Some more feedback on OSCAR (*O*pen *S*ource *C*linical *A*pplication
*R*esource)
from what I found out after a bit of web navigation:
It is indeed a web-based application and it is accessed and managed through
a web browser window. It is downloadable from *Sourceforge* (
http://sourceforge.net/projects/oscarmcmaster/files/ ) as *tar.gz files*. It
is described in Sourceforge pages as: "...from McMaster University is a
web-based EMR (electronic medical record) system developed for academic
primary care clinics yet suitable in specialty and non-teaching practices."
It has apparently some following in the Spanish speaking world as well.
There is a proper blog from the Argentinian (!) followers ("....OSCAR
funciona básicamente como un servidor web, el cual debe ser instalado en una
máquina con Linux...."
http://oscarcanadaes.blogspot.com/ ).
However, if one takes a look at peoples opinions in Sourceforge:
Ratings and Reviews
- Thumbs up: *5*
- *Thumbs down: **2*
*71%* of 7 <
http://sourceforge.net/projects/oscarmcmaster/reviews> users
recommend this project
- * Thumbs down *
Extremely convoluted codebase, slow updates, lack of distinct bug
tracking or bug reporting capability, old-world web application design,
excessive system requirements, and suffers from browser-specific bugs.
Firefox printing issues, Safari form
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posted by anonymous 59 days ago
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- * Thumbs down *
very poorly documented, too many bugs,
posted by anonymous 28 days ago
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- * Thumbs up *
Great program
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Maybe, I'll give it a try and see what it's all about...After all, the worse
that may happen is that it does not meet my exact needs.... [?]
I don't know PatientOS but I have done some research on Oscar.
It is in use in Canada and some other countries. It is developed and
targeted
at one or two provinces of Canada. It is actively developed as far as I
know.
The code is a mix of various languages, databases and other projects. It
seems
to be done in a works now approach. It it webbased (tomcat war file).
Featurewise it seems to offer what a Canadian doctor needs. I am not sure
the
interface is available in different languages but I could be wrong on this.
It has not made into Debian yet as it is not easily packaged. However it is
worth packaging as it is one of the few EMR that is there, now.
There seems to be a vmware image availalble to download and try.
Sebastian
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