I don't think I'm speaking out of turn by saying the following: 1. You'll have to do less "tweaking" of the cache.dat which will be released as the VistA-Office EHR than has to be done with the cache.dat VA VistA FOIA release. E.g. Device file entries will likely be defined for clinic offices to have $I values for Cache on NT. You'll still need to run ZTMGRSET. But many of the idiosyncratic values (or missing values) in the VistA FOIA will be setup with more reasonable installation defaults.
2. The code will be released at the end of July. I expect there will be no "previews". 3. I'm told that the list of requirements and requested requirements will be posted in the next few weeks on the CMS web site for VistA-Office EHR. It will indicate which things will be in the first release and which things are prioritized for a possible future release. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Street Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 9:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Hardhats-members] Vista-Office - 'theoretically' works with GT.M? http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2005/04/11/bisa0411.htm Is his last statement valid? Will or can we get an early peak at the codebase for VistA-Office? Any resources for what is going in and what is being taken out? >The VA is modifying its VistA software for physician offices, and that >version is expected to become available in July, said Mike Ginsburg, project >manager for the VistA-Office EHR at the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care, >which is managing the conversion of VistA from an inpatient to outpatient >setting as part of a contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid >Services. ...... >VistA-Office EHR would be made available free over the Internet, but doctors >won't be able to run the application unless they license MUMPS, a database >programming language from third-party vendors, Ginsburg said. That cost will >vary depending on who is selling the license, the size of the implementation >and number of users. Ginsburg estimated the cost to small and medium-sized >practices would run in the four figures. >Open-source versions of MUMPS are available, and "theoretically" will work >with VistA, Ginsburg said. -- Mark Street, RHCE http://www.oswizards.com -- Key fingerprint = 3949 39E4 6317 7C3C 023E 2B1F 6FB3 06E7 D109 56C0 GPG key http://www.oswizards.com/pubkey.asc ------------------------------------------------------- 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
