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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.
Maintenance Utilities
Database Tasks
Importing and Exporting
Exporting from Clinical/Pracsoft

Administration
Set up Clinical, manage configuration, user records, updates, back ups and other maintenance.
- Installing or Modifying Clinical
  Install Clinical and its related components using the MedicalDirector Installation Wizard.
- Installing Clinical, Pracsoft, and MDref Updates Automatically
- Adding your Licence Details
  After installing Clinical, or if you renew your Service-Level Agreement (SLA) with MedicalDirector, you will be required to enter your licence details.
- 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.
  - 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
    - Database Tasks
      - Communication Services
      - Data Integrity Check
      - Database Properties
        You can access information about the Clinical Server computer and the databases that reside on it.
      - HealthLink
        Theoretically, HealthLink functionality in Clinical requires no configuration - simply installing HealthLink's HMS Client software from HealthLink should be sufficient.
      - Importing and Exporting
        Importing into Clinical/Pracsoft
        Exporting from Clinical/Pracsoft
        Customised File Formats
        Create customised file formats for exporting Address Book or Demographic data.
        Exporting Address Book Data
        Exporting Clinical Data
        Exporting Demographic Data
        Export patients' demographic data from Clinical if required.
      - Licence Details
        After installing Clinical or if you renew your Service-Level Agreement (SLA) with MedicalDirector, you will be required to enter your licence details.
      - Merged Patients
      - Messenger in Maintenance
        Messenger provides instant messaging between users on your network.
      - Patient Reviver
        Use the Patient Reviver utility to restore patient records that have previously been marked as Deceased or Deleted.
      - Patients Manager
      - Settings Manager
        The Settings Manager allows you to copy a variety of settings for Pracsoft between Users and/or Computers.
    - Clinical Database Tasks
    - Maintenance Tasks
  - Reference Information
- Managing Practitioner and User Records
  Each user must be defined in MedicalDirector Clinical's user database.
- Custom Options
  Clinical provides numerous user-definable options for tailoring the program to your requirements.
- MyMedicare Import Wizard
  Update the MyMedicare status of your Clinical and Pracsoft patients.
- 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.
- Technical Reference
- Clinical System Requirements
  Minimum requirements for computers on which Clinical is installed.
- Moving Data to a New Server
  Move your MedicalDirector Clinical data to a new server and configure the workstations.
- Auditing User Access with MDTrace Log
- Modifying Current Installations
- Patient Database Clean-up Tips
  If your practice has just migrated to MedicalDirector Clinical or you have merged patient databases you should clean up your patient database.
- Upgrading MedicalDirector Clinical
- Business Transition Guide
  Relocating your Practice or making significant changes to your Business practices can be challenging enough without adding complications from the software your business uses.
- FTP and MedicalDirector
- IP and Host Name Resolution Requirements for MedicalDirector Communication Services
- Setting Folder Permissions

Exporting from Clinical/Pracsoft

The procedures for importing Address Book, Patient Demographic data or Patient Clinical data whilst similar, have subtle differences.