I believe the VA will go the other way, trying to make the patient's transition between Inpatient and Outpatient as seamless as possible.
> ---------- > From: Ignacio Valdes > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 9, 2003 8:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: VistA outpatient breakout. > > John S Gage wrote: > > > > In all the discussion of Epic, I wonder (if it has not already been > > asked) if there is not a way to break out the out-patient portions of > > VistA for use in an out-patient/family practice/general practice > > environment? > > > > > I use VistA CPRS in both inpatient and outpatient settings. There are > those that will disagree with me on this, but I don't see a compelling > reason to make a distinction between inpatient and outpatient clinical > software. I do see a number of problems with making such a distinction. > It should encompass both settings with the same interface. Especially > since many (most?) physicians work in both areas frequently in the same > day. I've not bought the 'our needs are different' argument many are > convinced of. > -- > -- Ignacio Valdes,MD,MS Editor: Linux Medical News > http://www.linuxmednews.com > 'Revolutionizing Medical Education and Practice' > >
