I have to agree with Peter here about Totalcare anyway. It just works day in day out. And it uses less resources than the S&N pathology client, Fetch. Definitely one for the power users though, a bit hard to learn. Profile, what a great package let down by just 2 things, lack of support and lack of understanding of Medicare. Noticed the latest version of the db engine uses way less ram than before too. Some good coding going on maybe. But some others; Easy to learn is Shexie. Seems reliable which is a feat in itself seeing as it runs on a MS Access db. The programmers are old school too, how small can we make this code ! Goes one further than Totalcare on the small exe's front, it checks across the network for an updated exe as it opens, nice. Ian Trefall, Brian Carter etc ex MSS are locked away in a bunker somewhere coding their new baby based on DotNet I hear. Very thin apparently unlike PractiX. Out Q4 2007 maybe. BPSoftware; streets ahead of MDW3, no training required, awesome conversion from MDW2. Why would you stay stuck with MD??? just my 2 cents worth :) Andrew C
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Machell Sent: Monday, 12 February 2007 10:35 PM To: General Practice Computing Group Talk Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] In quest of OS Medical Records for AU was (Open letter to Medtech) On 12/02/2007, at 4:52 PM, Richard Terry wrote: The state of all the major players (except Profile which I think is conceptually light years ahead of anything on the market - but has enough deficiencies to make using it difficult in Australia) is woefull. We are now stuck with MDW for at least the next decade. Most of the available software is 'kindergarten software', with a long history of 'bolt on solutions', because they programs lack conceptual vision. While I don't disagree that there is room for an OS product in the market, you are too hard or don't know enough about Genie and Totalcare. Although tied to a 'quirky' database engine, Genie works very well and generally receives nothing but praise from its users. It's developed quickly - Argus was integrated more than a year ago for example. 4D are right into web enabling existing databases and I expect Genie will continue to be quick to market with these sort of features. Totalcare is a modular product whose footprints are still small enough to load exes across a network. It's so highly configurable that most clinical users take a year to wrap their head around it. Power users should apply. These two products share some interesting symptoms: They are cross-platform, to differing degrees. Compared to MSSQL products, they are much easier to work with at a database level - backup and restore are flexible but largely foolproof, upgrades are trivial, tools are provided. Their users are happy and well supported. (or perhaps because they are well supported) Tech support time is minimal. They no longer target the GP market, despite being priced competitively. cheers, Peter.
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