Re: [Gnumed-devel] Clarificaation re 'pretty crappy' mims stuff in Asia

[Karsten Hilbert]

For the record: No connection between MIMS Australia and the
Australian hospital information system in use at Chiang Mai
University was intended nor suspected.

Sebastian only referred to both things being in concurrent
use there.

Karsten

On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 07:54:46AM +1100, Richard wrote:
> 
> Be more specific about 'pretty crappy' and the 'source of information'.
> 
> Mims drug data and associated decision support products are extremely good.
> 
> What is not good IMHO was 'MImsScript' - a failed australian GP software 
> program which I have vague recollections may have escaped into Asia some 
> years ago. It was written by a canberra company, and Mims became historically 
> associated with it. When the french parent company pulled the pin on the 
> software, Mims dropped it and it is no longer used here.
> 
> They may have been involved with hospital software of course, and there may 
> be 
> hospital software I'm not aware of, but don't knock their drug and 
> interaction data which is top rate.
> 
> The interaction data BTW was compiled/maintained by the medical 
> pharmacologists at Newcastle here for some time, though I don't know where it 
> is sourced now.
> 
> Richard
> 
> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:23 pm, Sebastian Hilbert wrote:
> > Yeah it's pretty crappy. Looks like they had a hard time adapting it to
> > CMUs need. There is all kind of wierdness all over the program.
> >
> > On Monday 28 February 2005 18:01, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> > > > Here in Thailand Mims seems to be a preffered source of information as
> > > > well.
> > >
> > > I remember when I was there they got a new hospital
> > > information system from AU.
> > >
> > > Karsten
> 
> 
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