I was in the ED the other day and noticed that they use a mix of Windows 7 and Windows 10. My question is two part.

  1. Do you know of hospitals using Linux?
  2. Besides legacy software and unwanted downtime, is there any reason why they wouldn’t use Linux?
  • governorkeagan@lemdro.idOPEnglish
    52·
    9 months ago

    UI sucks big time on Linux. It’s so much easier and reliable to just do a winform.

    I didn’t think about that. Makes sense though, especially when you combine the fact that most hardware will be designed with Windows in mind as you mentioned.

    • skatrek47
      5·
      9 months ago

      I wish I could say that the UI in EMRs *doesn’t * stick big time 😭

      • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
        3·
        9 months ago

        I really thought Allscripts was going to get their shit together a bit over a decade ago. We kept hearing from their reps that they were working on a much better UI.

        It is still hot garbage.