UI Design of WinForm CRUD App, What works?

Question

I am designing a WinForms CRUD \"like\" app for a large group of Nurses and Social Workers to interact with Client information.

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Answer 1

One of the most important things I've learned through CRUD type apps, is to make sure that there are hotkeys for nearly every button and that the tab order is setup properly.

Most of the time, when you're doing data entry/modification, you don't want to drop your hands off the keyboard to move the mouse to the Submit/Update button, especially with large volumes of data to work with. Having these two items in order will greatly enhance the productivity of the app.