Fine. I'm ready. Mark Anderson, their source in this article, must be is a consultant for these folks. Prepare youself before you click on this link. It may be a shock to your system.
http://www.acgroup.org/pages/395598/index.htm On Tuesday 24 May 2005 02:19 pm, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > Here is a letter I wrote the author. Nancy, I hope > you don't mind my giving him your name. > > Kevin > > -------------- > > Dear Mr. Ken Terry, > > I read with interest your recent article in Medical > Economics regarding implementation of the VA's EMR in > private offices (the VistA package). > > I am a family physician who has successfully taken the > code from the VA web site and implemented portions of > it for my 15-physician multi-specialty group. Thus I > have fully explored many, if not most, of the > requirements and limitations for VistA. > > What shocked me was your statement regarding the > requirement of a $50,000-$100,000 server. This could > not be further from the truth! Because the software > has initially been developed for hardware that was in > use back in the 1980's-1990's, it will literally run > on almost any old computer that you could drag out of > the corners of one's garage. This is perhaps an > exageration, but it is very limited regarding the > horsepower required. I purchased a used Dell optiplex > server on EBay for $3,000 for our server. We are > running Linux as our OX, and GT.M as our Mumps > environment. And our application uses very little of > the available computing power. > > Regarding the total bottom line cost of implementing > VistA in private offices, I think that time will tell. > By having an Open-Source software package, the way is > clear for competition between installation and support > venders. When CMS releases VistA Office, anyone will > be free to take the technology and offer their own > installation package. So if someone is making a large > amount of profit off of private physicians, be sure > that someone will want a piece of the action and > underbid--driving costs down. > > The WorldVistA organization is a charitable, > nonprofit, public-benefit corporation that has one of > its primary goals to improve health worldwide by > making medical software better and more accessible. > They/We would be happy to help you with information if > you would like for any future articles. Their web > site is: > http://www.worldvista.org/ > > Please feel free to contact me if you would like at: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Another active member that is a good source of > information is: > Nancy Anthracite > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > These are exciting times. Thanks again for your > article, and your time regarding this letter. > > Sincerely, > > Kevin Toppenberg, MD > The Medical Group of Greeneville > Greeneville, TN > > --- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have heard of disinformation, but this takes the > > cake!!!!!!! Thank goodness > > that CMS was allowed to comment so that didn't go > > unchallenged. > > > > On Tuesday 24 May 2005 11:33 am, Kevin Toppenberg > > > > wrote: > > > There is an article about VistA in Medical > > > > Economics > > > > > magazine, in the May 20,2005 edition, page 40. > > > > > > The link to the site should be www.memag.com But > > > > when > > > > > I try it right now, their server is not > > > > responding. > > > > > There is some misinformation, namely they quote a > > > "consultant" that claims that in order to run the > > > mumps database, on must buy a "$50,000-$100,000" > > > server. They then quote others disputing this > > > > claim, > > > > > but I think it is unfortunate that they even put > > > > that > > > > > WRONG info in the article. > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > P.S. I just tried the web site again, and its > > > > working > > > > > now. Here is the URL > > http://www.memag.com/memag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=161588 > > > > KT > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Discover Yahoo! > > > Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news > > > > and more. Check it out! > > > > > http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. > > > Introducing Yahoo! 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