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Guides · clinic data migration
Move appointments and charts without stopping the clinic day
Migrate clinic data without stopping the day. Move appointments and charts without stopping the clinic day: start with next week, not years of archive, and prove export before the books are locked.
A successful migration is a sequence, not a technical miracle. Writing on the source freezes after a passing sample, roles are matched, and a file is exported from the new system the next day. Clinic Tek takes the daily operation; scanning the whole paper archive is not a promise inside the subscription. We do not move your data for you without a written scope.
Copy reviewed on 2026-08-26.
In operations
Four rules that show up on day one
The week before history
Upcoming appointments move first so reception does not stop. The archive can wait.
Sample before volume
Ten records expose a wrong column cheaper than a thousand bad ones.
The source stays until stability
Destroying the book on day one cuts the rollback. Write the stop date down.
Export proves ownership
If a file another tool can read does not come out, the migration is unfinished.
Visible steps
Follow the sequence as written
Name the source: paper, a spreadsheet, or a legacy system
Each source needs an owner and a format. Do not mix the reception book with a vendor export in one file without columns.
Clean duplicate names before upload
Agree the four-part name shape and the phone number. Duplicates after go-live break the chart and the invoice.
Upload a small sample and read it back
Ten patients and ten appointments. Reception and the clinician open them. If the sample fails, stop the bulk load.
Match roles on the sample
A reception account must not open what is the clinician’s. Record the attempt. Migration without roles copies the risk.
Keep the source readable until a week is stable
Do not destroy the book on day one. Set a date to stop writing on paper after the days match.
Export from the new system on day two
If export fails you are trapped. Prove it early, not after the contract ends.
Defer deep medical history
Attachments and notes for current visits first. Scanning the whole archive is a later project with its own budget.
Why a migration guide separate from the buying list
The requirements list asks what must work. This guide asks how data gets there without stopping consults. Mixing them makes a buyer delay booking until the archive is complete, so paper lasts months. Start operations, then sequence history.
Who owns the migration file
Name a person in the clinic who owns the columns, not only a developer. Name and phone errors are fixed at the source, then the sample is rerun. Do not fix them in support as a silent exception after go-live. BarmajTek can help inside a written scope; we do not promise a silent move without review, or scanning every paper chart inside the subscription. If the source system stays and you only need a connector, that is the integration service, not a full migration.
What the ready subscription does not migrate
Scanning every paper chart, tying an external archive device, and merging two branches with conflicting history: those are projects. They are not hidden inside “turning Clinic Tek on”.
Invoicing during the move
Do not start JoFotara submission from the new system before taxpayer and tax fields are stable in the new record. An invoice on a duplicate name is rejected or wrecks matching. Finish the patient sample, then match roles, then the invoice path, then till training on rejection. The portal account stays in the establishment’s name. A subscription does not create that account, and it does not replace the registration guide if the portal is not linked yet.
After the steps
Return to the requirements list if it is still open, then Clinic Tek prices and a product walkthrough. If the source system stays and you only need a connector, that is the integration service, not a full migration.
Questions
No. The subscription runs the day. A full archive is a separate written scope if needed.
Sequence the sample, then choose product or project
If the aim is to run Clinic Tek, book a walkthrough after the sample. If the source stays and you only need a connector, start an integration project.