So, please tell us... how do I get into the Wiki Wiki house? Is there a website? Or do we put our thoughts on this thread?
Roy, to Wiki, just type the usual
www.amazingcharts.com and then add the forward slash /wiki so
www.amazingcharts.com/wiki. This will take you to the site. Click on Open account or whatever it is called and fill it out. I would just use your AC login and password. You then will need to confirm your email address by following the prompts. You are then in, and you can edit or blog or whatever.
Jon, I didn't read the entire EULA over again, just the short version on the Wiki. Most of Leslie's sentiments are mine as well. One thing that I just cannot believe is the following:
This, along with the potential legal risk involved with folks using outdated medication databases
As many of us have said, the medication databases CAUSE legal risk. They are horrible. Why has my medication database been downloaded over 70 times if it weren't? The single biggest possible cause of a terrible medical error is the medication database.
Amazing Charts as most of us have stated again and again is a great EMR. You have maneuvered it into a place of its own, and you can consider yourself on par with any of the other major companies in EMR land or otherwise. But, like the other companies, my opinion is that you have to look at your customer base the same way. You simply can't take someone's license away from them. One, I really don't think it would hold up in court and, two; it's just bad business. I don't think the analogy with the patient is the same. The patient has paid for care already used. They have not bought a commodity. To dismiss one because of their actions is altogether different than actually stopping someone from using a program they paid for. No matter what the EULA says, my guess is it is implicitly implied that the exchange of money for the software allows the buyer to keep it and use it. Now updates, upgrades and support is different. You don't have to continue to provide that.
I just spoke with Trend Micro's support today. They were wonderful. I imagine I will speak with them once more over the next year. There are probably many who call them all the time. It's like insurance. It evens out. Now, if I call Trend Micro and am disrespectful and yell at their staff, that is different. They can either take away my support or reimburse the remainder of it. But, they can't take away my user license. They can choose to not sell me a definition subscription the following year.
I appreciate the change to help write the EULA, and I think it's a great gesture, but I think that should be written by the owner of the company. Hopefully, we can meld it somewhat with out comments.
@Leslie,
How do you overwrite your databases? I am sorry that happened to you. Usually, installing software over an older version shouldn't overwrite the databases. But, it shouldn't happen anyway logistically. Your AmazingCharts folder with the databases on the clients should be safe as they aren't the ones with the data. If you are running an application on a "server" in a peer to peer, you could run that application on C:\Program Files\Amazing Charts and have the actual database folder in a different location. Either way, you copy the databases or move them to another location prior to installation.
@Roy, I am not sure what the grounds are, but I can tell you it is not 250 posts
