Not GT.M, as far as I know. However, VistA Office EHR is supposed to be written to VA programming standards, which means that it should run unchanged on GT.M.
Needless to say, I am disappointed that GT.M was not considered - I didn't even get an e-mail or phone call from CMS asking about GT.M (and my attempt to contact them didn't get a resonse). This is of course the challenge of open source free software, that money must go into product development rather than marketing and lobbying. Ultimately, in a democracy, Government is (at least in theory) accountable to the citizenry. Furthermore, I have always felt that open source can succeed only when users make it succeed - vendors have an incentive to supply open source software when users ask for open source software. Therefore, if you want VistA Office EHR on an open source platform, you will have to ask those who are behind it for it on an open source platform (and point them to GT.M and Linux if they are not aware of them). -- Bhaskar On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 19:10, Tomlinson, Steven B wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > *************************************************************************** This electronic mail transmission contains confidential and/or privileged information intended only for the person(s) named. 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