Greg Last year Frank discussed this issue. He hasn't activated it yet, as has a few other important things to finish 1st. At present BP has live updates. We update Server while workstations are using BP. MD3 & 2 can't do it as all users must log out and then server has to be updated. Also dbf files can't be updated live. If this takes an hour, nobody can use the program in that time. With BP one can. Hence "live" updates. Because of live updates, automatic updates is then easy to implement. At present there frequently are drug updates monthly (no matter which software you use). For BP users there is no interuption in workflow. The update occurs while users are still using the program. Program updates occur less frequently - and again occurs live. Thus in a large practice the saving in time is phenominal - and more important, doesn't occur after hours when all the Doctors has left and some poor person has to stay up till Midnight updating things. The IT tech also doesn't have to go and look which Dr. didn't log off - as it doesn't matter. With Broadband we download drug updates and program updates. I haven't received a CD to update my software for years (except of course for PS)
Contact me if you need further information on this. Cedric. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Twyford Sent: Monday, 2 July 2007 2:07 PM To: General Practice Computing Group Talk Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] Wish list- Medical Software Cedric Meyerowitz wrote: > Greg > > While MD3 (& MD2) have dbf files automatic updating can't occur. So > although you have asked HCN for 3 years, they just can't do automatic > updates - unless they rewrite mD3 & remove dbf files. BP on the other > hand has the ability do do that. > Cedric, An interesting statement. Does BP have automatic updating now? The MD3 DBF files are for things like the drug database and the the patient education, etc. As you probably know MD3 has 3 databases. Redmap for the scanned documents/imported fax files and images, MSSQL for the clinical database, and /Program Files/HCN/Medical Director/ with its dbf, cdx and fpt files for the drug database, the patient education, etc. These are the things that are local to each PC and used to only be changed every three to four months, or even less I can drop in a set of dbf, cdx, fpt database files for the patient education, to provide Patient Ed in languages other than English, so why not auto-update from a remote server? The server would receive the updates and piggy-back on the network update to distribute these and updated program files, etc., surely? With b/band this stuff could be cached as it is with Windows if you select the 'download and notify me' option in automatic updates. Greg -- Greg Twyford Information Management & Technology Program Officer Canterbury Division of General Practice E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph.: 02 9787 9033 Fax: 02 9787 9200 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL *********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail and their attached files, including replies and forwarded copies, are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s) and may be legally privileged or prohibited from disclosure and unauthorised use. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon this message or its attachments is prohibited. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. *********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
