To Whom it May Concern, My name is Deepak Sreedharan and I work for a research lab at the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. As part of our breast studies we collect clinical data from patients. The data includes demographics [age, sex, race, residence and so forth] as well as clinical data [height, weight, history of illnesses, allergies, medications, lab values, radiologic films, etc.]. We currently keep track of this data using mostly paper and some excel files but we would like to start storing this data in a database using a more friendly user interface. VistA appears useful though I need someone's opinion on if it is suitable for a lab our size. My resources include: 1.) One P4, 2.5Ghz PC with 1GB RAM and I could buy as a large a hard drive as needed. 2.) We are set up on the schools network. We have little IT support but I used to develop software so I can handle most routine technical problems on my own. My requirements: 1.) I need to track the patient demographics and the clinical data I mentioned above for about 50 patients [hopefully more in the future]. 2.) I'm hoping that VistA runs on MySQL [or another database] so that I can have direct access to the tables that store this patient data. If VistA does not run on MySQL or some other database perhaps you know of some open source EMR software that does. The reason I need access to the underlying database is because there is some other data [data from a medical device we are building] that I need to store on the database. I've used the CPRS demo found on the va's website and that seems perfect for my needs. If I could set in my lab that up that would be ideal. My questions: 1.) Does VistA seem suited for our purposes given the size of my lab, the resources I have available and the scope of our project? [I know it is typically used by hospitals not research labs]. If not could you suggest some other open source EMR software? 2.) Does VistA run on a database like MySQL on which I can add my own tables and have direct access to the data? 3.) Do you know of anyone who could set this system up for me? I'm hoping I could just send my computer to someone and they could install all the software required to run VistA on this machine? It would be even better if someone could walk me through the installation over the phone or come to my lab in Brooklyn, NY? I could pay of course. Thank you for your time and help. I hope to hear from you soon.
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