EMR: Electronic Medical Records

So a bit of context here. I am a tech geek. And learning about the appalling state of EMR at Selayang hospital makes me sad. Its such a waste of resources. If they are not commited to keep it running better don’t buy it in the first place.

Being a open source software fan, naturally the question of “why not adopt GNU Health?” comes to me. I mean, it’s free of charge! So why not?

And I am thinking of maybe making some tutorial on GNU Health deployment.

Now bureaucracy bullshit aside, I think I will need to listen to people who will be actually using it first. Like:

• Do you see EMR as a need? Or just a fancy tech toy?
• How does it make your life better and/or worse?
• Acceptance level by staff (do they want to use the system or they had to be forced into it)?
• How much does it cost you to set up & keep running?
• Service quality level by current provider?
• Are you comfortable DIYing your own setup?
• Nightmare fuel stories if any?

Also noticed that KKM had been working with MIMOS to roll out their own EMR system for quite some time now. How is it working so far?