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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
Maintenance Tasks
Network Settings
Use the Network Settings utility in MedicalDirector Maintenance to record your proxy settings. Clinical and Pracsoft will then refer to these settings for any components that require them.

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.
  - 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
    - Clinical Database Tasks
    - Maintenance Tasks
      - Internet Links
        From within MedicalDirector Maintenance you can quickly access links to numerous MedicalDirector Corporate and product web pages.
      - Logs
        View application logs.
      - Messaging Setup
        The Messaging Setup utility is used by MedicalDirector Support staff to configure settings for Surgical Partners integration with Pracsoft 3.17 and earlier.
      - Network Settings
        Use the Network Settings utility in MedicalDirector Maintenance to record your proxy settings. Clinical and Pracsoft will then refer to these settings for any components that require them.
      - Schema Update
        The schema is essentially a set of instructions your database uses in order to manage data.
      - System Configuration
        Manage database configurations.
      - System Report
  - 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.

Network Settings

Use the Network Settings utility in MedicalDirector Maintenance to record your proxy settings. Clinical and Pracsoft will then refer to these settings for any components that require them.

Before you begin

There are a number of components within MedicalDirector applications that require an active Internet connection, including:

MDExchange
Medicare Easyclaim
Medicare Online
My Health Record
SMS Scheduler
Surgical Partners

If you connect to a proxy server on your network in order to access the Internet, you will need to configure MedicalDirector Clinical / Pracsoft with your proxy settings to use the aforementioned functionality. Furthermore, each of these components requires that you record your proxy settings into a different location within MD/PS. Hence if your proxy server changes, you would potentially have to update these settings multiple times.

The Network Settings window allows you to record your proxy server settings for accessing the Internet, which may be required for you to access the My Health Record of a patient via Clinical. Please consult your System Administrator is you require assistance with this configuration.

Procedure

Locate and double-click the MedicalDirector Maintenance icon on your desktop. The MedicalDirector Maintenance window appears.
Select the Maintenance Tasks > Common menu item.
Double-click Network Settings. If this is the first time you have tried to run the Network Settings utility during this session of working in MedicalDirector Maintenance, you will be prompted to select a Configuration, and enter your Username and Password.
The Network Settings appears. If you use a proxy server to access the Internet set Use custom proxy settings and enter your server's details. Please consult your System Administrator if you require assistance with this.
Click Test Connection to test your computer's connectivity, based on the settings you have provided. You will be prompted as to the success of the test.
Upon a successful connection, click OK to save the details and close the window.

Results