Peter, I am very interested in understanding TCO, including costs of lost productivity during the learning curve.
In addition, I want to understand the benefit side from both a financial and quality of care perspective. I would be happy to collaborate with you on this. P.S. I think that the Information Week $2700 figure is a first year license fee for Cache. Gary Pritts Ohio Osteopathic Association, and Eagle Consulting Partners, Inc. 4415 Euclid Ave. #300 Cleveland, OH 44103 (216) 426-0519 voice (216) 432-0104 (fax) (216) 233-4960 (mobile) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Bodtke Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 7:58 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [VistA Office EHR-Forum] VOE > how much will it cost to implement? >This one in InformationWeek >http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=166403837 I showed up late to the party, so forgive me if this has already been worked out, but I'm a bit confused as to how much an implementation might cost. - The InformationWeek article put forward a first year estimate of $2700 for 5 doctor practice. It is not clear if that cost is per doctor. - The New York Times article 'U.S. Will Offer Doctors Free Electronic Records System' (7/21) stated "Installing Vista would cost $10,000 to $12,000 for an entire medical practice." It looks like they were referring to a practice of 5 doctors. Have anyone put together detailed total cost of ownership projections? If there is an open need, then I will volunteer assistance (that means working with others!) gathering and preparing TCO estimates and associated permutations (ex. - what are the hardware costs to a doctor with appropriate hardware vs. what would it cost for a group of 2...8 doctors. Then networks, configuration, training, support...) Peter Bodtke PS: Its been going through my mind non-stop, so here you go, "How much is that doggie in the window..." ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Vista-officeehr-forum mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vista-officeehr-forum ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
