Thursday 18 July 2013

Facts concerning Mobile Website Development



The number of people accessing the internet using their mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) is increasing in comparison to the number of PC and laptop users. Considering this trend, the percentage of mobile phone users is expected to surpass that of desktop users in the near future. Smartphones connect to the internet using browsers just like PCs do; therefore, any website can be visited through a smart phone device.



However, if your website is not designed and formatted for mobile device, then the user experience of viewing your website isn’t productive.  The fonts and the graphics would appear blurry or too small, and there would be a resolution issue to read the content. Moreover, web components like Flash are not compatible with mobile devices. This has created a strong need and opportunity for mobile website development to give a good user experience for smaller mobile screen. Many businesses are now turning to mobile marketing, so as to reach out to maximum potential customers. 

Statistics have shown that a considerable percentage of users browse the internet using mobile devices. Websites of a certain standard on desktop browsers won’t look the same until the website is optimized for mobile devices through mobile website development. Cutting edge mobile technology and speedy bandwidths are essential requirements for smooth mobile web experience.

Mobile website development requires skills unless if you plan to create the simplest one. It includes rewriting or resizing the content, adapting to the smaller screen and shorter attention span. Mobile websites are developed specifically for mobile operating systems. Simplified and adjusted navigational configurations can really improve the web experience on a mobile device. You can chose from different options of programming languages, different types of mobile browsers for compatibility, type of content in terms of size and nature (text, audio, video, images). 

One of the most recommended tools that support mobile website development is HTML5. This web programming language is used to present content on the internet. Its features allow developers to incorporate audio, video, text, graphics, images, animation and other things into a website.  HTML5 has a list of tools and resources that web designers can put to effective use.  Some of these include 3D sketch tool, Font testing tool, X-ray Tool, Ajax Animator tool, Sprite box tool, Pattern Generator, Automation/Animation Tool and SVG to HTML5 Canvas Tool.  All these online tools are full of functionalities to help you build a better mobile website.

Thursday 4 July 2013

Effectiveness of the Web-based EMR

Many physicians and health practitioners across the world are planning their electronic health record adaptation approach and have started realizing that the multiple choices for it are overwhelming and have really high-costs. However, a number of small and medium sized medical practices are using web-based EMR software to meet their clinical needs.
 
 


Global Access-all the time
Unlike the traditional on premises solution, web-based EMR software is more affordable as you just need to have a broadband internet connection, a workstation and a web browser. You work on software that is available to you from anywhere, at any time; be it in the hospital, during late night, away from home, or on a vacation. This way you can save the cost of faxing pages between offices or dialing different contacts to get the required information together. There is no implementation costs associated with online software as there are no need to install data sets, as is required in an on-site software.
Cost-Effectiveness
A web-based EMR offers a centralized repository of different departmental operations that provide a huge benefit to the end-user.  From storage, retrieval, modification, maintenance to network security- everything is coordinated and exchanged through this centralized system. Such an implementation allows centralization of other medical operations like billing, transcription and scheduling processes.
Connectivity
Moreover, a web-based EMR offers connectivity. You don’t have to individually maintain the connections to reference lab, pharmacies, clinics, OPD, and other departments; as the centralized system of an EMR already holds these connections together and relieves the practice of forming and then maintaining them all- thus, reducing work and cost linked to separate maintenance of these networks.
                            Web based electronic medical record
 
 
 
Ease-of-use
A web-based Electronic Medical Record offers a user-friendly user interface that enables the users to navigate through functions, menus and links in a convenient and logical manner, making it very simple and natural to the doctors and other medical staff.
Flexibility
The working of a web-based EMR system simply adjusts according to your workflow and allows you to manage your practice or document according to your expertise and comfort levels. It enables everyone in the staff to follow the workflow they feel good with or adapt the practice to an organized workflow when required.
Some of the most prominent features of a good web-based Electronic Medical Record system include e-Prescribing, Patient Encounter, Test results, Reporting, Document Management, Patient portal and many others.  While an online EMR has many advantages, most medical practitioners are skeptical of security as a chief concern. However, web-based EMR software can actually provide greater security than paper data and client-server software. Most of such systems get HIPAA compliance via bank centers with high-level encryption ways and bank-level security that makes it impossible to read the data. Therefore, considering the cost effective features, now is the right time to get a web-based EMR solution.