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Set up and manageBluechip.
File Formats for Import and Export
File formats for importing and exporting data.
Patients.Out
Legacy format for exporting information.

Administration
Set up and manageBluechip.
- Bluechip System Requirements
  This information applies to Bluechip 4.2.
- Bluechip Installation
  About installing Bluechip.
- Performing a Silent Installation of Bluechip
  A silent installation involves installing Bluechip onto multiple workstations simultaneously, and is typically initiated after-hours, unattended.
- Automatic Updates
  MedicalDirector periodically releases updates to content.
- Upgrading Bluechip
  Preparing to update your Bluechip installation.
- Backup and Restore
- Routine Tasks in Bluechip
  Routine tasks ensure your business's financial data is accurate.
- Settings
  Configure practice, fee, list, template, printer, security and user settings.
- BC Secure
  Use BC Secure to set advanced permissions for each user and practitioner.
- Practitioner Records
- Managing User and Tenant Records
- Managing Other Records
- Searches
- Enabling and Reconnecting your EFTPOS Device for Bluechip
  Configure EFTPOS devices for use with Bluechip.
- Moving Your Bluechip Data to a New Server
- HCN SQL Repair Scripts Using SQL Server Management Studio
  Run these scripts if recommended by MedicalDirector Customer Care.
- Utilities
- File Formats for Import and Export
  File formats for importing and exporting data.
  - ADDRESS.IN
    Format for importing specialists' information.
  - Patients.In
    Standard format for importing information.
  - Patients.Out
    Legacy format for exporting information.
    - Patients.Out file
      Format of the Patients.Out file.
  - Transfer.Out
    Standard export file used by Clinical.

Patients.Out

Legacy format for exporting information.

The PATIENTS.OUT format is a fixed length format and was the standard export file format used by older versions of Clinical. Legacy support is still included for this file format although developers are encouraged to use the TRANSFER.OUT format because it provides better support for field length changes that might result from program modifications.

This is a fixed length format. Each line in the file relates to a single patient and consists of a character string terminated with a Carriage return/Line feed pair (ASCII 13 + ASCII 10). The file can contain any number of lines. Each line represents a record.

A field can be blank, however, if the information is not recorded in the Clinical databases, the correct positions of the fields are maintained with spaces.