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Is there a way to export an electronic copy of a COMPLETE AND ENTIRE patient chart in HTML or PDF format? I can't seem to get imported files, health maintenance records, problem lists, medication records, and a number of other items to export. So far I have only the summary and individual office visit records exported.
Thanks,
Michael Jennings

one way to quickly copy all imported items for a patient is to go the "main computer" or "server", open the AC main folder, the go to Imported Items folder, then look up the folder that corresponds to the patient's 4 digit ID number.
Then open that folder, select all, copy and burn to a CD/thumb drive/email/or print to paper. BE VERY CAREFUL DOING THIS. You don't want to delete any files from here, or rename any files from here. YOu will screw up the database log and AC won't be able to "see" these files if you change anything.

The other option within the AC program is to open Imported Items for that patient, then select each individual imported item, print to paper or print to Adobe. If you print to Adobe you can save each to your desktop, then save all these files to a CD/thumb drive/email, etc.

However I don't know any easy way within the AC program to print all PDF's in imported items to paper or Adobe.

What I think would be most helpful, and I really do not see why it would be hard to do is, when you open a patient's II, go to "file", then select "Print All Imported Items", you would get a choice of where to print them, just like you do when you print any other document. Now they automatically load into Adobe reader and you have to print, fax or whatever each one from those windows. I see no reason why they could not go directly to your selected printer or to your fax server or to a CD burner file

Thanks for the suggestions.
Any thoughts on extracting the other elements of the patient chart?
If a subpoena demands the ENTIRE record, how can I produce EVERYTHING that is available when viewing the patient record on my computer?
MICHAEL JENNINGS

You have quite a few choices in AC
1. When you open AC , right click on the patient's name and drill down to PRINT FORMAL HEALTH RECORD or PRINT NOTES AND LETTER
2. You can go to patient SUMMARY and each section has a PRINT button
I choose to go to the summary button and print to ADOBE in PDF and using the COMBINE feature of Adobe pro, I combine all the PDF files .
For the progress notes I choose the PRINT NOTES AND LETTER .
Once you have combined the PDF files, give it a new name and you can review your PDF file and delete whatever page you feel is not needed and SAVE the PDF file.
Hope this helps
Grenville