The Attachments and Images Abilities attach nonproprietary is used to store relevant files intended to be associated with a patient, such as images and PDFs. Nonproprietary files such as .gif, .tiff, .bmp, .jpg, .png, and .pdf files to patient accounts.
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Attachments and Images are almost identical Abilities with some differences.
Images is a free standard MacPractice ability used to attach files to patient accounts.
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files are supported as well as mov and .mp4 files.
The Attachments Ability is also able to attach proprietary file formats for easy storage and retrieval. MacPractice may not always be able to display the information in these other formats from directly within the MacPractice window,
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but you can easily open or transfer the files to any medium you may need. .
This article provides an overview of how to navigate the Attachments Ability, how to import attachments and categorize them to easily sort them later, and how to set up an Import folder that can automatically import attachments placed in a particular folder.
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Attachments are added to a separate attachments database which can be backed up separately. However, attaching files does increase the size of the database and the size of media and time required to create database backups. Please see the MacPractice Backup documentation Guide for more information on developing an appropriate backup scheme.
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