The success of electronic medical records (EMR) depends on much more than the EMR itself, but intuitive, smart software is still important. In this post (Merry Christmas!), I will talk about one tough issue in particular, the search problem, and why a “finder” like Google Wave (June, November) might be a good idea. Larger electronic [...]

  Update Jan 26th, 2010: Thanks to Dr. Ves (@DrVes) for suggesting this post on Clinical Cases and Images: CasesBlog! Let’s face it. The last two weeks of gently fiddling with Google Wave (effy [dot] han [at] googlewave.com) really weren’t all that gentle. From painful slowness on Firefox to the most awkward reply structure ever [...]

  By now many of us know about Google Wave and have watched the truly epic introductory video. I won’t try to summarize the OMG!PONIES effect – you’ve got to see it to believe it. What I will say is this: Wave has been framed as the technology that could kill email, IM, photo/music/video sharing, [...]