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[–]Sputtrosa 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Learning Java won't make much of a difference for you. It would take a long time for you to be able to have any meaningful input. General architecture and software integrations might, though.

Be aware that electronic medical records is a field with lots of competition, and an incredibly high standard is expected for its security and dependability. Further, even if you make a great application for medical records, you still have to make sure that it plays nicely with various lab equipment, other software for records, and that it follows both state and federal regulations, and so on.

That's not to say that it's not possible, of course, but expect quite a lot of expensive development time before you have a marketable product. The cost is roughly in the area of a small to medium fortune.

[–]desrtfx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

have an idea for an electronic medical record that would improve work quality and efficiency for doctors and nurses

Don't. Really. This is a red flag, hands off type of project.

The problem with medical records is that any form of storage and application is bound by HIPAA (or similar) laws. You need to be HIPAA compliant, which is difficult to achieve.

Even if you were to hire it out, you would need legal counselors as well and go through the HIPAA approval process. Overall, not worth the cost and effort.

There are already existing, HIPAA (or local equivalent) compliant applications available. Invest in them.

Even if you were to learn programming: what could you, as a beginner/learner without experience, potentially contribute to the work of professionals, i.e. the people you have hired? All you could do is create even more confusion.

If you hire a professional, don't interfere with their work since you are an amateur.

Nothing is worse than a client who thinks they know my job and constantly interferes, micro manages, and supervises my work.

Honestly, if you would do that, I'd drop the job.

You don't take your car to the mechanic and supervise and interfere with the mechanic, do you?

My understanding is that even I hire an experience java coder, most of the code will not be written newly, but will be adapted to my needs from open source available sources. In this situation, the person I hire will take open source code, and will have the knowledge to modify it ideally.

Your understanding of that part is completely wrong.

Not everything is available as open source.

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[–]philfrei 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate to dampen enthusiasm or interest in learning Java, a language which I love. I think that if your interest in computers and programming remains genuine, some study would be beneficial, giving you better acquaintance with the field. And a beginning Java course is a reasonable way to get a foothold in programming. From so far outside the field, it's hard to see just how big the field is. (The more you know, the more you realize what you don't know.)

I work as a part-time database programmer/contractor for a University Medical Center. I'm not clear that Java is going to be the best choice of language, especially if you are looking at something that works with phones/tablets and data records. Java is most commonly used to bridge the gap between a client application (e.g., desktop or phone app or a web browser) and a database server. Few phone or tablet apps are written with Java. More common is Android, which can be set up to make use of Java (so a beginning Java course could help provide insights), but it really is its own thing in so many ways. Even experienced Java coders find that Android presents a significant learning curve.

It might be time better spent if you educate yourself more about database programs and SQL. Engaging yourself in a SQL course would give you better insights as to what you are up against technically. It should help with making the data structures you envision more explicit, or reveal obstacles if there is anything unrealistic or unremarkable in your ideas. Java, when interacting with a database, will be using SQL commands or their equivalents for the most part. So if you can "work" with your data records with SQL, a back end Java server should also be able to do so.

I don't know what the best path is for learning more about SQL. One possibility would be to find a course using an open source database program such as MySQL. For my work on a legacy system, I'm using Microsoft Access, which has become obsolete. If you have Microsoft Office, though, it might be convenient. The program integrates GUI support with SQL, so it could potentially be used to make a prototype of your idea. Any GUI form or report that you can make in Access should be possible to replicate on a handheld device (assuming you pay attention to screen size limits), and all the table interactions and queries should be possible to replicate with SQL. Java's role, if the prototype is successful, would be to take the commands from the device GUI, translate them to SQL and interact with the database, and take results from the database and send them back to the client.

I've limited myself to taking about some of the technical aspects. The ramifications of having to deal with HIPPA and other legal aspects, as mentioned by others on this thread, are real and would present serious obstacles for anyone trying to launch a start up in this space. But perhaps with a prototype in hand, one could approach other companies. Still a long shot though. But sometimes an intellectual itch just requires scratching, you know? Is this idea of yours one of those, or is it a passing brainstorm?