Re: Computer Geek Questions

[Guest guest]

Kathy,What browser are you using? I haven't had any problem on the several browsers I use, but I don't use Internet Explorer.ShirleyOn 8/17/07,

Kathy Saradarian wrote:

And I mean this most affectionately

I have 2 problems/questions:

1)

Adobe Acrobat 8 (Reader). I upgraded. What a

mistake. Now, my tool bar keeps disappearing with the shortcuts to zoom, go to

next page, etc. And everything has all these different highlighting colors or

lines are just blacked out and I have to move the slide bar or zoom in and out

so different sections highlight and get blacked out and I can eventually read

the whole page. Most annoying and time consuming. This is happening on every

computer I work off of, locally installed and on terminal services so multiple

copies of Adobe Reader 8. Is anyone else having this problem? And does anyone

know a solution?

2) video cameras. My laptop has an S port and my digital

video camera came with an adapter that goes from the white, yellow and red

audio/visiual plugs on my camera to the S port on my laptop. However, when I

plugged everything in, nothing happened. I can't even figure out how to

tell my computer to find the S port. It just shows LPT and COM. I do have

video players and a good graphics card in the laptop (NVIDIA). Any advice?

Kathy Saradarian, MD

Branchville, NJ

www.qualityfamilypractice.com

Solo low-staff practice since 4/03

In practice since 9/90

Practice Partner User since 5/03

[Guest guest]

hi Kathy-no offense taken. (Just don't call me a nerd-geeks beat up

nerds)

the Adobe reader is undoubtedly a toolbar issue-go in under the view

command and you should be able to restart the reading toolbar. (If

you see nothing, try right clicking and see what you get).

I believe that the S-video port for your laptop is an output port

rather than an input port. (I may be wrong about this). Usually you

get video on the laptop either through a FireWire connection or a USB

connection. (Assuming you have a DV camcorder).

If you have an 8mm camcorder or God forbid a VHS camcorder, then you

might be out of luck. Speaking from a strictly geek standpoint-this

is old technology and you need to get a DV camcorder (or better yet a

high-definition DV camcorder) immediately.

> >

> > And I mean this most affectionately

> >

> >

> >

> > I have 2 problems/questions:

> >

> >

> >

> > 1) Adobe Acrobat 8 (Reader). I upgraded. What a mistake.

Now, my

> > tool bar keeps disappearing with the shortcuts to zoom, go to next

page,

> > etc. And everything has all these different highlighting colors

or lines

> > are just blacked out and I have to move the slide bar or zoom in

and out so

> > different sections highlight and get blacked out and I can

eventually read

> > the whole page. Most annoying and time consuming. This is

happening on

> > every computer I work off of, locally installed and on terminal

services so

> > multiple copies of Adobe Reader 8. Is anyone else having this

problem? And

> > does anyone know a solution?

> >

> >

> >

> > 2) video cameras. My laptop has an S port and my digital video camera

> > came with an adapter that goes from the white, yellow and red

audio/visiual

> > plugs on my camera to the S port on my laptop. However, when I

plugged

> > everything in, nothing happened. I can't even figure out how to

tell my

> > computer to find the S port. It just shows LPT and COM. I do

have video

> > players and a good graphics card in the laptop (NVIDIA). Any advice?

> >

> >

> >

> > Kathy Saradarian, MD

> >

> > Branchville, NJ

> >

> > www.qualityfamilypractice.com

> >

> > Solo low-staff practice since 4/03

> >

> > In practice since 9/90

> >

> > Practice Partner User since 5/03

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Lou, any suggestions on setting up a workstation in the waiting room that allows patients to browse selected (by me!) websites?On 8/18/07, l_spikol <

lspikol@...> wrote:

hi Kathy-no offense taken. (Just don't call me a nerd-geeks beat up

nerds)

the Adobe reader is undoubtedly a toolbar issue-go in under the view

command and you should be able to restart the reading toolbar. (If

you see nothing, try right clicking and see what you get).

I believe that the S-video port for your laptop is an output port

rather than an input port. (I may be wrong about this). Usually you

get video on the laptop either through a FireWire connection or a USB

connection. (Assuming you have a DV camcorder).

If you have an 8mm camcorder or God forbid a VHS camcorder, then you

might be out of luck. Speaking from a strictly geek standpoint-this

is old technology and you need to get a DV camcorder (or better yet a

high-definition DV camcorder) immediately.

-- Pedro Ballester, M.D.Warren, OH

[Guest guest]

kathy-I'm pretty sure there are devices that will connect your 8mm

camcorder to the computer-there is usually a few of them in Best Buy

or Circuit City-I think they run in the $60-$100 range and usually

work fairly well.

>

> Lou,

>

>

>

> I have a digital camcorder that records on Hi8 film. The old VHS

that my

> husband used for underwater taping is tucked away in the basement.

Guess

> I'll have to pull out the manual and figure out how to put it

through the

> computer. Shucks. Those things are so boring.

>

>

>

> The Adobe Reader 8 has been a real pill. I can open the tool box

and then

> the item reappear but even if I " lock " it they go away again. But

the

> highlighting and blacking out is the real pain in the butt. I was

going to

> see if I could capture a printscreen but of course, now on my home

laptop,

> it is behaving perfectly so will have to research this issue. It

might be

> a server thing.

>

>

>

> Kathy Saradarian, MD

>

> Branchville, NJ

>

> www.qualityfamilypractice.com

>

> Solo low-staff practice since 4/03

>

> In practice since 9/90

>

> Practice Partner User since 5/03

>

[Guest guest]

I can easily set up my own listserv, but then I would have to pay

attention to it-certainly if I would get enough questions I could do

this. In the meantime, feel free to e-mail me directly with any

questions that you think might not interest the whole group. (All

questions are game-not just electronic health record questions).

Louis Spikol M.D.

Senior Healthcare Information Technology Consultant

Center for Health Information Technology

American Academy of Family Physicians

-mobile

-office

lspikol@...

>

> You know,

>

>

>

> Maybe we should just be addressing Lou. Lou, can you get your own

listserv?

>

>

>

> I know Pedro that you can create a special user with very limited

access and

> then restrict all websites except for the ones you allow access

to. A

> really literate computer geek (or in this case nerd as they would

deserve to

> get beat up by geeks) could still get into your DOS prompts and get

around

> the system though. I know my IT guy set up a very restricted user

that only

> allows access to the IMH website. I am going to make that local

though as

> wireless connectivity to the internet has created some issues. At

this

> point, the only computer access the patients have is to do the

questionnaire

> and generally won't have free time to surf but this is something I

am

> considering for the future too. Other expenses are taking priority

right

> now.

>

>

>

> Kathy Saradarian, MD

>

> Branchville, NJ

>

> www.qualityfamilypractice.com

>

> Solo low-staff practice since 4/03

>

> In practice since 9/90

>

> Practice Partner User since 5/03

>

[Guest guest]

Lou,

I feel like I have enough listservs to follow. I like the

fact that you are on several of the ones I follow, and the advantage of

being on the more general listservs is that you spread information to more doctors

than you would if you just had a “Lou’s IT Questions”

listserv. So, please keep doing what you are doing.

But, I echo the sentiment that your input is so valuable that it

deserves special recognigion.

don

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of l_spikol

Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 9:26 AM

To:

Subject: Re: Computer Geek Questions

I can easily set up my own listserv, but then I

would have to pay

attention to it-certainly if I would get enough questions I could do

this. In the meantime, feel free to e-mail me directly with any

questions that you think might not interest the whole group. (All

questions are game-not just electronic health record questions).

Louis Spikol M.D.

Senior Healthcare Information Technology Consultant

Center for Health Information Technology

American Academy of Family Physicians

-mobile

-office

lspikol@...

>

> You know,

>

>

>

> Maybe we should just be addressing Lou. Lou, can you get your own

listserv?

>

>

>

> I know Pedro that you can create a special user with very limited

access and

> then restrict all websites except for the ones you allow access

to. A

> really literate computer geek (or in this case nerd as they would

deserve to

> get beat up by geeks) could still get into your DOS prompts and get

around

> the system though. I know my IT guy set up a very restricted user

that only

> allows access to the IMH website. I am going to make that local

though as

> wireless connectivity to the internet has created some issues. At

this

> point, the only computer access the patients have is to do the

questionnaire

> and generally won't have free time to surf but this is something I

am

> considering for the future too. Other expenses are taking priority

right

> now.

>

>

>

> Kathy Saradarian, MD

>

> Branchville, NJ

>

> www.qualityfamilypractice.com

>

> Solo low-staff practice since 4/03

>

> In practice since 9/90

>

> Practice Partner User since 5/03

>

[Guest guest]

Can you give us specific instructions to set up the restricted workstation in the waiting room?On 8/19/07, l_spikol <

lspikol@...> wrote:

I can easily set up my own listserv, but then I would have to pay

attention to it-certainly if I would get enough questions I could do

this. In the meantime, feel free to e-mail me directly with any

questions that you think might not interest the whole group. (All

questions are game-not just electronic health record questions).

Louis Spikol M.D.

Senior Healthcare Information Technology Consultant

Center for Health Information Technology

American Academy of Family Physicians

-mobile

-office

lspikol@...

>

> You know,

>

>

>

> Maybe we should just be addressing Lou. Lou, can you get your own

listserv?

>

>

>

> I know Pedro that you can create a special user with very limited

access and

> then restrict all websites except for the ones you allow access

to. A

> really literate computer geek (or in this case nerd as they would

deserve to

> get beat up by geeks) could still get into your DOS prompts and get

around

> the system though. I know my IT guy set up a very restricted user

that only

> allows access to the IMH website. I am going to make that local

though as

> wireless connectivity to the internet has created some issues. At

this

> point, the only computer access the patients have is to do the

questionnaire

> and generally won't have free time to surf but this is something I

am

> considering for the future too. Other expenses are taking priority

right

> now.

>

>

>

> Kathy Saradarian, MD

>

> Branchville, NJ

>

> www.qualityfamilypractice.com

>

> Solo low-staff practice since 4/03

>

> In practice since 9/90

>

> Practice Partner User since 5/03

>

-- Pedro Ballester, M.D.Warren, OH

[Guest guest]

Pedro-I don't calim to be an expert on this matter of restricting

computer usage (but that won't stop me from answering!).

I think I would do either one of two things-although Windows Vista

is far from perfect, it does have apparently a fairly good parental

control on it including restricting the Internet to certain

websites.-so I might just install Windows Vista on this computer.

The other possibility is a number of parental programs out there

where you can restrict usage. (Maximum PC Magazine just recently

reviewed them.)

Naturally, all of these restrictions can be bypassed by those with

enough knowledge and effort, but I doubt this will be a problem in

your waiting room with casual usage.

> > >

> > > You know,

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Maybe we should just be addressing Lou. Lou, can you get your

own

> > listserv?

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > I know Pedro that you can create a special user with very

limited

> > access and

> > > then restrict all websites except for the ones you allow access

> > to. A

> > > really literate computer geek (or in this case nerd as they

would

> > deserve to

> > > get beat up by geeks) could still get into your DOS prompts

and get

> > around

> > > the system though. I know my IT guy set up a very restricted

user

> > that only

> > > allows access to the IMH website. I am going to make that local

> > though as

> > > wireless connectivity to the internet has created some issues.

At

> > this

> > > point, the only computer access the patients have is to do the

> > questionnaire

> > > and generally won't have free time to surf but this is

something I

> > am

> > > considering for the future too. Other expenses are taking

priority

> > right

> > > now.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Kathy Saradarian, MD

> > >

> > > Branchville, NJ

> > >

> > > www.qualityfamilypractice.com

> > >

> > > Solo low-staff practice since 4/03

> > >

> > > In practice since 9/90

> > >

> > > Practice Partner User since 5/03

> > >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

> --

> Pedro Ballester, M.D.

> Warren, OH

>

[Guest guest]

Why not just make local copies of the Websites you want patients to

see, and not have the computer they are using connected to the

internet at all?

If you wanted to

provide a restricted set of websites for your patients to view

that you control, you could use a program such as one from this list:

http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/downloader/fwoffline.html

I have used the one called " GetLeft " near the bottom of the page.

What it does is make copies of everything on the website to your

local computer. They also change the links to " relative links " so

that if they click on a link, it is actually loading only a local

copy off your hard drive. You could run a computer like this and

have copies of the web sites you want the patients to see with

bookmarks you create in the web browser to your local files, and not

have the computer they are using in the waiting room connected to

the Internet at all. It does have some limitations. It can only

follow HTML links. So if the site is connected to say, some type of

database, and the user looks up things by a search term or something

like that, it won't download all possible responses the website

could provide.

Caldwell M.D.

Tulare, CA

> > > >

> > > > You know,

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Maybe we should just be addressing Lou. Lou, can you get

your

> own

> > > listserv?

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > I know Pedro that you can create a special user with very

> limited

> > > access and

> > > > then restrict all websites except for the ones you allow

access

> > > to. A

> > > > really literate computer geek (or in this case nerd as they

> would

> > > deserve to

> > > > get beat up by geeks) could still get into your DOS prompts

> and get

> > > around

> > > > the system though. I know my IT guy set up a very restricted

> user

> > > that only

> > > > allows access to the IMH website. I am going to make that

local

> > > though as

> > > > wireless connectivity to the internet has created some

issues.

> At

> > > this

> > > > point, the only computer access the patients have is to do

the

> > > questionnaire

> > > > and generally won't have free time to surf but this is

> something I

> > > am

> > > > considering for the future too. Other expenses are taking

> priority

> > > right

> > > > now.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Kathy Saradarian, MD

> > > >

> > > > Branchville, NJ

> > > >

> > > > www.qualityfamilypractice.com

> > > >

> > > > Solo low-staff practice since 4/03

> > > >

> > > > In practice since 9/90

> > > >

> > > > Practice Partner User since 5/03

> > > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> > --

> > Pedro Ballester, M.D.

> > Warren, OH

> >

>

[Guest guest]

That's an interesting software app. Does it automatically update the

pages, or do you have to manually do that from time to time?

And the problem you stated, if you are talking about a dynamic site,

one that allows comments, or has a database that is updated

periodically, it won't work. But if you are interested in aafp.org,

some patient ed sites, etc, this would be really great.

jason bhan, md

sterling, va

> > > > >

> > > > > You know,

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > Maybe we should just be addressing Lou. Lou, can you get

> your

> > own

> > > > listserv?

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > I know Pedro that you can create a special user with very

> > limited

> > > > access and

> > > > > then restrict all websites except for the ones you allow

> access

> > > > to. A

> > > > > really literate computer geek (or in this case nerd as they

> > would

> > > > deserve to

> > > > > get beat up by geeks) could still get into your DOS prompts

> > and get

> > > > around

> > > > > the system though. I know my IT guy set up a very restricted

> > user

> > > > that only

> > > > > allows access to the IMH website. I am going to make that

> local

> > > > though as

> > > > > wireless connectivity to the internet has created some

> issues.

> > At

> > > > this

> > > > > point, the only computer access the patients have is to do

> the

> > > > questionnaire

> > > > > and generally won't have free time to surf but this is

> > something I

> > > > am

> > > > > considering for the future too. Other expenses are taking

> > priority

> > > > right

> > > > > now.

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > Kathy Saradarian, MD

> > > > >

> > > > > Branchville, NJ

> > > > >

> > > > > www.qualityfamilypractice.com

> > > > >

> > > > > Solo low-staff practice since 4/03

> > > > >

> > > > > In practice since 9/90

> > > > >

> > > > > Practice Partner User since 5/03

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > --

> > > Pedro Ballester, M.D.

> > > Warren, OH

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

It's been a while since I used it. I don't remember that it had

an auto update feature. I think you had to run it yourself while

connected to the internet to update your local copy of the website. I

do remember that it has an option

to let you decide how " deep " into the site to copy, i.e. how many

layers of links to copy. It does depend on there being HTML links

in the pages it can follow. As you are pointing out, it doesn't work

on the type of site

that requires you to fill in a query box with a search term that then

returns information. I used it to copy a website that had a database

of drug information. I think it was the FDA Orange Book site. I think

I also used it on this site that has the ICD9 codes

http://icd9.chrisendres.com/index.php?action=contents

It works if you start on the page that has the tabular list of codes

which are HTML links to all their pages containing the codes. If you

can find sites that have similar tabular outlines of the site with

HTML links, it should be able to follow those links and copy the whole

site to your computer.

Caldwell M.D.

Tulare, CA

> > > > > >

> > > > > > You know,

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Maybe we should just be addressing Lou. Lou, can you get

> > your

> > > own

> > > > > listserv?

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > I know Pedro that you can create a special user with very

> > > limited

> > > > > access and

> > > > > > then restrict all websites except for the ones you allow

> > access

> > > > > to. A

> > > > > > really literate computer geek (or in this case nerd as they

> > > would

> > > > > deserve to

> > > > > > get beat up by geeks) could still get into your DOS prompts

> > > and get

> > > > > around

> > > > > > the system though. I know my IT guy set up a very restricted

> > > user

> > > > > that only

> > > > > > allows access to the IMH website. I am going to make that

> > local

> > > > > though as

> > > > > > wireless connectivity to the internet has created some

> > issues.

> > > At

> > > > > this

> > > > > > point, the only computer access the patients have is to do

> > the

> > > > > questionnaire

> > > > > > and generally won't have free time to surf but this is

> > > something I

> > > > > am

> > > > > > considering for the future too. Other expenses are taking

> > > priority

> > > > > right

> > > > > > now.

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Kathy Saradarian, MD

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Branchville, NJ

> > > > > >

> > > > > > www.qualityfamilypractice.com

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Solo low-staff practice since 4/03

> > > > > >

> > > > > > In practice since 9/90

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Practice Partner User since 5/03

> > > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > --

> > > > Pedro Ballester, M.D.

> > > > Warren, OH

> > > >

> > >

> >

>