Yes. I agree. :-)
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Rehl, Tom wrote: > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
