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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.
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Scanning Documents Externally to Clinical

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

Scanning Documents Externally to Clinical

All third-party scanners provide the functionality to scan and save the file to the computer. It is advised that you create a central folder to store these scanned items, which can be set within your scanner software settings. Consult your Systems Administrator about how to set the scanner settings, and how to scan within your scanning software.

Recommended file storage locations include:

Desktop
My Documents
Shared Documents (to cater for multiple users scanning)

Recommended file formats:

PDF
TIFF

Scanning Documents Within Clinical - there are a number of places from which information can be scanned into Clinical:

Via the Correspondence tab, Results tab, Letters tab and Documents tab within the patient's Clinical Window.
Via the Holding File.
Via the Scan/Import Correspondence window.

The scanning utility is available to different user types, based on the following rules.


Scan via the...	Doctor	Nurse	User (Full Access)	User (Limited Access)	User (Basic Access)
Clinical window
Actioned Items window
Holding File
Scan/Import Correspondence window

See also Document Management Scenarios.