Installing MedicalDirector Clinical/Pracsoft for the First Time

Clinical and Pracsoft are client-server applications. Computers are assigned different roles that determine how the computer behaves in a Clinical/Pracsoft installation.

In typical multi-user practices, one computer is assigned the Server role and the others are assigned the Workstatios role. ClinicalPracsoft share a patient database that resides on the Server and is shared with the connected Workstations.

Alternatively, the Clinical and Pracsoft applications and the Server components can be installed on a single computer. In this configuration, the computer has the Standalone role.

Laptops can be set up for use outside the practice network, for example, for Nursing Home visits. These laptops are assigned the Mobile role. A Mobile acts as a Workstation when it isconnected to the practice network and and as a Standalone when it is not connected.