Creative Socio-medics, eh? We went with Eclipsys. I was even on the committee,
all the while conducting subversive activities with Linux and Freemed. -- IV
Thomas Good wrote:
>
> Hi Jim!
>
> Yes, I read your posts with interest. In fact, I've visited some UC Davis
> sites connected with Vista and FreeM. I *do* use mod_perl to offset to a
> degree the lethargy of the interpreted lang (as opposed to the compiled).
> My original choice for a Pg interface was ecpg (ESQL/C), in fact I wrote
> a man page for it, but wrestling with fgets() convinced me to go with perl.
> Psychiatrists are verbose and I need a lang that can deal with char strings
> and text data types...so perl it is.
>
> I haven't regretted the decision.
>
> These days we are merging with 4 other hospitals and the new chief of
> psychiatry wants to bring in his system. This is Creative Socio-Medics
> sitting on Mumps (hence my visit to freem.vmth.ucdavis.edu) and the price
> tag is substantial. So, it was agreed that my system will remain in place
> for 3 years. Meanwhile, I plan to get my code together as quick as poss.
> And to learn M. ;-) This way, either I get to keep using my own src *or*
> I fight for OSS of the M variety...if I can get a prototype box together
> I have a chance.
>
> Any tips for teens on where to begin? I have some BSD boxes available...
> I plan to download a FreeM implementation.
>
> My aim is to convince the new boss that there *are* alternatives available.
> Even if we opt to stick with Mumps.
>
> Cheers!
>
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