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It really is. And it's not good software. The UI looks decidedly amateur, and some of the modules are absolute garbage amateur hour (one I see a lot in my job i

It really is. And it's not good software. The UI looks decidedly amateur, and some of the modules are absolute garbage amateur hour (one I see a lot in my job is the ED track board, which captures information from the ED charge nurse about incoming ambulances, bed holds and cleaning needs, and gives a picture on what the ED might look like in the next hour or so). It looks like a VB app from the 90s. Text layout is poor, often overflowing boxes, it's not customizable. Epic is where it is because hospitals are so fucking locked in.

hanklazard 3y ago
It’s total shit. I’m rooting for something like this in the long term: https://github.com/openemr/openemr https://github.com/openemr/openemr
- FireBeyond 3y ago
  I love the idea of OpenEMR. I desperately want it to gain some real traction. Working in the enterprise world, including the enterprise healthcare world... it's not "right", but as long as it exists as a PHP webapp... I don't see that happening. No matter how good a PHP webapp it is. I really want it to succeed. But there is so much further to go. For example, on the subject of backing up your EMR data, there is this: > Disaster can strike at anytime. Backing up will mean the difference between a mild inconvenience and a major imbroglio. > Choose a method according to the operating system from this webpage. > Windows users are advised not to rely on the built-in utility once their file size becomes too large. The reasons are discussed in this Forum thread. That's it?? That's the extent of your backup discussion for a business critical application storing PHI? Oof. Any CIO remotely considering OpenEMR, even one hugely cost-constrained, is going to run for the hills.
doubleg72 3y ago
No, it’s because they don’t pay for another HL7 interface. I am network admin for hospitals and see it daily. We use Meditech anyways, not even close to everyone uses Epic.
x0x0 3y ago
Epic was a 10m+ loc vb6 app in the 90s. That said, lots of the problems with Epic is it is used so differently between hospitals/installs. It's less a EMR + scheduler + hospital management app than a toolkit used to construct those for big enough medical companies. That inevitably doesn't lead to nice software: see all enterprise software everywhere.

hanklazard 3y ago

It’s total shit. I’m rooting for something like this in the long term: https://github.com/openemr/openemr https://github.com/openemr/openemr

FireBeyond 3y ago
I love the idea of OpenEMR. I desperately want it to gain some real traction. Working in the enterprise world, including the enterprise healthcare world... it's not "right", but as long as it exists as a PHP webapp... I don't see that happening. No matter how good a PHP webapp it is. I really want it to succeed. But there is so much further to go. For example, on the subject of backing up your EMR data, there is this: > Disaster can strike at anytime. Backing up will mean the difference between a mild inconvenience and a major imbroglio. > Choose a method according to the operating system from this webpage. > Windows users are advised not to rely on the built-in utility once their file size becomes too large. The reasons are discussed in this Forum thread. That's it?? That's the extent of your backup discussion for a business critical application storing PHI? Oof. Any CIO remotely considering OpenEMR, even one hugely cost-constrained, is going to run for the hills.

doubleg72 3y ago

No, it’s because they don’t pay for another HL7 interface. I am network admin for hospitals and see it daily. We use Meditech anyways, not even close to everyone uses Epic.

x0x0 3y ago

Epic was a 10m+ loc vb6 app in the 90s. That said, lots of the problems with Epic is it is used so differently between hospitals/installs. It's less a EMR + scheduler + hospital management app than a toolkit used to construct those for big enough medical companies. That inevitably doesn't lead to nice software: see all enterprise software everywhere.