CouchDB replication and its availability on mobile devices will make it possible to provide a feature where a patient can sync her own medical history from her mobile device (after some form of authentication and authorization) with the hospital's EMR before and after treatment. This would be pretty difficult using relational databases.
regds, mano On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 9:49 PM, אורן שני <[email protected]> wrote: > Albin & all, > > Id appreciate it if you could elaborate a little about why do you think > couchDB is more fit for medinfo projects, comparing to SQL DB's. > > Many thanks, > > Oren > > On Monday, March 24, 2014, Albin Stigö <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm an MD and developer. I've been using couchdb for a few years for >> various projects. >> >> I always thought couchdb would be a really good fit for various >> patient record systems. Especially in remote areas with spotty >> connection, or perhaps no connection at all, as you could run a local >> version, then physically move it and sync later. >> >> Anyways, I haven't really come across any so if you know about any >> companies / projects I would be interested to hear about them! >> >> Thanks, >> Albin >> -- Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them. -Sen. Morris Udall
