EHR (Electronic Health Record system) development using php

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moong
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EHR (Electronic Health Record system) development using php

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what are the advantages and disadvantages for choosing PHP as development language for a data centric system like EHR. this system is also scalable need high privacy and security and cannot compromise on availability so downtime is assumed to be zero.

i want an open discussion for PHP comparison with JAVA and ASP.NET for development of this system.
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both, PHP and java will be able to handle that because data will be stored in a database anyway.

for complex systems, I'd rather advise you to get a java programmer for the fact that in the PHP sector, you have this incredible number of amateurs claiming to be professionals. if you manage to find a professional PHP programmer, it doesn't matter if you chose PHP or java.
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The downtime is not going to depend on the language. It will depend more on your hardware architecture and how to you access your database in case of failure.

Since your are in a PHP forum, I will say that Java and ASP.net sucks. I truly hate what Java has become and I just dont have words for ASP.Net

Your big decision will be the database. If you use PHP, and you should, Use phpadodb, in case you need to switch databases.

There are so many EHR out there, I dont know how can you compete, even more so if you are starting from zero. My concerns with EHR are more with the HL7 stuff,insurance payments, electronic prescriptions, etc. What I am trying to say is that the programing is not as bad as all the modules you have to create to interact with other systems.

PHP is great, powerful, easy and flexible used by some of the biggest sites in the Internet.
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Gargoyle wrote: I'd rather advise you to get a java programmer for the fact that in the PHP sector, you have this incredible number of amateurs claiming to be professionals. if you manage to find a professional PHP programmer,
I disagree. People claiming to be what they are not, does not depend on the language. If there are more people out there programming PHP, is because is used more. Just check the reference on the person. I am not PHP 5 certified, but I took the test and I did not pass, and I have being programming PHP for more than 10 years. Go with PHP 5 certified people with good background.
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If there are more people out there programming PHP, is because is used more.
I fail to see how this contradicts my statement.
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