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MS Exchange stands to be important North of the Border, since the
forthcoming new GPass (used by c 80% of computer-assisted practices) MPI
looks as though it will be using MS 'Back Office' products (I think). As
to the politics of it (MS Exchange) snuggling up to the NHS (see Ahmad's
message) I've no idea, but I remember feeling that it was unfortunate
that e.g. Lotus Notes wasn't making an effort re X400 compatibility, and
this seemed to knock it out of the frame for some.
Vis-a-vis Inter/Intra net linkage, you may have seen the brief report on
Notes vs, Exchange in this month's Byte. Last sentence reads "...Notes is
far ahead in terms of seamless integration with the Internet.". Fairly
dismissive of MSE overall.
One of the interesting things about groupware products for me is the
potential that some of them seem to have for locating the access control
over the various parts of the patient record back with the lead
practitioner (aka Care Manager in some circs), and away from the central
system administrator. I've been impressed with what I've read about the
potential of Notes' access control lists, for example, which seem to be a
useful tool for helping Mrs Smith's 'virtual team' manage the sharing of
information within itself, and between itself and the rest of the world,
securely. Could be naive, maybe - does anyone have experience of this
aspect of groupware generally?
One reason for asking is that, right up North, we hope to start some
small-scale learning by experience in this domain - wd be nice to hear
from anyone who's cracked it already!
Another useful ref or two:
Comparing Notes and Web Technologies:
http://www.amsinc.com/amscat/centspot.htm
The Cost of Client-Server Computing: MS Exchange vs. Lotus Notes v.4:
http://www.cnilive.com/lotus/index2.htm
I found the first a useful head-clearer re Groupware vs. the web, and the
second one is pretty thorough about each products - well worth a scan
even if you're not particularly interested in a comparison.
I'm rather inclined to be agnostic these days - on the grounds that we'll
only have learnt how to exploit about 40% of the functionality of what we
choose before it's overwhelmed by the next generation of whizz-bang
stuff...!
8¬))
Peter Ashe
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