Importing the MMEx Address Book into Best Practice
The MMEx address book contains email addresses of everyone on the MMEx network. The details of the MMEX address book can be exported into your patient management system, including Best Practice, and email applications.
Open MMEx on your computer. Go to the Address Book Icon on the toolbar at the top of the screen.
Figure 1: The MMEx Address Book Icon
On the Address Book page, you can limit the addresses you wish to display by region or by category. Once you have narrowed down the addresses you wish to export (don’t narrow your search if you wish to export all the addresses in the system), move to the bottom of the screen and under the Export Current List to File option, select Best PracticeExport Now button.
Figure 2: MMEx Address Book page
A dialogue box will then appear. Select the Save to disk option then click OK. The Export file will then be saved on your Desktop as an XML document.
Figure 3: The export dialogue box in MMEx
Importing the Address book into Best Practice
Open your copy of Best Practice Utilities and select the Import Contacts Option (see figure 4). In the Import Contacts Box, click on the Load file button. Then in the Open Box, select the xml file with the MMEx Address Book and click OK.
Figure 4: Three steps in the Import Process within Best Practice
You will now return to the Import Contacts Box, which should display the MMEx Addresses. Click on the Select all box, then click on the Import button. The import will now take place.
Figure 5: The MMEx Addresses ready for Importing in Best Practice
You will now be able to access the MMEx Address Book in Best Practice Contact list, and use the contact list to send MMEx messages via Best Practice if you have integrated the Best Practice EMail system with MMEx (see MMEx Help Sheet 14 and MMEx Technical Help Sheet 16).