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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
Exporting Address Book Data

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
  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.
- 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 Address Book Data

Before you begin

Procedure

Locate and double-click the MedicalDirector Maintenance icon on your desktop. The MedicalDirector Maintenance window appears.
Select the Database Tasks > Common menu item.
Double-click

If this is the first time you have tried to access Import/Export during this session of working in MedicalDirector Maintenance, you will be prompted to select a Configuration, and enter your Username and Password.
The Import/Export Wizard appears.
Click

to continue.
Select the Export option and click

to continue.
The Data Type window is displayed. Select the Address Book option and click Next to continue.
The Format window is displayed.
- To add a file format, click Add.
- To modify a file format, select the format and click Modify. Note that you cannot modify any of the supplied formats - if the supplied formats don't suit your requirements, you can create a new format instead.
- To delete a file format, select the file to delete and click Delete. Note that you cannot delete any of the supplied formats.
When adding or modifying the file format, the Format window is displayed. Enter a name for the file format.
- You also have the opportunity to Add a new file format or modify an existing one.
The Select Addresses window is displayed. Enter a Search criteria for the file format.
- Click Select all to select all available names and categories, or
- Click Next to continue. The Export File window is displayed.
Accept or change the file name using

Click Next to continue.
The Exporting Data processing begins. You will be notified upon completion. Click Finish to exit the export process.

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