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Administration
Set up Clinical, manage configuration, user records, updates, back ups and other maintenance.
Maintenance
Use update, backup and restore and other maintenance utilities to manage MedicalDirector Clinical.
MedicalDirector Automatic Updates
Automatically download incremental updates for Clinical, Pracsoft, and Bluechip.
Automatically Updating MDref and Ancillary Content
MedicalDirector periodically releases updates to content for MedicalDirector Clinical.
Installing MDref Updates on the Workstation
Automatic Updates

Administration
Set up Clinical, manage configuration, user records, updates, back ups and other maintenance.
- Maintenance
  Use update, backup and restore and other maintenance utilities to manage MedicalDirector Clinical.
  - MedicalDirector Automatic Updates
    Automatically download incremental updates for Clinical, Pracsoft, and Bluechip.
    - How Automatic Update Works
    - Configuring Automatic Updates on the Server
      The following information describes the process for configuring your server computer such that it detects, downloads, and installs MDref package updates automatically.
    - Using MedicalDirector Automatic Update
    - Automatically Updating MDref and Ancillary Content
      MedicalDirector periodically releases updates to content for MedicalDirector Clinical.
      - Installing MDref Updates on the Workstation
        Automatic Updates
        Manual Updates
        Ideally, it should not be necessary for you to perform a manual update of MDref content to your workstation computers, this content can be updated automatically.
    - Connectivity Test
      Check your connectivity with MedicalDirector's servers before running an update.
    - Service Improvement Program
  - Backup and Restore
    The MedicalDirector Backup and Restore utilities backup and restore Clinical and Pracsoft.
  - Maintenance and Recovery Planning For Your System
    Your practice is responsible for protecting its own data files. If this process fails, your financial and clinical records can be lost.
  - Maintenance Utilities
  - Reference Information
- Managing Practitioner and User Records
  Each user must be defined in MedicalDirector Clinical's user database.
- Customisation Options
  Clinical provides numerous user-definable options for tailoring the program to your requirements.
- MyMedicare Import Wizard
  Use the MyMedicare Import Wizard to update the MyMedicare status of all your Clinical and Pracsoft patients simultaneously.
- Telehealth Widget
- Adding New Widgets
  Add new widgets from the widget store.
- eHealth
- Medicare Healthcare Identifier Service
  The Healthcare Identifier Service (HI Service) uniquely identifies healthcare providers and individuals who seek healthcare.
- HESA PKI Certificates
- Technical Reference
- Clinical System Requirements
  This information applies to MedicalDirector Clinical 4.3.

Automatic Updates

Medications Data: Provided the MDref update has been installed to your server computer, the updated medications database will automatically be available to all workstation computers running Clinical. No further action is required on the part of the user.

Other Content: Other content is updated automatically, as required. For example, if a user accesses Product Information on their workstation, Clinical will perform a check to determine if an update to Product Information is available on the server, and if one is available it will be transferred to the workstation and installed automatically – no further action on behalf of the user is required. The user will be prompted of this process, as shown in the following example: