Re: [Hardhats-members] California's Prisons lack EMR

2005-07-05 Thread A. Forrey
If you want to know what happened in WQashington State contact Steve Pence at DSHS or some of the other harahts who are at Washington State dept of Social and Health Services. The DSHS adopted DHCP in 1988 at the time of the SEattle MUG Meeting through the FOIA process for its mental Health

Re: [Hardhats-members] California's Prisons lack EMR

2005-07-04 Thread Ismet Kursunoglu
I found this statement about half-way into this document http://www1.va.gov/vhaitsharing/docs/VA_Health_Information_Sharing_White_Paper_v3.doc The Bureau of Prisons, within the Department of Justice, also implemented the DHCP/VistA system in the 1980s but recently replaced it with a COTS

Re: [Hardhats-members] California's Prisons lack EMR

2005-07-04 Thread Nancy Anthracite
I bet they did not keep it patched or it would be difficult to believe they would replace it. But, you never know about what happens to our tax dollars! On Monday 04 July 2005 02:49 am, Ismet Kursunoglu wrote: I found this statement about half-way into this document

Re: [Hardhats-members] California's Prisons lack EMR

2005-07-04 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
That could be. Keeping Vista patched is, frankly, a pain in the neck, and a process requiring a certain level of knowledge of Vista, as well. But while i agree that this may be a factor, I would suspect that a more significant factor is a mismatch between what the system offers (or,

[Hardhats-members] California's Prisons lack EMR

2005-07-03 Thread Ismet Kursunoglu
As a result, transferring large volumes of data from one prison to another is nearly impossible, the department's experts said. Most medical records are on paper, and when inmates are moved, their records sometimes fail to catch up. Thus prison officials often have to make decisions without

Re: [Hardhats-members] California's Prisons lack EMR

2005-07-03 Thread Nancy Anthracite
Have you called them to let them know about VistA yet? ;-) On Sunday 03 July 2005 08:01 am, Ismet Kursunoglu wrote: As a result, transferring large volumes of data from one prison to another is nearly impossible, the department's experts said. Most medical records are on paper, and when

Re: [Hardhats-members] California's Prisons lack EMR

2005-07-03 Thread Nancy Anthracite
On Sunday 03 July 2005 08:01 am, Ismet Kursunoglu wrote: As a result, transferring large volumes of data from one prison to another is nearly impossible, the department's experts said. Most medical records are on paper, and when inmates are moved, their records sometimes fail to catch up.

Re: [Hardhats-members] California's Prisons lack EMR

2005-07-03 Thread Ismet Kursunoglu
Well... we might not have to contact anyone according to this! But as bad as it sounds, if one could make the case to the judge, this might be a very good opportunity for VistA. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/12031739.htm With the toll of preventable deaths mounting

Re: [Hardhats-members] California's Prisons lack EMR

2005-07-03 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
Have you ever considered what would happen if you tried to put a dollar figure on the amount of effort that is expended right here on this list in trying to make Vista work in a non-VA setting? That effort is not free, and any effort to evaluate the cost effectiveness of Vista as a

Re: [Hardhats-members] California's Prisons lack EMR

2005-07-03 Thread Todd Berman
On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 13:20 -0700, Gregory Woodhouse wrote: Have you ever considered what would happen if you tried to put a dollar figure on the amount of effort that is expended right here on this list in trying to make Vista work in a non-VA setting? That effort is not free, and any

Re: [Hardhats-members] California's Prisons lack EMR

2005-07-03 Thread Maury Pepper
is being made. Your efforts and those of many others are part of this progress. - Original Message - From: Gregory Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] California's Prisons lack EMR Have you

Re: [Hardhats-members] California's Prisons lack EMR

2005-07-03 Thread Ismet Kursunoglu
I missed this part... http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_2834843 SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge seized control of medical care in California's prisons Thursday, deciding to appoint a receiver to overhaul a $1.1 billion system in which an inmate needlessly dies every week

Re: [Hardhats-members] California's Prisons lack EMR

2005-07-03 Thread Nancy Anthracite
I just got told that the DOJ may have adopted VistA for the Bureau of Prisons some years ago. Does anyone know if it happened and if worked out OK or not? On Sunday 03 July 2005 05:10 pm, Ismet Kursunoglu wrote: I missed this part...