McMaster University Creates Open Source eHealth Records System

[Randy Jonasz]

Hi,

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.

With ubuntu, installing OSCAR for a technically inclined person is
painless.  Check out http://indivica.com/?page_id=40 for installation
instructions.  We also have documentation on how to use the program on
http://www.oscarcanada.org .

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.

Cheers,

Randy

-- 
Oscar Developer
McMaster University
175 Longwood Road South, Suite 201A
Hamilton ON  L8P 0A1
905 525 9140 x27735

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Dave Cramer <davec-zxk95TxsVYDyHADnj0MGvQC/G2K4zDHf at public.gmane.org>wrote:

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>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Lennart Sorensen <
> lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 08:00:57PM -0400, Michael Lauzon wrote:
>> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 19:45, Dave Cramer <davec-zxk95TxsVYDyHADnj0MGvQC/G2K4zDHf at public.gmane.org>
>> wrote:
>> > > Unfortunately it's a piece of crap.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Well, they need to start somewhere, when any software starts it's a
>> > piece of crap, give it time.
>>
>> No, if you design it (rather than evolve it) then it should be not a
>> piece of crap at the start.  Recovering a piece of crap into a working
>> system hardly ever happens.  You just end up with a bloated useless
>> bigger piece of crap.
>>
>> This is essentially what happened, and where it is.
>
>> Besides anything written in java can't be rescued without a rewrite in
>> a useful efficient language.
>>
>
> 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.
>
>>
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