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Administration
Set up Clinical, manage configuration, user records, updates, back ups and other maintenance.
Custom Options
Clinical provides numerous user-definable options for tailoring the program to your requirements.
Print Options
Use the print options to configure the program's printing behavior to best suit your hardware.
Drug Sheet
Adjusts the layout, positioning and alignment of items printed on a practitioner's drug sheet.

Administration
Set up Clinical, manage configuration, user records, updates, back ups and other maintenance.
- Installing, Modifying, or Uninstalling Clinical/
  Install Clinical/ and its related components with the Installation Wizard.
- Installing Clinical, Pracsoft, and MDref Updates Automatically
  Update Clinical, Pracsoft, or MDref without monitoring the Installation Wizard or intervening directly.
- Upgrading Clinical
  Upgrade the server and workstations that run Clinical.
- Installing or Upgrading SQL Server
  Install SQL Server or upgrade your existing SQL Server installation.
- Adding your Licence Details
  After installing Clinical, or if you renew your Service-Level Agreement (SLA) with MedicalDirector, enter your licence details.
- Maintenance
  Use update, backup and restore and other maintenance utilities to manage MedicalDirector Clinical .
- 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.
  - Clinical Options
  - Device Options
  - Drug / Patient Support Options
  - Examination Options
  - General Options
  - History Options
  - Investigations Options
  - Links Options
  - Lists Options
  - Network Options
  - Practice Options
  - Prescribing Options
  - Print Options
    Use the print options to configure the program's printing behavior to best suit your hardware.
    - Printer Setup
      Set up your printers to print on prescription forms, pathology and imaging forms and so on, or for plain paper printing
    - Script Setup
      Adjusts the positioning and alignment of items printed on a prescription.
    - Drug Sheet
      Adjusts the layout, positioning and alignment of items printed on a practitioner's drug sheet.
    - Imaging
      Defines the layout and alignment of medical imaging request forms for each medical imaging provider in the address book.
    - Requests
      Customise the print options for pathology request forms, such as setting default paper size, adjusting margins, setting the orientation and printing a barcode or patient's file number.
    - Recall Sheet
      Sets the required columns to be displayed on the printed Recall sheet.
    - Other Print Options
      Configure the Mail Merge Description box and Queensland Workers Compensation Certificate print window.
  - Progress Notes Options
    Customise options for recording of Progress Notes.
  - Prompt/Preventive Health Options
  - RSD (Referral, Status and Discharge) Options
- MyMedicare Import Wizard
  Update the MyMedicare status of your Clinical and Pracsoft patients.
- Telehealth Widget
  Use the Telehealth widget for Telehealth consults with patients.
- Adding New Widgets
  Add new widgets from the widget store.
- eHealth
  Summarises Clinical's support for eHealth.
- Healthcare Identifier Service
  The Healthcare Identifier Service (HI Service) issues unique IDs to healthcare providers and individuals who seek healthcare.
- Technical Reference
  Technical reference information for Clinical.
- 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
  Log information about the way people at your practice use Clinical.
- 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 SQL Server
  Both Clinical and Pracsoft use Microsoft SQL databases. Clinical and Pracsoft require two SQL Server instances.
- 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
  Set up an FTP client application for downloading data.
- IP and Host Name Resolution Requirements for MedicalDirector Communication Services
  Set up MedicalDirector Communication Services so multiple users can record progress notes simultaneously.
- Setting Folder Permissions

Drug Sheet

Adjusts the layout, positioning and alignment of items printed on a practitioner's drug sheet.

Before you begin

Permissions:

Options Editing

For more information, refer to User Permissions.

About this task

Use the Drug sheet tab in the Print Options window to adjust the print settings for the drug sheet.

Procedure

To set up print options for the drug sheet:

From the MedicalDirector Clinical Homepage, select Tools > Print Options.
In the Print Options tab, select the Drug Sheet tab.
On the Drug sheet tab, edit the following settings as appropriate:
- Font settings - change the font and size for the header and body. Changing these settings may cause items to overlap or display incorrectly due to differences in letter size and spacing of different fonts.
- Layout Adjustments - modify the position of the patient's details, doctor's name and other information on the drug sheet. Most printers have a non-printable area or margin, typically between 5 and 20 mm. If you notice text cropping, adjust the positioning that you want.
  Note:
  Measurements are in millimeters (mm).
- Photo Size (width, height) - changes the default dimensions (width and height) of the photo. For more information, refer to Patient Photographic Identification.
Note:
If you enter 0 in both the From Left and From Top fields, the relevant entry will not be printed on the drug sheet.
Click Save.

Results

Print settings for a drug sheet are saved and will be applied to all future printouts.

17 August 2026