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NexHealth Integration: Booked By Phone, Written Straight Into Your Practice System

Abby's AI Receptionist answers 24/7, offers real openings from your live NexHealth availability, and books the patient in while they're on the line. Because NexHealth sits in front of Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Denticon, and the other systems it connects, the appointment shows up where your team already schedules, and NexHealth sends its usual confirmation and reminders.

Booked In NexHealth, Sitting In Dentrix By 7:51

ABBY PORTAL · CALL SUMMARY
ANSWERED BY ABBY · 7:48 AM
Greta Halvorsen
(612) 555-0158 · 3 min · Existing patient
Cleaning before her trip on the 22nd · matched by phone number · booked Thursday 1:30 PM with Marisa (hygiene) from live NexHealth openings; note added.
Hygiene bookedNexHealth confirmation sent
NEXHEALTH · PATIENT
PatientGreta Halvorsen
Phone(612) 555-0158
UpcomingThu 1:30 PM · Hygiene · Marisa, RDH · Op 3 · booked by Abby
Written toDentrix · appointment created 7:50 AM
ConfirmationText sent by NexHealth · 7:51 AM
NoteTraveling the 22nd

Greta Halvorsen calls at 7:48 AM, twenty minutes before your office opens, because she leaves on a trip on the 22nd and wants her cleaning done before she goes. Abby's AI Receptionist matches her to her patient record by phone number, checks your live NexHealth availability for hygiene, and offers Thursday at 1:30 PM with Marisa. She takes it.

By 7:51 the appointment is in your Dentrix schedule in operatory 3, NexHealth has texted Greta the confirmation, and "traveling the 22nd" is on the appointment note. Your front desk arrives to a fuller Thursday and a call summary in the Abby portal, not a voicemail to return. Nothing in her chart was opened; Abby worked with the schedule and her contact details.

One Front Door For Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, And More

NexHealth's whole purpose is to sit in front of the practice management systems dentists and physicians actually run: Dentrix, Dentrix Enterprise, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Denticon, Curve, and on the medical side athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, ModMed, and NextGen Office. If your practice already uses NexHealth, Abby books through it, and the appointment lands in whichever system your team lives in, without anyone re-keying it.

Moves and cancellations work the same way: the AI Receptionist finds the patient's upcoming appointment, moves it to an opening they pick or cancels it per your rules, and a short note from the call rides along on the appointment. Onboarding confirms with you which of these your particular practice system supports through NexHealth. Want a person on the line for some calls? Abby's live US-based receptionists are on the same plan to answer, screen, and take messages for your front desk. The virtual receptionist for NexHealth doing the booking, moving, and cancelling is the AI Receptionist, around the clock.

A Practice Day, Written Into The Schedule Call By Call

7:48 AM
Before opening, an existing patient calls for a cleaning. The AI Receptionist matches her by phone number, offers real openings from NexHealth, and books Thursday 1:30 PM; the appointment appears in Dentrix and NexHealth texts the confirmation.
9:35 AM
A new patient calls while both front-desk staff are checking people in. Abby creates the patient record with name, phone, email, and date of birth and books a new-patient exam at the location she asked for.
12:10 PM
Lunch: a patient needs to move Monday's crown seat. The AI Receptionist finds the appointment, offers the openings that exist, and moves it to Wednesday 3:00; NexHealth sends the updated confirmation.
2:22 PM
A caller with a toothache asks what's open today. Abby offers the 4:10 opening a cancellation created an hour ago and books it as an emergency exam with "lower left, since Sunday" in the note.
6:47 PM
After hours, a patient cancels Friday. The cancellation is recorded per your rules, the time is free for the next caller, and the call summary is in your portal for the morning.

Practices That Schedule Through NexHealth

Dental offices on Dentrix or EaglesoftYour schedule lives in the practice system; NexHealth exposes it. Abby's AI Receptionist books hygiene, exams, and emergencies from real openings, and the appointment is in the operatory column your team looks at.
Groups on Open Dental, Denticon, or CurveSeveral offices, several systems, one NexHealth account. Callers are booked at the location they want, and each booking lands in that location's own practice system.
Medical practices NexHealth connectsPractices on athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, ModMed, or NextGen Office get the same result: a phone booking written into the schedule their staff already work from.
Confirmations you don't have to sendNexHealth sends its usual confirmation and reminders for a phone booking, so a patient booked by Abby at 9 PM gets the same text a web booking would.

How It Works

Onboarding connects Abby to your existing NexHealth account and agrees which appointment types, providers, operatories, and locations the AI Receptionist may book.
Abby answers in your practice's name, 24/7, offers real openings from your live NexHealth availability, and books, moves, or cancels while the patient is on the line.
NexHealth writes the appointment into your practice system (Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Denticon, and the rest) and sends its usual confirmation and reminders; the call summary lands in your Abby portal.

FAQs

Can Abby's AI receptionist book appointments in NexHealth?
Yes. Abby's AI Receptionist offers real openings from your live NexHealth availability and books the appointment while the patient is on the line; NexHealth writes it into your practice management system and sends its usual confirmation and reminders.
Can Abby reschedule or cancel an appointment through NexHealth?
Yes. The AI Receptionist finds the patient's upcoming appointment, moves it to a new opening the patient picks or cancels it per your cancellation rules, and NexHealth sends the updated notice. Onboarding confirms which of these your particular practice system supports through NexHealth.
What if the caller already has an appointment booked?
Abby finds the existing appointment in NexHealth by the patient's phone number or name, reads the time back to them, and changes it if that's what they need.
Which AI receptionist or answering service works with NexHealth?
Abby: an AI receptionist for dental and medical practices on NexHealth, and a NexHealth answering service with live US-based receptionists on the same plan. The AI Receptionist is what books into NexHealth; the live receptionists handle the calls you want a person to answer, screen, or take a message on.
Does this work with Dentrix, Eaglesoft, or Open Dental?
Yes, through NexHealth. If your practice uses NexHealth in front of Dentrix, Dentrix Enterprise, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Denticon, Curve, or one of the medical systems it connects (athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, ModMed, NextGen Office), Abby's bookings land in that system. Abby never opens the patient's chart; scheduling and contact details only.
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