Hi,<br><br>I am a developer at McMaster for the EMR OSCAR. I'm not sure where the negativity is coming from, but as to be expected, I disagree. McMaster uses OSCAR at all 3 of their clinics with well over 30 000 patients' records. I personally provide support for another 7 clinics which use OSCAR. We have a strong user base in BC as well as McGill University in Quebec.. We are just now putting together more accurate numbers of who is using OSCAR.<br>
<br>With ubuntu, installing OSCAR for a technically inclined person is painless. Check out <a href="http://indivica.com/?page_id=40">http://indivica.com/?page_id=40</a> for installation instructions. We also have documentation on how to use the program on <a href="http://www.oscarcanada.org">http://www.oscarcanada.org</a> .<br>
<br>I have had great satisfaction seeing OSCAR used in many settings; from homeless shelters to teaching clinics, to family physician practices. It runs on minimal hardware with very good performance. Check it out. It's a great alternative to a billion dollar non solution.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br><br>Randy<br><br>-- <br>Oscar Developer<br>McMaster University<br>175 Longwood Road South, Suite 201A<br>Hamilton ON L8P 0A1<br>905 525 9140 x27735<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Dave Cramer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davec-zxk95TxsVYDyHADnj0MGvQC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org" target="_blank">davec-zxk95TxsVYDyHADnj0MGvQC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Lennart Sorensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbviStVtt7rNQw@public.gmane.orgterloo.ca" target="_blank">lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 08:00:57PM -0400, Michael Lauzon wrote:<br>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 19:45, Dave Cramer <<a href="mailto:davec@visibleassets.com" target="_blank">davec-zxk95TxsVYDyHADnj0MGvQC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Unfortunately it's a piece of crap.<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Well, they need to start somewhere, when any software starts it's a<br>
> piece of crap, give it time.<br>
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</div>No, if you design it (rather than evolve it) then it should be not a<br>
piece of crap at the start. Recovering a piece of crap into a working<br>
system hardly ever happens. You just end up with a bloated useless<br>
bigger piece of crap.<br>
<br></blockquote></div><div>This is essentially what happened, and where it is. <br></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Besides anything written in java can't be rescued without a rewrite in<br>
a useful efficient language.<br></blockquote></div><div><br>This is not the problem, and nor is java inefficient, look at the performance comparison between C++, or even C and java. You will be amazed. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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