Browser based software requires much less bandwidth than LAN based applications. Additionally, browser-based software can be accessed remotely through the internet from any hanheld device such as PDAs, Blackberrys, Internet-enabled cellphones, laptops, tablet pc's, etc. All of this can be accomplished securely through the use of TLS/SSL 128-bit encryption.

False. LAN based applications take no more and no less bandwidth than anything else. Moving a bit is moving a bit whether it is a browser or a RPC call. You can argue that Browsers have been optimized for certain things, but so can client-server applications. EMR applications such as VistA are client-server based and very optimized for low-bandwidth service. For now at least VistA's CPRS client can do things that browser-based applications cannot.

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