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9. My thoughts
9.1. Too Many Projects
Having spend some time on looking at the available software, I can only say that currently, we simply have an abundance of development, but little progress. I keep seeing multiple projects trying to achieve the same thing, but the resources are spread too think and so they fail. I wonder if there were some way to concentrate the various developers onto one project. The questions remain as to what main ideas should be focused on. Obviously the first one should be a Medical records application. That is a coherent, portable, way to contain, process, and use all the medical data that is generate by a patient.
The second focus should be on software for a workign clinic. This seems to be much harder since it would involve the billling seciton. However this would also include things like scheduling and multitude of forms that a clinic uses in day to day use.
THe third focus (one I know little about) would be in the more specialized applications like Imagaing, which seems to already have quite a bit of working software, but is inherently hard to make because not everyone has access to CT scanners and such.
9.2. I am biased
The other thing I want to point out is that this is not an un-biased LDP, I may stress something more than others because I think the foundation is better or that I have seen it actually work, so if you feel something is not right, please feel free to let me know.
9.2.1. Debian as Standard linux distribution
I realize that urging people to consider debian as the standard linux system when it comes to medical applications is probably like arguing about religions. But.. :) The point is that our audience is not Linux gurus who only use slack or can configure applications from source tar balls. Debian provides an extremely sophisticated and easy to use installation process that is ideal for people who want to get a system running.