The entire Hui OpenVistA system for RedHat Linux version 8 or 9 is freely available. As far as I know, there are no commercial add-on applications. Unless you want to add Imaging and PACS capabilities. We hoped to have an open-source Imaging & PACS available but that sub-project has been deferred until we have completed our OpenVista ASP pilot project with some rural hospitals. You can download the software from http://www.pacifichui.org/ Basically it consists of the OpenVista Routines, Global file (this is in essence the database file), CPRS (the Clinician's GUI for MS-Windows). You will also need GT.M, freely available at SourceForge.
We have provided an automated installation BASH script, which will download and install GT.M, the routines, and global. After that you will need to refer to the Configuration Guide to setup your facility. However, we are currently re-writing the Configuration Guide. It is painfully verbose. Web applications are nice because of the scalability in terms of support. I have been a web application developer for many years. In my experience however, nothing beats a fat client application when performance is of the greatest concern. Mele Kalikimaka, Steven B. Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pacific Telehealth and Technology Hui A DoD/VA Joint Venture www.PacificHui.org -----Original Message----- From: Nandalal Gunaratne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 12:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Worldvista installation. Tim, > > > > Is is hours, days, weeks, monthsto get a running system of sorts. > > One or two hours only to install VistA, but yes, days or weeks to > configure it. I gather that some VistA experts are working on a demo > system, which packages a pre-configured mini-hospital. But bear in mind > that VistA could probably run most aspects of, say, RNSH, and hence the > fact that configuration of even a minimal system might takes days or > weeks is hardly surprising. I was under the impression that we install the basic install of VistA and then add the various applications, which are neither open source nor free :( How easy is it to add these applications? Which of them are FOSS? For end users, this part at least should be easy! I may get a VistA expert (Or get Jim a ticket to fly over) to install the base VistA but if I have to get one for every application I get for VistA, i wouldn't want VistA at all. When I first tried OIO, it was quite difficult to set it up, but wonderfully easy to use. However, with some help across miles ;) I DID set it up on a server in the hospital and got it linked to 16 clients about a year or so ago, to form an embryological FOSS based fibre-optic linked network in my hospital. I have not have to setup the server since, which is amazing!! It runs on RedHat Linux 7.2 and OIO 0.9.9pre. Now an OIO is easy to setup - and everyone likes the LiveOIO CD - it is love at first sight! Oh! except for one thing. It has a whole host of psychiatry related forms for "demonstration" purposes ;) I have no programming knowledge whatsoever except for a pretty good knowledge of HTML - which is not programming -strictly speaking. My experience with OIO has been, that it is great for clinicians. Many of us, including myself being a specialist surgeon, work in more than one hospital. Thus the beauty of LiveOIO! Indeed purel;y as a clinician, I can happily get along with this, until hospitals are linked! The problem is that I cannot bring this data back and "feed it" to the main databse in the hospital. If OIO and VistA links in such a manner - we have a near perfect system. A dream......? Nandalal -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze
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