VistA & Open Healthcare News--Crisis in the VA, VistA in Arizona, Tolven and more.

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Roger A. Maduro

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Apr 10, 2008, 12:17:43 AM4/10/08

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All,

Here is the latest issue of the newsletter. There are major news
ranging from technical to deployments to poitical (VA). I am also
posting the newsletter to the VistA group at Google and World-VistA
Services. If you wish to comment on the newsletter, please use
HardHats for technical discussions and the other lists for political
dissusions.

Roger
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VistA & Open Healthcare News
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Download <http://www.imm7.com/clients/vista/VistANews_2008_Jan-Feb.pdf>

VistA. Open source EHRs. Open healthcare.

January/February 2008 - Vol. 3, Issue No. 1

By Roger A. Maduro

In This Issue
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Feature Stories
1. The VA: An Agency in Crisis
2. Clinica Adelante Implements WorldVistA EHR
3. Picis Adapts Perioperative Solution to VistA
4. Informatix Rolls Out PAMS
5. VistA Health Network
6. CBO Report on VA Model and VistA
7. Tolven Health Open Source Solution

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1. The VA: An Agency in Crisis
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Major feature story on the crisis facing the VA healthcare system. From
outages to cultural conflicts to software development challenges. Extensive
background documentation on how the massive reorganization came to be.

2. Clinica Adelante Implements WorldVistA EHR
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Great success story for WorldVistA EHR. Network of clinics in Arizona
successfully implements VistA and it's up and running. A lot of lessons to be
learned and details on cost savings and benefits of using open source
software.

3. Picis Adapts Perioperative Solution to VistA
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Story on how Picis perioperative solutions have been adapted to work with
VistA and are now in use at several VA hospitals. Great story on the role of
clinicians in improving VistA and collaboration efforts with the private
sector.

4. Informatix Rolls Out PAMS
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Finally a patient account management system for RPMS and VistA.
Information on deployments and capabilities.

5. VistA Health Network
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Major story from Phillip Longman in Washington. How to solve the healthcare
crisis using VistA and the VA Model of medical care. Should be a major issue
in the coming elections.

6. CBO Report on VA Model and VistA
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a great interim report on
the success of the VA Healthcare model and some of the ways it can be applied
to the private sector. A must read!

7. Tolven Health Open Source Solution
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Great article by Tom Jones on Tolven Health's EHR/PHR. It has great promise
and it's web enabled!

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Jim Self

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Apr 14, 2008, 11:32:42 AM4/14/08

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Roger,
Excellent! The newsletter obviously reflects a great deal of effort and thought.

I found two items of particular interest. The call for an effort to develop a web based interface to VistA on page 21 and description of the web based (but not M-based) EHR/PHR being developed from scratch by Tolven.

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Jim Self
Systems Architect, Lead Developer
VMTH Information Technology Services, UC Davis
(http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself)
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M2Web Demonstration with VistA
(http://vista.vmth.ucdavis.edu/)
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