Stephen Russell wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Pete Theisen<[email protected]> wrote: >> That's because of the Western "defensive medicine" model. Our stuff is >> only what is relevant to the patient's actual health, at least for now.
> I have a db for this application with 2396 tables, 7000 indexes. > > I have to say that this is one of the WORST designed dbs I have ever > worked with, but that cannot be fixed without tremendous stress on the > managers of these facilities because you can set what is visible in a > form data wise. this allows every practice to be able to customize > what their users see. > > What I have in data volume I also have duplicated in image volume. > These medical records are more than just XML / XSLT. We store all the > digitized records for everything. > > On top of that there is a lot of code to determine if Pt came in with > this diagnosis will these tests be covered by X, Y, Z payors. > >> Yes, later versions will have feature bloat, true enough. >> >> Still, didn't the people who wrote it just get it to work and release >> it? Be honest. > I doubt it. I speak with their tech team every other week and beyond > the shadow of a doubt they did not put out VB3 crap to run a medical > offices billing department. Nope not at all. Hi Stephen, So you have scanned paper records for a good part of it? Seems to me that the sheer size indicates a piecework development, each part they just got it to work and released it. Every new feature request they just got it to work and released it. What is it called? -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
