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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.
Filtering/Searching Correspondence Records
Managing the Notation Filter

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.
- 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

Managing the Notation Filter

Data displayed in the notation column of the Actioned Items window is sourced from recordings made via the Action window (available from the Holding File or from within the patient's record).

You can filter records in the Actioned Items window by 'notation'. For example:

The left-hand image below shows the Action window. Note the list of notations available to select from, located at the bottom-left of this window. The items in blue are supplied by MedicalDirector. Items in black were added by users.
The right-hand image is taken from the Actioned Items window - we've clicked the

button to reveal a list of filter options for filtering the Notation column. This list shows the various notations used when recording actions. Note that there is an extra entry in this list for 'Phone'. If an entry like this exists in the Notation column, but a corresponding entry doesn't exist in the Action window, it's because the user didn't click

when they first recorded it in the Action window. In other words, their notation was created ad-hoc - not also simultaneously added to the list of available notations to select from later (by clicking

).