- Install the free remote desktop software for the MAC via http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx.
- Click on Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection client for MAC 2.0.1.
- Once downloaded double click the installation icon.
- Click Continue.
- Click Continue.
- Click Continue.
- Click Agree.
- Click Install.
- You will now see the installation progress bar.
- You then receive confirmation of the successful download.
- Click on the finder icon
- Locate the Remote Desktop Program and Copy and Paste it to the desktop.
- You will now be able to start the PPS Online process via the desktop icon.
- Double click the Remote Desktop icon and click Connect.
- Enter the Server address PPS has provided you with and then click Connect. An example server address would be 'ppsonline1.rushcliff.com' - you can confirm your address with PPS directly or via the e-mail that we originally send to you.
- At this stage if you are all setup to use PPS Online then you enter your personal login username and password. If you are accessing PPS Online for test purposes then please enter the following details: Username – pps.demo Password – PP5Dem0 and then click OK.
Note: If 'add user information to your keychain' is ticked make sure it is un-ticked
- You can now enter your username and password that we have provided you with for the PPS Online Service and click on the OK button.
Typically for "Demonstration" access you will type in the following details:
Address: ppsonline4.rushcliff.com
Username: rushcliff\PPS.Demo
Password: PP5Dem0
- You can now login to your PPS System.
Note: Ensure you are accessing your "Live Database". You can access the "Demo Database" for testing purposes by selecting this option on the login menu and using "System" and "Admin" as the username and password respectively. This concludes the PPS Help Guide
Accessing PPS
See: Logging In Add
Look this up under the type of new record you want to add – e.g. Client - Add or Appointment - Add Address
See: Client - Address Client
Client records are the hub of your PPS database. PPS refers to these records as “Clients” rather than “Patients” because PPS is used across a variety of business and clinical disciplines, some of whom use the term “client” and others use “patient”. A client record can have either minimal details entered, such as first name and surname, or can be a comprehensive range of details including full address/contact details, alternative addresses, DOB, sex, “known as”, full profile details including “source of introduction”, occupation (plus a range of entries you can set up yourself). In addition you can associate a variety of third-parties to clients such as doctors, insurance companies, etc. The more comprehensive the details you store for each client, the greater the opportunities to use these details in your reports and mail-merge operation. For example, by recording the “source of introduction” for each client (such as yellow pages, local advert, recommendation, etc.) you can run almost any report in PPS to show a breakdown by “source of introduction”, for example “practice revenue” by “source of introduction” will show where you earn the most money from – thus where you should concentrate most on your advertising! Copy
When entering text into any field, you can highlight the text and use the standard Windows™ “Copy” option to place the text on the Windows clipboard. You can then paste the text back into any similar field. See also: Appointment – Copy. Database
The PPS Database can be stored in a separate location on your computer/network from the main PPS application files. This would apply to a PPS installation on a network where the PPS Application files are installed onto each computer, and the database is located centrally on the network. There is the option to change the database location as part of the initial installation of PPS, and there is also a separate “database only” installation available if the database is to be installed onto a computer such as a server where PPS will not be used on that computer – servers often reside in a “back office” and are not used as a desktop computer. Details
This is a generic term used to describe the information stored in any particular part of PPS. For example Main Client Details is the information you enter to this screen. In addition, there are several “notes” type fields that allow you to enter further “free text” details against a record – these are also sometimes referred to as Details. Installation
This is the process by which you put PPS onto your computer. You can install PPS either from an installation CD, or from a single installation file that you have downloaded from the PPS web site. If you are running a network system and are accessing PPS from more than one computer, you need to Install PPS onto each computer. PPS
PPS is the acronym for “Private Practice Software”.
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