This whole thing VISTA-OFFICE is entirely unfair not only to the physicians but also to vendors. I feel like it is being controlled by some group. This VA software is FOIA and supposed to be open source but I have to take a test now if I want to support a physician's office. What if I want to help a clinic? Does that mean that I am not a qualified vendor? I have 20 years experience with VISTA and installed VISTA/CPRS for a private physician in 2001 down in Raleigh, NC without any problem and now I have to be tested to support it.
Whatever happened to business opportunities? I think the software should be available to everyone and let anybody who wants to support it, support it. Why all these bureaucrats? I am sorry. I know I am going to probably get a lot of email back for this but I don't really care. I have installed VISTA/CPRS many times and I can probably do it without VISTA-OFFICE software anyway. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dr. Schrom Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:05 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Hardhats-members] Re: CMS NEWS: ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SOFTWARE DELIVERED TO, PHYSICIAN OFFICES This headline is extremely misleading. Vista-Office is not being 'delivered to physician offices'. Does anyone else think that it is VERY unfair to only provide the Beta test through commercial vendors? My office would otherwise qualify for the test, had I not wasted 15 years and countless thousands of dollars on computer systems from "vendors". With apologies to any honest vendor out there, I ain't goin' down that road again. This is supposed to be Open source! Mike >--__--__-- > >Message: 5 >Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:29:12 -0400 >From: Joseph Dal Molin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: hardhats <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> >Subject: [Hardhats-members] [Fwd: FW: CMS NEWS: ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SOFTWARE DELIVERED TO > PHYSICIAN OFFICES] >Reply-To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > >FYI..... > >Joseph > > *MEDICARE NEWS* > > For Immediate release > CMS Office of Media Affairs > September 19, 2005 > > > *CMS DELIVERS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SOFTWARE TO PHYSICIAN OFFICES* > *Evaluation Version Of Vista-Office Expected To Improve Quality of > Care And Stem Costs* > > The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) > today released an evaluation version of VistA-Office > Electronic Health Record (Vista-Office), an adaptation > of the Veterans Health Administration electronic health > record (EHR) technology. This version of the technology > will allow for an evaluation of VistA-Office EHR and an > assessment of its effectiveness in private physicians > offices. > > The evaluation version will be distributed by qualified > vendors and evaluated for usability, effectiveness, > implementation and potential for what is known as > interoperability, or the ability to communicate, > exchange, and use data with other systems and software. > As a result of this evaluation, software vendors will be > able to further improve the software and develop a > version of VistA-Office EHR that is certified in > accordance with a process recognized by the Department > of Health and Human Services (HHS). > > > "The President has set a national goal for most > Americans to have an electronic health record within a > decade, and CMS is working with providers to make that > happen," said CMS Administrator Mark B. McClellan, M.D., > Ph.D. "The release of an evaluation version of > VistA-Office will provide a testing laboratory for > interoperability and will supplement efforts by the > American Health Information Community to establish a > certification criteria and process. When fully > realized, electronic health record software will help > physicians improve health care quality while avoiding > unnecessary costs." > > A certification process will identify standards and > minimum requirements to allow electronic health record > systems to share important data across settings of care > and perform the most important functions of an > electronic health record system while maintaining > privacy and security of data. EHRs that become > certified and that can enable the reporting of quality > measures will support CMS quality improvement goals. > These systems will also help achieve a national goal of > widespread adoption of interoperable EHRs within ten years. > > The release will also allow for the evaluation of > VistA-Office EHR in physician offices, with particular > attention to whether and how physician offices can > implement the software effectively. This process will > take place while HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt, through the > Community, considers approaches for certifying > interoperability and functional capabilities of > electronic health records systems. > > The modified Vista-Office software retains existing > VistA functions of such transactions as order entry, > documentation templates, and clinical reminders, and is > enhanced with other important functions including > physician office patient registration, reporting of > quality measures, and printing/faxing of medication > prescriptions. > > The Vista-Office evaluation software is not "free" > software. There is a small fee for obtaining the > software on computer disk, and there will be other fees > an office will need to pay to use the software including > licensing and support fees for the database program and > CPTR codes. The added office staff cost associated with > the implementation of an EHR will also be a part of > the total cost of ownership and will play a part in > physicians' decisions to adopt and test Vista-Office. > > In addition, offices will generally need vendor support > for installation, configuration, and maintenance, > similar to support with any other electronic health > record. To address this need, CMS has funded a > Vista-Office Vendor Support Organization, WorldVistA, to > provide training for vendors. The evaluation of these > vendor services is an important objective of the initial > VOE release. > > During this initial evaluation period, the software will > be available from qualified vendors. Physicians and > clinics that are interested in participating in the > program as an evaluation site, should visit > _www.vista-office.org_ <http://www.vista-office.org> to > learn more about this opportunity. More information > about the vendor training and a list of qualified > vendors can be found at _www.worldvista.org_ > <http://www.worldvista.org>. > > For more information, visit the CMS website at:/ > //__/_www.cms.hhs.gov/quality.pfqi.asp_// > <http://www.cms.hhs.gov/quality.pfqi.asp>/////./ > > ### > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. 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