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# How to take before and after images

Imaging and maintaining before and after images of a Patient is an essential part of the medical Aesthetic Industry. Having a sophisticated tool for it within your chosen EMR is a bonus. And Clinicea gives you this option.

Let us have a look at how to use this feature on Clinicea:

**1.** Select a Patient and open up the **Patient Chart** | go to Toolbar on the top left-side, click on **Imaging.**

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**2**. The **Imaging** window will open, you can either take a picture of the patient directly by using your web camera or simply upload an image from your device.

**a.** To take a picture directly from your webcam, navigate to the extreme right to **Take Picture**.

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**b.** To upload an Image to your device simply click on **+Add New** | **Document**– click on Select a File and upload the image of choice.

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**3.** Once you have selected the image, it will appear on the screen. Click on the **P** on the extreme right and change it to **B** i.e. to mark it as _Before_.

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**4.** Once you have changed it to **B**, click on **Save**.

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**5.** To Add another image and follow the same steps as shown in **point 2.b**. This time click on P and change to **A** | **Save**.

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**6.** To view both images, click on the three vertical dots icon on the extreme right and select **Library** from the dropdown list**.**

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**7.** The **Image Library** will open, you can see both Before and After images highlighted in red and green respectively.

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**8.** The image also becomes a part of the encounter note automatically, have a look at the **Previous Visit** in the **Medical Summary**.

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