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Re: Ob/gyn softwareFrom: Rjshar@aol.comFri Aug 30 07:00:45 1996
Forwarded Message: Subj: Software Date: 96-08-30 07:49:00 EDT From: Rjshar To: fthibaul@alumi.uark.edu Just as one wouldn't buy a car without looking under the hood, one should not purchase software that way. When you first bought medical manager, it was probably state of the art software. However, it is old technology written for UNIX or DOS. True Windows based software is easier to use, more powerful, runs on reliable yet inexpensive hardare (i.e a Pentium based Computer) and is the wave of the future. Additionally, if written in a modular fashion with proper data base design, the various modules can be integrated or linked. If you wanted to link a Windows based module (running on a Pentium) with Medical Manager running on a Unix box, in real time, it would be a nightmare. The ClickMed modules (CLICKMED 1-800-557-7330), which I use, are easier to use and more powerful than the once popular, but dying VERSYSS technology. The rate of new installations of the ClickMed modules is increasing exponentiually, while DOS/UNIx based installations are flat or declining. This mirrors the transition to Windows NT as an operating system (which has a multitasking/multithreaded operating system in the same package as the Network operating system (i.e. no need for Novell, etc.)). I recommend ClickMed manager as a practice management system (costs less, is easier to use and is more powerful than medical manager). For medical records, I recommend the Smart PapBook as a Womens Health module and I use its image storage and retrieval ability to store and retrieve scanned-in versions of almost everything in the office (progress notes, lab reports, etc)....much better than microfilm. Be sure however to buy a computer with the proper hardware config. ClickMed has available a ClickLink Workstation with a big/fast SCSI hard drive, back-up CDROM, and enough horsepower to make searching a large image database worthwhile (i.e. it's fast as lightning). If you don't purchase their system, at least spend a thousand $ on a qualified consultant to guide your purchase of a system. Rick
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