Python

AutoHotKey has been incredibly useful for managing to make my electronic medical record actually useful instead of a hindrence to my daily workflow. I am sure I will continue to use it, however, I have gravitated away from Windows unless I have to (i.e. with work) and I prefer to use Linux predominately (CrunchBang, a Debian based distro) and MacOS as well with the family as they are most adjusted to that and it keeps everyone's iPods working smoothly :)
I think AHK has really whet my appetite for additional programming that I can move between more systems, and after trying out a little intro C++, then Javascript, I've decided the most useful for my needs looks like Python. So far, I have found a great reference to get started from by a guy named Zed Shaw (learnpythonthehardway.org) which is available in the HTML version for FREE. Can't beat that. many thanks to him and I will try to place things that helped to clarify things for me here as usual. At some point, if I am able to cleanly make a program that is more universal for typical EMR's to help fix the many lacking areas of usability within most of them, I might share... but until then, I can blow up my own system without harming others.