MIMS database update

MIMS database update

From time to time, MIMS Australia update their drug database.

So that providers are using the correct drug definitions, you will need to update MIMS database within Impulse.

To take advantage of this streamlined process, you need to ensure that you are running MedcommsV5.

Before you start
It is always recommended that you complete a backup before you run any update on Impulse.

This MIMS update only needs to be run on one computer in the practice that is a medico-legal user. The user running the update MUST have full administrative privileges. 

Please allow 30 minutes for the update to run (it may be quicker).

Running MIMS Update
​IMPORTANT: If you are prompted to run an update on Medcomms, please select YES. The update will run and automatically restart Medcomms once it has finished installing.​
From the main screen of Impulse, go to the main menu at the top of the page and select:
  1. Wait/Appt
  2. SMS & AoL Management
When the following pop-up appears, press on Updates and click the MIMS Update button.



The MIMS update will start running automatically. Please do not interfere with the download process.

When your items have finished updating, a pop-up box will appear advising the update has finished

Click OK to finish and close.

Check you have been updated
We recommend checking that that MIMS update has run successfully. Simply click the MIMS Update button again.

If there was an error, the MIMS update will run will commence from the last successful item.

MIMS update appears to stop
Where the application appears to have stopped updating on a particular drug, you can force close the application and restart.

To close the application, find the Medcomms icon in your systems tray, right click and select exit, as below:


Then restart as per instructions above.

If you require any further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the MedNet Assist team on 1300 765 110 or raise a support ticket at: https://support.mednet.com.au/ (or click submit ticket above).

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