[CentOS] OT: Suggestions for database for physicians patient records?

[Chris Mauritz]

Lanny Marcus wrote:
> This is very OT. If list readers can point me in the right direction, to
> other mailing lists, or web sites for recommended databases, that will
> be much appreciated!
>
> My wife's doctor wants to move records, for approximately 6000 patients
> (over a 12 year period), from paper (18th century) to a database (20th
> century). The data entry will be a PITA, for his secretaries, regardless
> of what software he goes with. I did some reading about MySQL, and I
> also did some googling for Linux+database and there are many other
> databases out there. One requirement is that one field be variable
> length (patient history: surgeries, treatments, etc.), which I suspect
> might vary from 200 words to 3000 words. That field size needs to be
> very flexible. If there are "front ends" that will make it easier for
> his secretaries to input patient records to the database and access it,
> that will be a "plus". It would also be a plus, but, it's not mandatory,
> if they can do this in Spanish. It's a small office (2 surgeons, nurses
> and secretaries) so I suspect there might be 4 to 6 workstations
> connected to the database server, maximum. I would like to help him get
> the best possible solution. Something with a large user base, excellent
> documentation and an active ML, like CentOS, is the goal. Thanks much!
> Lanny
>   

I'm not sure of your location, but if you're in the US, you need to make 
sure the solution is HIPPA compliant or you could find yourself in hot 
water later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIPPA

Best,