Re: [Gnumed-devel] [Fwd: [GPCG_TALK] FreeMED demo]

[Richard Terry]

Personally I don't think I could run a surgery on that type of interface. The 
paucity of contextural information combined with the huge number of clicks 
needed to be constantly going to where one wants would be a killer.

Bring on gnuMed.

Richard

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:25 pm, Tim Churches wrote:
> flotsamjetsom wrote:
> > Individual pages for each S O A P item seems the wrong granularity.
> > Appointments look ok - ? another non-clinician written EMR?
>
> Yes, I was struck by just how clunky all of the open source EMRs seemed.
> care2X not only looked teh nicest, but also seemed to have the best
> usage ergonomics, but even then, pretty awkward. The bottom line is that
>  a Web interface is fine for occasional, remote use, but is no
> substitute for a carefully crafted GUI interface.
>
> Tim C
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> > Subject:
> > [GPCG_TALK] FreeMED demo
> > From:
> > Tim Churches <address@hidden>
> > Date:
> > Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:15:03 +1100
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> > Rounding out the online demos of open source EMR packages, a demo for
> > FreeMED is at http://demo.freemed.org/index.php
> >
> > Don't be put off by the slow speed of any of these demos. When the
> > server hosting the applications is on the surgery LAN, as Molly Cheah
> > noted, they tend to be very fast. When the server is accessed via the
> > Internet but is located in teh same city or country, they tend to be
> > adequately fast. But performance is a bit pokey when the servers are on
> > the other side of the world.
> >
> > Personally I thnk that a full GUI interface, which is the path Gnumed is
> > taking, is a better long-term bet for everyday use, but having a fully
> > featured Web interface to allow easy remote access (from home, nursing
> > homes, hospitals etc) must surely be a Good Thing.
> >
> > Tim C
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