Citrix definitely can become cost prohibitive, I'd recommend as a cheaper alternative you look into Windows 2000 Terminal Services - it's not as fast or feature rich as a Citrix environment, but a great deal of the same things can be accomplished.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:41 AM > To: VNC List > Subject: Citrix v. VNC > > > A major figure in our Medical School (Sr. Vice President for Health > Sciences) sent the memo below to all of our faculty this morning. The > gist of the memo is that Citrix was considered for use by > physicians in > the Med School but it was found to be too expensive. I'm > wondering if VNC > could do the job. Does Citrix do the same thing as VNC or is > it entirely > different? > > Mike > > -- > Michael B. Miller, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor > Division of Epidemiology > University of Minnesota > http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/~mbmiller/ > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:15:31 -0500 > Subject: Access to Electronic Medical Records > > Several weeks ago, I heard from Macintosh users who requested that we > review the use of a Citrix server for access to University of > Minnesota > Physicians (UMP) Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system. I > asked the AHC > Administrative Information Services Office to analyze technical, > functional, and financial aspects of a Citrix option. We also asked > Allscripts for a review of their experience with Citrix and > how such an > option would work with Macintosh desktops and the IPAC > handheld device. > > We have learned that implementing a Citrix option would present > significant technical and financial challenges to the AHC. > There would be > major start-up costs and a significant delay to the UMP EMR rollout > schedule. In addition, pursuing a Citrix option for EMR > would still not > solve the Fairview Clinical Information Systems or FCIS hardware > requirements regarding Macintosh desktops. > > Therefore, at this time, the AHC will not be implementing the Citrix > server option. If the opportunities improve in the future, > we are willing > to revisit this or other ideas. > > Sr. Vice President for Health Sciences > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
