Also a very good point. Sometimes it's good to hop down from one's high horse into the muck, and in the words of a redneck comedian whose name escapes me now, simply "git 'er done". For every time there is a season, a time for cool new stuff, and a time for LAMP :-) The situation may indeed call for the latter (e.g. OpenEMR, which is PHP based). If I go with the latter, perhaps I can bug you (and not the list) with PHP questions.
Keeping it real, Gary On Jul 2, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Robert J. Cordingley <[email protected]> wrote: > In the interests of the medical clinic I wonder what packages are already out > there that lead or support standards in EMR and for a successful project how > one would best align one's goals with theirs? > Robert C > > On 7/2/13 8:39 AM, Gary Schiltz wrote: >> Point well taken about esoteric and cool versus pragmatic and well worn. The >> most certain route in software, like in most undertakings, is usually the >> familiar. The problem with the familiar is that many on the list, including >> those of us who are ourselves well worn (at least worn), are enamored with >> (might I go as far as to say addicted?) to the cool and esoteric, whether it >> be software tech, complexity science, philosophy, politics... So, I'm not >> just looking for a solution, I'm looking for a fix :-) However, I was >> honest with my stakeholders and let them know that I'm being a bit selfish, >> in that I'm not doing this not just for them, but for me, using it as a >> justification for spending the time to learn some new stuff. The easiest >> implementation would likely be a traditional two-tier client server system, >> with the GUI and application logic done with Visual Basic talking to a MySQL >> server. Nothing wrong with that, maybe I'll even consider it when I grow! >> up :-) >> >> ;; Gary >> >> On Jul 1, 2013, at 11:20 PM, Robert J. Cordingley >> <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> Then you might consider who's going to maintain it when your not available >>> and what level of skill may be needed. Esoteric and cool is... well >>> esoteric and cool. Pragmatic and well worn and well known might lead you >>> to consider more mundane but well used tools especially on the server side >>> like PHP and MySQL and perhaps WordPress and the thousands of themes and >>> plugins. Many WP themes are responsive/mobile friendly right out of the >>> box saving tons of work - some premium some free. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Robert C >>>
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