Remember they don't have to run a hospital - just a medical support system. I have found VistA (FileMan now) very easy to teach anyone who can handle a keyboard. thurman
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardhats- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 3:48 PM > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Hardhats-members] Re: Re: [Hardhats-members] Re: Re: [Hardhats- > members] VistA Community Call follow up - VistA for Katrina survivor EHR > needs > > > Agree that surplus PC's abound. Was thinking more of mobility (taking > the lap to the patient) than cost (bringing the patient to the PC). > The GUI on either is quick and easy - and easier to train to than the > roll 'n scroll. > > "K.S. Bhaskar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/09/2005, 11:38:36 PM: > > Rodney -- > > > > Just a minor correction. I would generate live CDs, not thumb drives. > > > > Also, although laptops are nice, organizations like VA and DoD will have > > plenty of surplus PCs. You can actually get a usable small system with > > 128MB of RAM and a 300MHz CPU (obviously more RAM and faster CPU is > > better), and a few tens of GB of disk. > > > > In field conditions, it probably also makes sense to just use a > > character mode CPRS rather than a GUI, if such a thing exists. It's the > > KISS principle. > > > > -- Bhaskar > > > > On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 16:24 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > This could be done easily enough with the right impetus. Bhaskar can > > > generate enough thumb-drives with VistA Viva on them to run a laptop, > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > Practices > > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & > QA > > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
