I believe that all the data is stored in the MYSQL database, and PDFs are generated to print out a report.
The similarity between the UI of the receptionist and the doctor is a bit unnerving :-)
Nanda Gunaratne
Jel Coward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tim.Churches wrote:
>
> Tim (or anyone else familiar with OSCAR),
>
> Can you elaborate on this? What sort of data is being stored solely in
> PDFs, presumably as BLOBs in a table, or in the filesystem with pointers
> to them in a table? I can conceive of several circumstances in which
> storage of PDFs would be quite OK eg scanned copies of paper
> correspondence, given that paper is still by far the most common
> modality for health communication, and copies of outgoing reports and
> correspondence.
As far as I know OSCAR only uses pdfs for scanned in paper (and some
printing).
Even if such reports were generated entirely from data
> in the database, there may be a business or legal requirement to keep a
> snapshot of the data as it was when used to generate the report - and
> just storing a PDF of the generated report might be a convenient way of
> doing that.
Yes.
>
> I've heard good reports about how functional OSCAR is in real-life
> practice from a person whose opinion I trust, although he did mention
> that the user interface wasn't entirely to his taste, but admitted that
> was a matter of personal preference. Thus your assertion that OSCAR may
> contain an FDF (Fundamental Design Flaw) is the source of some surprise.
To me also.
> More details would be useful. I suspect that OSCAR may instead contain
> an FDDO (Fundamental Design Difference of Opinion), also known as an
> INDILT (I'd Never Design/Do It Like That). However, if it really is an
> FDF as you assert, then you need to provide more details and evidence to
> convince us and to help the OSCAR people and others to correct or avoid
> such design mistakes - if they are in fact mistakes. Tell us more about
> the circumstances in which OSCAR is using embedded PDFs as a primary
> data store.
>
I think Tim Cook has answered this with the apology that followed his posting.
As to whether OSCAR is a 'serious contender'. OSCAR has grown to being
used in 10 (known) offices in BC over the last year. It is one of the EMRs
that the local Health Authority has chosen to be part of a potential
Clinical Indicators Project (basically Prevention and CDM reporting
developement and implementation.
OSCAR stores data in one place that is then pulled (as a view and for data
entry) to 'populate' Chronic Disease Management 'forms'. The 's are there
because the 'forms' are just a view on the data. THis allows single data
entry for multiple purposes and facilitates reporting on that data. I am
not a techy - so that is as far as my explanation of this will go.
OSCAR is growing in Ontario and here in BC the users all seem to love it.
Is it mainstream? Yes, it definitely is. Is it a serious contender? Well,
it seems to be doing quite well :)
Regards all
--
Jel Coward
Co-chair of OSCAR BC UserGroup
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