Its purely web-based for both the developer and user.

Its open-source, uses mysql at the back and can create enterprise level applications with its Form Builder Wizard and Report writer GUI.

I’m just looking for appropriate open-source application to be used for tracking patient information in small homeopathic/counselling clinic.

I’ve tried with several EMR applications like OpenEMR, GNUmed, but all those are bringing too much stuff which is applicable for general-practice medical doctors and not required for homeopathic treatment & counselling sessions.

That’s why I’m interested how Glom could serve such purpose?

I’m also interested if Bond would be more suitable tool?

I can afford to learn some Python to help me as scripting tool in customizing/tweaking desired application.

Any hint?

Sincerely,
Gour

1. “Front end to a database”. . . . I’d rather approach it as a development tool for a database APPLICATION. I never even considered that people exist who would use a database directly without an application.. Scientists and serious data miners I guess.. But real people don’t even think of it as a database, they think of it as an application that they use.

2. Kexi: I tried it, and this is NOT a finished product, even though they now tout it as version “1.0″. It doesn’t do master-detail forms, full stop, full uninstall, check back next year, thankyouverymuch. Development goes VERY slow on that project as well, it hasn’t really moved much during the last year.

3. MS Access: Keep in mind that you don’t have to use the built-in database at all.. Indeed the built in database isn’t the greatest thing since rice, but MS Access happily acts as a front-end to MS SQL Server (which has $-free versions in MSDE / SQL Server 2005 Express). So then you get a pretty solid relational database, and a very full featured front end with which you can happily (and quickly!) make rich, stable applications for clinics, and everything else. Still has some quirky bits, but EVERYTHING has quirky bits, including Oracle Forms which is so ancient you’d think it was quirck-free by now.

4. Another BRILLIANT Filemaker-like rich application front end that also runs on the web is called Servoy. If only it were Free.. :( I wish something like that was available Free or for less money.. I don’t mind paying for the development tools, but at least let me release the applicaton I made without users having to pay license fees to use it.. (Don’t let that stop you from googling up some info on Servoy though, it’s really very good and worth checking out.)