sync with outlook

[drtbar]

How can I extract my patient information and sync it with my outlook contacts? Is there a way to automate the process?

[enamelrod]

DOes OD sync with outlook? Can it be done?

[jordansparks]

It sort of depends on how involved you want to get. Nearly anything is going to require someone writing a short macro in Visual Basic. This is a feature of Outlook. So someone who was resourceful could do it, but it's not an included feature of OD. You're not asking about appointments or email, right? Just contacts? I know that in import/export format does exist for Outlook contacts. It would be a feature request.

[enamelrod]

yes just contacts which i want to use in outlook and hudlite.

[jordansparks]

OK, if you do feel like writing a script, you could initially pull all patients from the OD database. Then for changes, the patient table has a DateTStamp column that holds the date and time that the last change was made to each row. If you keep track of the last time you checked for changes, a simple query can pull all recent changes. Like I said, it might get a little involved, but it is doable.