I was in the ED the other day and noticed that they use a mix of Windows 7 and Windows 10. My question is two part.
- Do you know of hospitals using Linux?
- Besides legacy software and unwanted downtime, is there any reason why they wouldn’t use Linux?
I was in the ED the other day and noticed that they use a mix of Windows 7 and Windows 10. My question is two part.
Most hospitals in the US don’t even use the OS as much as they use their EMR system (EPIC). You boot the computer, you double click on Epic and you login. No real interaction with the OS.
I would say laboratories would have the biggest problem with Linux. Laboratory information systems, third party software for different equipment as well as bridging software between these two are all on Windows.