the agent can offer.
PHI
PHI
Protected health information: anything identifying a patient in a health context. Names, dates of birth, phone numbers, addresses, and record numbers. See Patient privacy.
PMS
PMS
Practice management system: Open Dental, Dentrix, ModMed, and so on. The source of truth for patients and the schedule.
Referral
Referral
A patient sent to you by another practice, extracted from an inbound fax or email. See Referrals.
Remittance
Remittance
A payer’s explanation of what a payment covered. Matched against your claims in Remittances.
Scheduling widget
Scheduling widget
The booking widget you embed on your website. See the developer docs.
Transfer
Transfer
Handing a call to a person, per your call routing rules. Warm announces the call first; blind connects directly.
Verification
Verification
An eligibility check with a payer: is this coverage active, and what does it cover. See Verifications.
Waitlist
Waitlist
Patients waiting for an earlier slot, texted when a matching one opens. See Waitlist.