Well, I hope you can find a home with us. I have taken VistA and installed it for my office group. We would have had to purchasea $200,000 otherwise. We are using transcriptionists, so for most of the physicians, they haven't had any change at all.
Kevin --- Ken Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/13/05, Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Ken, > > > > Welcome to the list. What it your connection to > > VistA, or your interests in the software? Where > are > > you in school? > > > > Kevin Toppenberg, MD > > > > Thanks. I've no particular connection to VistA, and > from what I've > heard from physicians who've had to use it (namely, > that it turns them > into data-entry clerks), no particular interest in > it either. On the > other hand, I'm greatly interested in EMR design in > general, and if > the open-source movement can come up with a winning > one, so much the > better. (Another list I'm on is full of people who > harbor their > doubts.) Anyway, I guess my final feeling about > VistA is that if it > can be salvaged into something usable with a more > intelligent > front-end than what I've heard is currently in use > at the VA, more > power to it. > > I'm not as much of a Linux power-user as I'd like to > be, but > eventually I hope to be able to make some > contributions to the free > software effort, particularly if there's still any > role left for C/C++ > programming in this world. (I suppose I could also > be persuaded to > jump into XML, although I'm pretty wet behind the > ears when it comes > to web-work.) What got me looking for/finding this > list was hearing > about the existence of the CCR effort and wanting to > add in my $0.02 > to the record design. (Yeah, I know I still haven't > *quite* found the > right place for that, but this one still seems like > a place I might be > able to make contributions to now and again.) > > Oh yeah-- I'm currently in Pittsburgh for another > week as I finish up > my Internal Medicine clerkship. I live in Philly and > attend school at > Drexel (the school formerly known as Hahnemann/MCP). > > -K > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. > How far can you shotput > a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair > down the office luge track? > If you want to score the big prize, get to know the > little guy. > Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: > http://www.necitguy.com/?r > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
