Thanks, everyone, for such an incredibly fast reply!! As a point of order, should the questions be asked here (on the listserve) with answers posted to the Wiki, or directly onto the Wiki site?
Thanks again, matt -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Anthracite [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:43 AM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] web evaluation tool WorldVistA wiki !!!! On Wednesday 14 September 2005 10:40 am, Wendell Murray wrote: Nancy: You want me to start entry on the West Virginia VOE site testing? Wendell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Anthracite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 12:33 AM Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] web evaluation tool > 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. 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