He wants to use CPRS and Lab, so the Kernel will not be enough. This is what you need and if you are not contacted by a vendor fairly soon, let me know and I will track one down for you. I am a volunteer, not a vendor. I will contact you off the list.
On Sunday 05 December 2004 08:30 pm, John Leo Zimmer wrote: > Deepak, > VistA (and, even more, the FileMan database manager at its core) could do > your job very nicely. There have been many research projects within the VA, > and in the Indian Health Service that relied upon data from VistA systems. > > You probably should not attempt to install the whole VistA hospital > information system for your research. However, the subset that we call the > Kernel is certainly powerful enough to meet your needs and is scalable to > whatever sample size you are likely to require. > > regards, > JohnLeo Zimmer, MD > > --------- Original Message ----------- > From: Deepak Sreedharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 19:49:45 -0500 > Subject: [Hardhats-members] Need Help Using VistA to Track Patient > Demographics For a Clincal Study > > > 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? > > > > > > Sincerely, > > Deepak Sreedharan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
