The VA has a bunch of people working with the HL7 folks so they, too, are well aware of what is going on and influencing it. That may mean the VA will initiate some of these projects internally, which would sure be nice!
On Wednesday 03 May 2006 10:56, Geoffry Roberts wrote: All, > I think we should also consider building in disaster related information > gathering tools. I approached someone who works where I do and I will give this serious consideration. My bio surveillance project will need a repository. This organisation that employs me will want to use a common relational database. I'll need a convincing argument for using VistA. btw HL7 is defining a set of messages (v3 of course) for handling public health reporting. IMHO these should be a data source for any kind of public health capability VistA supports. I have also noticed that those who are grappling with public health project as we speak, I am thinking mostly of the LA project here, are really looking to use HL7's CDA (Clinical Document Architecture) as opposed ot any kind of messaging. Getting VistA to handle clinical douments would be a very good thing. See, there is no end of opportunity to do work for free that everyone will appreciate! On the EHR front, I think VistA has good potential to serve as truly great EHR. Once again, I believe the VistA community should keep an eye on the standard. As some of you are no doubt aware, HL7, at HHS' request, is defining a standard for EHR. On 5/2/06, Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If this EHR get even a light adoption spread all over the US and eventually > even the world with docs opting for voluntary reporting, it would be a > fantastic way for early identification of outbreaks, etc. > > I think we should also consider building in disaster related information > gathering tools. I approached someone who works where I do and volunteers > with the Red Cross about finding out what they needed, but he did not have > much luck getting the information, but now I heard that the Red Cross has > a new national database, so that may tell us what they need. > > If those displaced by the a disaster could enter the information themselves > about their whereabouts, potential contacts, etc., into the same system > that is used for a medical record, etc., in an emergency, all run of a USB > drive, IF properly designed to be useful, I would think it could be very > helpful. M2Web ought to work nicely because a web browser interface for the > victims could allow them to enter their own information on locally > networked PCs. > > On Tuesday 02 May 2006 12:21, Geoffry Roberts wrote: > Nancy Nancy, > > Once again to spark me to thinking. I know nothing of VistA's > capability to do any kind of public health/bio surveillance thing but > it interests me no end. I have another project, funded, that is > supposed to do bio surveillance type stuff of a bleeding edge nature. > I now have ask myself how does VistA fit with that? > > On 5/2/06, Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1,000 New York doctors to get EHRs > > New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Department of Health and Mental > > Hygiene Commissioner Thomas Frieden have announced that the city has > > appropriated $27 million to help provide 1,000 city doctors > > For full story, use link below: > > > > http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/99346 > > > > Looks like the New York Version of Biosense from the CDC. Let's hope New > > York and the CDC cooperate, but I bet anything that they are each doing > > their own thing. I also bet there is not opting out for the 1000 > > adopters. > > > > I would like to see VistA include the option to report data for the > > newer, real time data collection to the CDC. This is not the same thing > > that the VA does now. 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