Brian Lord spoke of the Katrina relief efforts; those I have summarized
already.
Capt. Cynthia Wark of CMS spoke about VistA Office EHR. The plan is to
beta test the software at perhaps 10 sites for 6-9 months. Meanwhile
vendors will be qualified to install and support VOE. The code base can
be
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> sites. In the hospital installation environment, there is one maxim,
> "When
> you have seen one hospital, you have seen one
I recorded Friday's call. Brian Lord's narrative of the Katrina project is
about 5 minutes. And makes me proud to be a Hardhat. I tried to load the .ogg
file to the Wiki but it refuses to cooperate. That file is a couple Meg. And I
would be happy to share it... or put on the Wiki if that can be fix
Basically, Cynthia Werk of CMMS indicated that the full release of VistA
Office would be delayed for about 2 years. There is concern about new
legislation and requirements that are on the horizon that they don't quite
unerstand how to handle yet.
[Personal comment: I applaud Cynthia for coming
Didn't you hear? WorldVistA has a bid to acquire Oracle and release
all their code as open source. :-|
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"Education is a progressive discovery
of our own ignorance."
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On Sep 17, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Mark Street wrote:
Could someone post a syno