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  2. 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.

  3. Letter Writer

    Use the letter writer to compose patient letters and other documentation.

  4. Creating and Editing Letters

  5. Templates

  6. Summary, Supplied, and User-Defined Templates

    Clinical is provided with predefined templates.

  7. eHealth

  • 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

      Submit HealthLink forms from the HealthLink tab of the patient's record.

    • 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.

      • Opening Letters

      • Creating and Editing Letters

        • Auto Text

          Use Auto Text to quickly insert bodies of text into a letter using a single keyword or phrase.

        • 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

        • Correcting and Deleting Content (Letter Writer)

        • Insert and Overtype Mode

        • Moving and Copying Text

        • Moving the Cursor

        • Paragraph and Page Breaks

        • Selecting Text

        • Undo and Redo

        • Views and Zoom

        • Bullets and Numbering

        • 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

        • Letterheads

        • Inserting Other Files into a Letter

        • Page Numbering

          Add page numbering to letters.

        • Preferences (Letter Writer)

        • Spell Check

        • Styles

        • Tables

        • Tabs

        • Templates

          • Creating and Modifying Templates

          • Deleting Templates

          • Importing Templates

          • Renaming Templates

          • Saving Templates

          • Summary, Supplied, and User-Defined Templates

            Clinical is provided with predefined templates.

            • Summary Templates

            • Supplied Templates

            • User-defined Templates

            • eHealth

            • Workers' Compensation Medical Certificate

              The Workers' Compensation Medical Certificate is available Australia-wide, regardless of your practice's location.

          • Using Templates

        • Thesaurus

      • Saving Letters

      • Mail Merge

      • Exporting Letters

      • Deleting Letters

      • Printing Letters

      • Printing Labels

        Print labels for affixing to letters.

    • 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

eHealth

Clinical's support for eHealth includes:
  • ePrescribing and eRx Script Exchange
  • My Health Record Audit and Medications
  • Practice Incentives Program (PIP) eHealth Incentive
  • Telehealth
Related information
  • CDA Documents
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