Unsophisticated Testers Galore

OpenEMR Development
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aethelwulffe wrote on Sunday, January 02, 2011:

Are you guys interested in having a group of real idiots banging keys full-time on 4.0?

If the project as a whole needs a pack of total knuckle heads to…ummm….“help” with testing, I am ready to sign us on.  I have discussed this with the Executive Director.  If a developer needs access to our system’s installation to monitor logs, make patches themselves, or investigate problems, we can either make out a business partner agreement, or have them fill out a volunteer application so that they may have full access.  We will also arrange and pay for any background screening etc… that may be necessary, though this may not be required for a good number of you.

I have 4 administrators, and 35 counselors…most of whom need my regular help figuring out how to turn on their PC.  As a group, we have 3 macs (OSX), 7 (Oh Your God) Vista users, 4 Windows 7 users, and the rest of the pack equipped with XP machines.  We have a few folks who occasionally access via smart phone.
  We have 850 clients/patients in our database.  We have about 200 active cases.  We have problematic x12 partners (Magellan, Availity, PHC/FHP, and Medicaid).  We have a part time biller that is a little squirrelly…OK, actually, she is downright nutty as a squirrel turd (though greatly loved).  This should create some real havoc.

    I am currently needing to do a lot of tweaking to 3.2.0 to get it to do the things we need it to do, as this is Mental Health and not everyday medical.  We started our database in 2.8 or so, and have (*ahem*) upgraded it as we went along.  The learning curve has been long and bloody, with big spots of oil all over the track.  Upshot is, my attempts at improvement are mostly futile, as I absolutely know I will need to switch over to 4.0 as soon as possible.   Not real smart to continue teaching the old dog new tricks when it is on life support and morphine drip, you know?

Upshot:   I wanna get out of 3.2 as soon as possible, and start working/developing in the 4.0 environment.  I am ready to be an on-call go-to guy ready to work on cleaning up disasters and smoothing feathers.  I will format/filter bug reports from users, document usage notes for the manual-in-development, and survey users for input.  There may or may not be need for some direct assistance during an upgrade (or heck, it might go smoothly), but I am not asking for someone to come in and fix problems for us.  Specifically, I want to do as much as I possibly can, and use the opportunity to learn.

    Art Eaton
Art@Starfrontiers.org
727-421-6330

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tmccormi wrote on Monday, January 03, 2011:

As the official volunteer coordinator, I’d be happy to work with you and your team …
-Tony

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aethelwulffe wrote on Monday, January 03, 2011:

Very good Tony.  Where do we go from this point forward?

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tmccormi wrote on Tuesday, January 04, 2011:

I’ll contact you off forum to discuss this.
-Tony

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sunsetsystems wrote on Tuesday, January 04, 2011:

Please avoid private discussions of matters related to the project.  For the reasoning behind this, see:

http://producingoss.com/en/setting-tone.html#avoid-private-discussions

Thank you.

Rod
www.sunsetsystems.com

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tmccormi wrote on Tuesday, January 04, 2011:

Rod,
If you (or anyone else) like to join us  on a conference call your are more than welcome.  This coordination can’t be done effectively on the forum.  
-Tony

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sunsetsystems wrote on Tuesday, January 04, 2011:

Honestly, I hate most conference calls.  In my experience they are big time-wasters.  But if you’ve just gotta do it that way, please summarize here so others will be informed and will have a chance to give input.

Rod
www.sunsetsystems.com

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aethelwulffe wrote on Tuesday, January 04, 2011:

Rod, let me assure you, I will keep up a running blog…>right here<.  Note the above stressed “I will document”.

Phone calls are time wasters, but this call will allow Tony to form an accurate opinion of me, and give assurance that neither side is a typical internet mayfly.  We may actually safely exchange a bit of relevant access information at some point too.  That part I do not care to document here.

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sunsetsystems wrote on Tuesday, January 04, 2011:

Thanks!

Tony, does this mean you’re volunteering to fix some bugs?  :slight_smile:

Rod
www.sunsetsystems.com

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tmccormi wrote on Tuesday, January 04, 2011:

I been doing that all a along, I volunteering to help Art find and fix bugs.
-Tony

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ericsbrown wrote on Wednesday, January 19, 2011:

I just started a build for a company that is currently using paper.  They would be willing to do the build on 4.0 and be a test / live facility for immediate feedback of features and errors.  We are not a huge facility but we do have 3-4 other facilities waiting to come in to the same building and would build them on the same server also.  We have an occupational med facility now and will be adding an urgent care along with a primary care facility.  We will also have a Radiology facility using the software.   I am not a developer and am willing to learn anything.  The site will be more than willing (it just comes natural to them)  to break it if it can be broken.  eric.s.brown.esb@gmail.com / 7656180533