It could be an added section on the WV wiki. I confess having been asked to start that section about a month ago in an offline email, but I have had too many iron in the fire to do it ... and frankly, I still don't have time. I think it would be a great idea if someone wants to jump in there and take a stab at it.
On Tuesday 13 September 2005 06:45 pm, Wendell Murray wrote: Matthew: You're right on the mark in regard to how people, in particular clinicians, view and understand VistA particularly vis-a-vis commercial systems. People make strong statements about the system without having a clue what they are talking about. The wiki concept is excellent and the current outline is good, but it needs to be filled in and greatly amplified! I hope to have an adequate understanding of the system within a month or so to make some sort of contribution. Wendell Murray On 9/13/05, Matthew King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hardhats, > The Community Health Centers in AZ are forming the Arizona Integrated > Network (AIN) to formally integrate information technology services, > financial management, and clinical initiatives. We are have included VistA > Office in our EHR evaluation. Last Wednesday we met in Page, AZ and I was > shocked when one of the lead collaborators to the CMS project (by > conference call) basically concluded her VistA product evaluation by saying > she couldn't recommend it. Her reasons included poor interfacing > capabilities, out-dated language (M) and missing modules needed for > community health centers. She also believed the costs to implement and > support it would pretty much offset any software cost savings. (She did say > it was wonderful for the VA.)Later, when evaluating a second (commerical) > product, she mentioned many of the same problems, but was optimistic they > would be easy to achieve by working with the vendor. During the discussions > this became clear: > 1) Everybody has an opinion of VistA, of most of it based on incomplete > or faulty information. > 2) Commercial Vendors have a lot of influence on the decision-makers in > my health-care setting. > 3) Our IT experts really don't understand Mumps or Open Source philosophy > or software. They either feel threatened or that it is not reliable or > compatible enough to run in our healthcare environment. > The resulting baised view means it is difficult for Stakeholders like > myself to make informed decisions. With the interest in VistA increasing > exponentially, this problem will increase. > I wonder if we could start a Wiki that (non-techie) decision-makers can > ask and receive accurate information regarding VistA and its flavors. Maybe > compatibility issues, support cost issues and the like can be addressed. > Ultimately, this would save a ton of work and help straighten out all the > misconceptions flying around. > Thank you, > Matthew King, MD > Medical Director > Clinica Adelante, Inc > Surprise, AZ -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
