Hello All:
Sorry guys, nothing is free when it comes to Microsoft or Dell. The Dell server with Server 2008 R2 is built into the price of the system if it is installed when you recieve it.
I am a true IT guy and I consult with physicians for sizing their systems. The most important thing to remember in going to EHR is redundancy/reliabilty.
Your system needs to be robust from the perspective that if EHR is down, it is next to impossible to see patients. Translated the doc is losing money. EHR is a pay now or really pay when the doctor can not see patients.
Get a system that is reliable. Non of this I have a friend down the street who can fix it stuff.
Yes you can put this application on a desktop runing Windows XP or Windows 7 and run it, but this is not a good idea and you can only have 10 connections to the desktop at a time.
The up front investment to do it right is worth the money if you have ever had a hard disk crash.
I recommend
2 Docs or More
Dell 2900 Mirrored 146 Gig Hard drives
4 Gig memory
Tape backups system
Windows server 2003 R2 or 2008 R2 if 2003 is not available. I am not that big of a fam of Small Business Server. It always come on a low end system with one hard drive. If it fails you are dead in the water.
