Wondering out loud (as I am prone to do) does anyone know if the CMS software is going to be distributed for the Intersystems Cache M or GT.M?
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Joseph Dal Molin > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 1:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Federal office VistA coming > > > Ironically the VSA founders did not include Sanchez/Fidelity, > who thanks > to the foresight and intestinal fortitude of K.S. Bhaskar > open sourced > GT.M for Linux and x86 platforms.... which IMHO is the pebble in the > pond that led a new and invigorated VistA community. > > J. > > Daniel L. Johnson wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > One of the entertaining -- and maddening -- characteristics > of the open > > software arena is that it on one hand permits people distributed in > > space and time to cooperate constructively and efficiently > while on the > > other hand it makes it easy for people with essentially > similar goals to > > energetically fork projects and ideas (inefficiently). > > > > As you may know, the US bureaucracy managing Medicare is launching a > > massive campaign to promote primary care office-based HIT > (healthcare > > information technology, not assault). > > > > This effort includes yet another VistA effort (sigh) which > as far as I > > know is developmentally independent of all other efforts to > bring VistA > > into the office arena. However, as scripture says, "he that is not > > against us is for us" and I surely hope this optimistic mantra is > > correct here. > > > > Quoting a recent journal, "The VA and the Centers for Medicare & > > Medicaid Services (CMS) plan to release a version of VistA > tailored to > > medical practices in mid-2005. The new software, > VistAOffice EHR, will > > be released into the public domain." > > > > Barbara Boykin is chairman of the VistA Software Alliance. > (I am so glad > > that the VSA accepts the traditional meaning of "man" as > hu-man and not > > "male". It just makes the English so much less Gordian.) > > > > The web site is: http://www.vistasoftware.org/ > > > > This organization has a nine--member BOD; the "founding > board members" > > are Document Storage Systems, Inc, Hewlett-Packard, > InterSystems Corp, > > Medical Alliances, Inc., Medsphere Systems Corp (a friendly > face, eh?), > > Oleen Healthcare Info. Mgt., Perot Systems Corp., and Sea > Island Systems > > (another friendly face). > > > > Beginning Oct 1, 2004, CMS will begin an intense effort to interest > > primary care docs in adopting HIT through the state PROs > (professional > > review organizations, the non-profit, physician-led > corporations that > > for about 30 years have contracted with CMS, the agency > formerly known > > as HCFA, to fulfill Medicare's legal obligation to review > health care > > quality. > > > > Each PRO will be required to constructively aid physician offices in > > choosing and installing HIT systems during the 8th Scope of > Work, which > > runs from 1 October 2005 through 30 September 2007, and > will be graded > > on the number of offices successfully implementing systems. > (I speak as > > a trustee of the Wisconsin PRO.) > > > > Whether we are frustrated or thrilled by the details of > this effort, it > > *is* an opportunity to encourage the development and use of publicly > > available, licence-free software in the physician offices of the US. > > > > Best wishes for a pleasant and peaceful finale to 2004. > > > > Dan Johnson md > > Menomonie, WI > > > > > > . > > >
Tomlinson, Steven B.vcf
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