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Correspondence
Work with documents, letters, and images, whether created in Clinical, imported or scanned into Clinical, or received or sent via communications services such as email, SMS and MDExchange.
Letter Writer
Use the letter writer to compose patient letters and other documentation.
Creating and Editing Letters

Correspondence
Work with documents, letters, and images, whether created in Clinical, imported or scanned into Clinical, or received or sent via communications services such as email, SMS and MDExchange.
- Communications
  Clinical has multiple communications functions that facilitate and record communications with patients, within the practice, and with other medical professionals and healthcare providers.
- Address Book
- CDA Documents
- CDA Viewer
- Messenger
  Messenger is a built-in text-based messaging utility, allowing users to communicate instantly with all staff members and practitioners on the practice network.
- Email
  Send email from within a patient's record.
- Filtering/Searching Correspondence Records
- HealthLink
- Importing ECGs into Clinical (FAQs)
  Import electronic copies of ECGs into Clinical
- Letter Writer
  Use the letter writer to compose patient letters and other documentation.
  - Auto Text
  - Bullets and Numbering
  - Creating and Editing Letters
    - Correcting and Deleting Content (Letter Writer)
    - Creating CDA e-Health Documents
      CDA documents can be shared between registered practitioners via systems such as MDExchange and My Health Record.
    - Editing Letter Details
    - Insert and Overtype Mode
    - Moving and Copying Text
    - Moving the Cursor
    - Paragraph and Page Breaks
    - Selecting Text
    - Undo and Redo
    - Views and Zoom
  - Deleting Letters
  - Exporting Letters
  - Fields, Data, and the Data Toolbar
  - Formatting Paragraphs
  - Formatting Text
  - Headers and Footers
    Customise the headers and footers for your letters.
  - Inserting Other Content into a Letter
  - Inserting Other Files into a Letter
  - Labels
  - Letterheads
  - Mail Merge
  - Opening Letters
  - Page Numbering
    Add page numbering to letters.
  - Preferences (Letter Writer)
  - Printing Letters
  - Saving Letters
  - Spell Check
  - Styles
  - Tables
  - Tabs
  - Templates
  - Thesaurus
- Page Setup
- MDExchange
  MDExchange is a system and subscriber service for the rapid and secure electronic transmission of communications between medical professionals in MedicalDirector 3.7 and later.
- MedicalDirector Cover
- My Health Record
  Access a patient's My Health Record from a patient's clinical record.
- Correspondence Permissions
- SMS Reminders - About and Registration
- Documents

Creating and Editing Letters

Before you begin

(from within Letter Writer)

Ctrl + N

File > New (from within Letter Writer)

Letters are created and edited with the Letter Writer.

Procedure

Open the Letter Writer by either:
- Selecting Tools > Letter Writer from the Clinical front screen,
- Pressing F8,
- Clicking on the tool bar within the patient's Clinical Window,
- Selecting the Letters tab within the patient's Clinical Window, and clicking the button,
- Selecting the Letters tab within the patient's Clinical Window, and clicking Add.
- Selecting the Correspondence tab within the patient's Clinical Window, clicking Add, and selecting Letter from the menu that appears..
Within Letter Writer, to create a new letter either;
- Click on the tool bar, or
- Select File > New, or
- Press CTRL+N
The New window appears.
Double-click the template you wish to base the new letter on, or create a new template by selecting Blank Template. Alternatively you can search for a template using the box provided.
See Letter Writer for more information about creating and editing letters.

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