Greg Even the very big BP sites (talk to Phil Brown - he had a very big site at Uni of Sydney)find updating BP a breeze. I updated to the new streamlined Authority PBS with zero downtime. I was seeing patients and prescrbing - using my W/S while in the back ground my Sever was being updated. 10 min I think it took the Server upgrade. Then in my leisure I updated my work stations - 2-3 minutes each. Updating BP realy isn't rocket science. No DOS commands to be given, no pipes to activate, No HOST files to set. Etc. And no down time.
When it comes to other SQL products I have no experience. All I can say is not all the current SQL Medical software products have the same complexity or problems updating. The one I'm using is very easy & almost fool proof to upgrade. One user (GP) on BP forum confirms it took longer to reboot his Server than it took him to upgrade BP from SQLMSDE to SQL express. Thus with BP no increased IT overheads. Most if not all BP users will tell you their IT bill is much lower and they have much more spare time. Nobody has to stay behind at midnight to upgrade machines. No 1-2 hours down time. All this costs money. There are a number of signifgicantly large practices using BP and they rarely contact Tech support. Cedric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Twyford Sent: Tuesday, 10 July 2007 3:08 PM To: General Practice Computing Group Talk Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] Stat Health technology preview Cedric Meyerowitz wrote: > Greg > > You must be fare. Some software vendors aren't coping. As mentioned > before on this forum, the one I'm using is coping very well. Our > downtime doing minor or major upgrades is zero. > Cedric, I am being fair. I'm suggesting that a particular technology carries a lot of overheads which have been made worse by government decisions/indecisions. Also it does not always follow that you can generalise your experience in a small practice where you have the skills to do-it-yourself to: 1. Much bigger practices with much more complex data sets 2. Practices without in-house gurus 3. Practices that try to cope on their own when they should be paying for quality technical support 4. Practices that aren't getting the support they are paying for. 5. Solo practices where the costs and stress are getting too much, regardless of the simplicity of their software and its use. Most of our practices are using MD2 still, which is far simpler to manage than any of the MS SQL products. take the streamlined authority update. It was very simple to update in MD2. Not so in MD3. Do you have it in BP? Marvellous if you did, what about the other SQL products? Also what about the no longer supported Medical Spectrum? I'll be seeing my GP on Friday, and I'll ask him if he can do streamined authorities. I'll let you know next week. 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
