Visual Basic's

[hugh]

Visual Basic's format data saving is it easily transferrable to other programs ?
I have been told that the way it saves data makes it very hard to transfer to other potential programs. Any views on this appreciated.

Thanks to the Board for its help.

Dr. D :confused:

[mel]

VB does not make good database software

[Kursk]

Visual Basic's format data saving is it easily transferrable to other programs ?
I have been told that the way it saves data makes it very hard to transfer to other potential programs. Any views on this appreciated.

Thanks to the Board for its help.

Dr. D :confused:

Not sure I understand the question - so we might need some clarification.

Visual Basic is a programing language which is extremely powerful but criticized for not being fully object oriented. It certainly is capable of creating applications that can work with databases of many flavors - including Microsoft Access and SQL server. SQL server is a robust database server that is more than capable of handling EMR needs.

IMHO it is the database design within an EMR that dictates how easy or difficult it will be to export to other programs. In the absence of robust standards about how an EMR should store data, a custom program has to be built for almost all data transfers from one program to another. This is not the fault of VB.

For example - how does program A store information about a patient's medical problems - as ICD9 codes (with perhaps a comment field, onset field, severity field etc) as compared to program B? If program B does not allow a comment field how will you transfer the data -where will it go?

Hope this helps.

[alborg]

VB does not make good database software

Why would you say that? VB is probably the most popular developmental platform out there and is frequently used for EMR database systems, Melanie. It's not only powerful, but it's hugh developer community is very helpful on the web with fixes, code snippets, and even free full database programs for download.

As a front-end it can be used with any robust database back-end table data, including MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, and of course Jet 4.0.