We’re a 5‑doctor clinic with 10‑minute nurse slots, and I’m trying to streamline how assistants see what’s next — do you get better results from a big magnetic whiteboard with color tags, or a tablet/TV that pulls from the appointment scheduler and updates in real time? If you’ve paired it with a specific tool (e.g., water‑resistant tablet, label printer for cage cards), what brand/setup has held up in a wet, hairy room?
We mounted a 32-inch TV that pulls the schedule via a Raspberry Pi browser so it ‘updates in real time,’ color-coded by doctor with a simple Now/Next column — much faster than chasing magnets. Paired with a Zebra ZD410 for cage cards, and a mini whiteboard as downtime backup because paper never needs Wi-Fi. If you pilot it for a week, want me to share the CSS we used to make the scheduler legible from 10 ft?
Hybrid’s been best for us: TV shows the live schedule, and each room has a water-resistant 8-inch tablet with three big buttons (Done / Needs DVM / Waiting on Labs) that writes to a shared sheet; a Brother QL-810W spits cage cards on the way past. @awillis89’s real-time feed is great, but add a 2-minute offline cache so a Wi-Fi hiccup doesn’t derail your 10-minute nurse slots. Want the button template?
We use NFC door stickers; phones update a shared board — great for ‘10‑minute nurse slots’ — backup mini whiteboard for outages.
Piggybacking on @jreed49: we have the RDH drop a non‑billable “HYGCHK” into the doctor’s column 6 minutes before polish so it blocks the doc, and checks land like planes instead of a swarm. Are you on a 5‑minute grid in Open Dental?