>> and all they look for is speed, clarity and ease of use. And that's all as users they should care about! I'm not sure that makes healthcare users any different from every other user. All the more reason to focus on the user experience first, and use your engineering experience to implement a performant back-end. The RIA world gives you a lot more flexability to do that.
On the healthcare side here in the U.S. HIPAA is a huge issue to keep in mind in terms of security and privacy. We did a lot with LifeCoach to manage security and privacy in a HIPAA world. -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Macromedia Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In [email protected], Aldo Bucchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I built a dental clinic diagnose and image/mmedia management software once. > the only things I could really say are quite obvious: > > - get to know the biz and the users. you will have to learn the > processes involved to a good detail if you want to be a valid > interlocutor. there's lots of new words... > - release early and gather feedback ( go and get it, don't expect a > written summary from a doctor ) > - don't take feedback as-is, try to guide and educate users into > accepting your ideas. health related professionals are quite hard > headed and have been taught to do things in a very particular way ( I > used to [almost] be one ), but if you get them to see the advantage > they will understand... and all they look for is speed, clarity and > ease of use. this might sound similar to dealing with eingeneering or > business pros, but I must emphasize the "particular way" part. they > are really different! most of them don't have a solid eingeneering > foundation and miss some concepts that are obvious to most of us. so > don't be afraid to presume that they don't know what they are talking > about when they come and propose a database schema or some UI changes > for the app. > OTOH, they have strong communicational skills, so you can easily > gather valuable use case stories if you know how to question them... > - try and work with female, young nurses. I'm not sure why, but work > becomes more fun. > > dont know if it helped but you sure brought back some memories. > > best, > aldo > > On 11/6/05, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > My learned lesson: plan for an alpha/beta site early. Building an internet deployed app is stupid if only 5% of hospitals in the country have internet access, and that 5% will not compensate for your development costs. > > > > Also, you can get away with things that are fluff; although the nurses who typically use healthcare like it for about a day, and then ask for it out of their way, they aren't the ones going to HIMMS, and writing the million dollar checks to purchase software. When competing with the likes of Kaiser Permente and others; many have the same functionality. To stand apart, you have to differentiate yourself, and Flex/Flash allows you to do that. > > > > It's easier to get the "harmless Flash Player" installed on a 6 month-to-build-client-box for a hospital than it is for the likes of .NET runtime, where you're likely be told to f'off. Use that to your advantage. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Manuel Saint-Victor > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 9:26 PM > > Subject: [flexcoders] Requesting feedback from Flex developers with experience building healthcare applications > > > > Good evening, > > > > I'm looking for some feedback from some of the developers here. I'm curious about some of the ways that you have seen Flex used thus far in the development of applications for use in healthcare. I'm aware that UNC Chapel Hill has a Flex based application but am not aware of the details of what functionality it provides. > > > > I am in the process of writing a proposal for one of my attendings to suggest Flex as the tool for the development of a virtual clinic environment. > > The part that has me nervous is that although I have ideas and see the many ways that Flex can be used in the delivery of remote care I have no hardcore experience or anecdotes of what hurdles developers have come across in implementing true healthcare delivery tools. > > > > Any stories of successes or failed attempts or known specific pitfalls would really help. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mani > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > > Web site design development Software design and development Macromedia flex > > Software development best practice > > > > ________________________________ > YAHOO! 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