Wednesday, September 03, 20082
Google Chrome and electronic records
I haven't tried it yet, but will soon. I've read that its Java and ASP processing is unsurpassed, in anticipation of Google re-inventing the operating system that will work solely through its browser.
How does this apply to electronic medical records? If Google Chrome takes off, Canadian EMR suggests that the next generation of EMRs will be ASP-based and will make Windows-based systems obsolete.
This makes some sense, especially with the emergence of internet-based PHRs like Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault.
If an EMR is internet-based, it needs to work 100% of the time. I don't think we're quite there yet, since even basic applications like Google Mail and Yahoo Mail crash and become unavailable from time to time.
How does this apply to electronic medical records? If Google Chrome takes off, Canadian EMR suggests that the next generation of EMRs will be ASP-based and will make Windows-based systems obsolete.
This makes some sense, especially with the emergence of internet-based PHRs like Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault.
If an EMR is internet-based, it needs to work 100% of the time. I don't think we're quite there yet, since even basic applications like Google Mail and Yahoo Mail crash and become unavailable from time to time.
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Peter
Unfortunately, it wouldn't even let me check my own GMail.
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Anonymous
I just wanted to point out a couple of things from your post:
Post a CommentIt's probably on its way to somewhere great, but it's not quite ready for prime time, just yet.
My only beef with the Cloud Computing model for EMR's, is that there are so many peculiarities for each office and enterprise, that dedicated, full-time, local support is a must. And that isn't Google's bag, at all.
11:13 PM
a) You mention that Google Chrome's Java processing is unsurpassed. What you really mean is that its JavaScript processing is unsurpassed. Java is a completely different technology that Google Chrome itself cannot process.
b) You also mention that Canadian EMR suggests that in the future EMRs may be 'ASP' based. I think the term you (and Canadian EMR) are looking for is 'web-based'. ASP is actually a proprietary Microsoft server technology. Web-based simply means that a system is actually a web-site with a sophisticated system behind it, run through a web-browser instead of through a desktop application or terminal.
2:28 AM