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Comparison of Response Times of a Mobile-Web EHRs System Using PHP and JSP Languages

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Performance evaluation is highly important in the Electronic Health Records (EHRs) system implementation. Response time’s measurement can be considered as one manner to make that evaluation. In the e-health field, after the creation of EHRs available through different platforms such as Web and/or mobile, a performance evaluation is necessary. The operation of the system in the right way is essential. In this paper, a comparison of the response times for the MEHRmobile system is presented. The first version uses PHP language with a MySQL database and the second one employs JSP with an eXist database. Both versions have got the same functionalities. In addition to the technological aspects, a significant difference is the way the information is stored. The main goal of this paper is choosing the version which offers better response times. We have created a new benchmark to calculate the response times. Better results have been obtained for the PHP version. Nowadays, this version is being used for specialists from Fundación Intras, Spain.

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This research has been partially supported by the Department of Health, Government of Castile and Leon (Spain) under the project GES39/VA05/10 and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under the project TIN2010-20529. We want to thank Fundación Intras for its advice and help in the benchmark realization.

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  1. Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Telematics Engineering University of Valladolid, Paseo de Belén, 15, 47011, Valladolid, Spain

    Isabel De la Torre-Díez, Míriam Antón-Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Díaz-Pernas & Freddy José Perozo-Rondón

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De la Torre-Díez, I., Antón-Rodríguez, M., Díaz-Pernas, F.J. et al. Comparison of Response Times of a Mobile-Web EHRs System Using PHP and JSP Languages. J Med Syst 36, 3945–3953 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-012-9866-7

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