Python is a programming language, and like practically any programming language it can do all those things. I'm not sure your requirements are based on a full understanding of the implications. A "health care center' cannot be made with a few "drag and drop", "plug and play" modules that you manipulate within a GUI.
For example, importing pathology results: there is no international standard for how such results should be formed. You will need to ask the suppliers of the results to work out how they're going to give it to you. And they will all be different. You will most likely need a firm understanding of HL7 v2 and 3, XML, XSL (and probably web services) etc. In terms of cross platform, in the health context it's pointless being anything other than a web application (IMHO). Cheers, Brendon 2009/4/15 Deep_Feelings <doctore...@gmail.com>: > I want to start programming a new program (electronic health care > center) in python and before start learning python i wanna make sure > that python does have all the features i need to accomplish this > project so i wanna ask you does python able to support these > features : > > 1- cross platform (windows + linux) > 2- mysql database access > 3- 2D graphs (curves) > 4- support of international languages > 5- can access a scanner and input pictures from it. > > and possibly be able to import data from labratory machines (such as > CBC machines) to automatically register patient investigations result > into the system (not mandatory) > > so can python (with any freely available libraries) do all that and > still be cross platform ? > > thankx in advance :) > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
