Are you speaking from experience as a VISTA user, or just speaking? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 8:46 PM Subject: Conflict of interest, was Re: Vista on the BBC News Web-site
> On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Heitzso wrote: > > > As I understand it, VistA is actually in use now around the world. I > > believe it takes awhile to setup (week?) > > Heitzso, > > Ease-of-installation and Ease-of-change are desirable features from the > end-user point-of-view. However, those who derive revenue from software > installation and maintenance service may have good reasons to > work less on Ease-of-installation and Ease-of-change features. > > > and is more oriented to the Hospital setting than a very small practice. > > This observation nicely reveals the "rigidity" of VistA. If VistA cannot > easily accomodate both hospital and small practice workflows and records > requirements, how could it possibility support diverse needs around the > world ? > > ... > > needs to be answered by spec'ing the task at hand and the resources > > available to setup and manage the software. > > In other words, spend $20,000 for a study to predict whether VistA will > fit the task? :-) > > > If the need is to manage a Hospital or a large health center then VistA > > may make perfect sense. > > What happens when the needs of the "large health center" change next > year? How much would it cost to hire MUMPS experts to change VistA to > support the new requirements? > > Don't get me wrong here - MUMPS experts deserve to get paid for their > hard work. It's just that VistA install and MUMPS may have to remain > user-unfriendly for a bit longer. > > Best regards, > > Andrew > --- > Andrew P. Ho, M.D. > OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes > www.TxOutcome.Org >
