Comments on: Monday Morning Update 7/27/09

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:46:15 +0000

I wonder if Jonathan Bush realizes that one of the men who created the MUMPS language at Mass. General in the 60′s is still the leader of MEDITECH, e.g. A. Neil Pappalardo still runs MEDITECH and writes, along with thousands of other people, in the US, Canada, the UK, Dubai, South Africa, etc. in MUMPS decedant languages.

Then there’s the company InterSystems, who’s entire product is based upon MUMPS technology & decendants. Hmm, last I checked, a large portion of the HIS market runs on this stuff. *Vital Signs check* Yep, I’m still alive too. And no, I was not alive when MUMPS was written/developed in the 60′s.

I’m afraid Mr. Bush’s claim makes for a great soundbite, but that’s all it is.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:31:20 +0000

Amusing response to Jon Bush from the WorldVistA folks:

http://worldvista.org/news2/reports-of-mumps-programmer-mass-extinction-greatly-exaggerated

By: EHR Geek

EHR Geek — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:42:08 +0000

Re: Eclipsys Watcher

Mr HIStalk, my experience is that most of the Eclipsys leadership has been replaced 4-5 times over since Harvey Wilson. Why should we think that this round will be any different??

By: Dr. Herzenstube

Dr. Herzenstube — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:56:32 +0000

Re: “…He also predicts that cell phones will be used to test for diseases and that voice recognition will be big.”

Not to sound nitpicky, but you mean “speech recognition”, not “voice recognition”.

Speech recognition = Taking acoustic input and determining what is being said.

Voice recognition = Taking acoustic input and determining who is saying it.

By: EMR Terminologies Guy

EMR Terminologies Guy — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:55:29 +0000

Definitely like the “top stories” setup. Everyone likes a good executive summary. Sometimes you just don’t have time to read all the way down. (Usually you find the time though).