I'll assume the "deep throat" reference has to do with an anoynmous source somehow linked to the Watergate scandal. But that's a bit before my time. :-) Kevin
--- "Sowinski, Richard J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin, you weren't "deep throat" were you ? I > thought you were just a guy > who wanted to learn more about Vista, and was doing > a journeyman's job at > it. > > I agree with your second annonymous poster. IHS is > probably ahead with their > View Centric product. > > Unfortunately, I don't know if it's available via > FOIA, and I don't believe > it is open source. > > It would be interesting to see what an objective > third party would say, > based on a head to head competition. > > IHS and VA are so different organizationally, I'm > not sure IHS could, or > would want, to keep up with all the VA patches > released every month, which > would be necessary, to keep them on a common > development path. > > IHS has used the tools VA has produced, that it can > use, but it has gone on > a different development path for good reason, > because it's needs are much > different. > > "Egregarious", I confess I had to look that one up. > > Richard J. Sowinski > Chief of Application Development > Roudebush VAMC > 317-554-0000 xt 4226 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Kevin > Toppenberg > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:33 AM > To: Hardhats Sourceforge > Subject: [Hardhats-members] IHS System > > > I have become the conduit for anonymous posts. Here > is another: > > Just for the record, I don't like to be in the > middle > of these things, and will only post a few more such > replies. He are all adults. I think we can keep > our > converstations civil. There is no need to hide > behind > anonyminity. > > Kevin > > ... > I'm sending this to you and not to Hardhats because > I > don't want incite the wrath of its membership, but I > feel compelled to set the record straight when such > egregious misstatements are rendered. Regarding the > "anonymous source", the concluding paragraph > illustrates a total lack of understanding of the IHS > environment and the IHS relationship with VHA. I > have > worked for many years in VA and in IHS and am > probably > better suited to commenting on this than most > people. > These comments follow, which you are welcome to > share > if done so anonymously: > > IHS Empire - This criticism should more > appropriately > be leveled at VHA. IHS has not created an empire > and > has been very willing to share what they have done > and > to incorporate what others have done. The VA, for > the > most part, fails to understand the differences > between > the respective agencies and the populations that > they > serve - hence the need for IHS to modify existing > and > create additional functionality to meet the needs of > their patients. > > Lagging Behind - The IHS EHR product, a > component-based, extensible, graphical EMR, is > actually well ahead of CPRS in almost every respect. > > Stuff VA Didn't' Get - Like what? Look at all the > things the VA uses that originated in IHS: PCE, > Health Summary, Women's Health, to name a few. The > barrier has always been the VA's reluctance to > accepting outside technologies, never IHS's > unwillingness to share. > > $311 Million - IHS's budget is much smaller than VA, > yet they have accomplished so much. To be fair, a > large part of this is due to their ability to > utilize > what VA has invested so much in creating. They > aren't > trying to recreate anything, just adapting and > augmenting what currently exists. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal > Reports XI. > Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce > time involved in > creating, integrating, and deploying reporting > solutions. 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