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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.
Fields, Data, and the Data Toolbar
Separating Fields

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

Separating Fields

About this task

When using fields within Letter Writer, most fields need to be separated with a space or paragraph. For example, if the following fields are inserted without spaces, as shown below...

<<Patient Demographics:Title > <<Patient Demographics:First Name > <<Patient Demographics:Surname

...the outcome would appear printed as...

MrsMaryBloggs

...rather than the desired effect of:

Mrs Mary Bloggs

Procedure

To add a space between fields, position the cursor between the fields ( >>|<< ) and press the spacebar. While the cursor is within the field it has a grey background highlight. If the spacebar is pressed while the cursor is inside a field code, a space is inserted in the next available position after the current field code.