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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.
Backup and Restore
The MedicalDirector Backup and Restore utilities backup and restore Clinical and Pracsoft.
Backup and Restore with the Backup and Restore Utilities
Use Clinical's Backup utility to backup your practice's data.
Creating a Batch File to Run a Backup

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.
    - Backup and Restore with the Backup and Restore Utilities
      Use Clinical's Backup utility to backup your practice's data.
      - Backup with the Backup Utilities
      - Preparing a Command Line Backup
      - Creating a Batch File to Run a Backup
      - Delete Existing Configurations
      - Scheduling Backups
        To schedule backups with the Backup utility, you must have an understanding of the Backups utility and how to perform a standard backup.
      - Restore with the Restore Utilities
    - Backup and Restore with SQL Server Management Studio
  - 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.
- 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

Creating a Batch File to Run a Backup

Before you begin

Use this procedure to perform a backup as part of a larger custom process, for example, if you want to perform other procedures as well as a backup. The steps below are for Windows 7. The steps for other operating systems can vary.

To create a batch file to run a backup:

Procedure

Click the Windows Start button.
Type Notepad. The Notepad application will appear in the list of available programs.
Click Notepad. The Notepad window is displayed.
Paste or enter the full path to the configuration file, for example, C:\Program Files\Health Communication Network\Common\HcnBackupCmd.exe" -C"C:\HCN\Configurations\HCN Live Data.BCF.
Select File > Save As. The Save As window is displayed.
Select the location to create the batch file in the Save in field.
Enter the file name followed by the text.bat in the File name field. For example, HcnBackups.bat.
Select All Files from the Save as type field and click Save.
Configurations (Backup) for Clinical/Pracsoft

The settings you select for the tabs within the MedicalDirector Backup utility can be saved as a configuration, giving you the opportunity to quickly load and initiate different backup configurations when necessary. Configurations are managed via the New, Open, and Save buttons at the top of the MedicalDirector Backup utility window. Upon opening the MedicalDirector Backup utility, the settings for the last configuration used will be selected automatically.
- Create a new configuration by clicking New. This action clears the settings from each tab.
- Load a saved configuration by clicking Open
- Save a configuration by clicking Save. It is recommended that you give the configuration file a name that represents the settings you have selected.
  Click Detect to have the utility attempt to automatically determine and configure many of the settings available, including such things as your server name and available databases.

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