Re: [Hardhats-members] Synopsis of VistA Community Call for 09/16/2005

2005-09-17 Thread K.S. Bhaskar
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

RE: [Hardhats-members] Synopsis of VistA Community Call for 09/16/2005

2005-09-17 Thread Thurman Pedigo
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardhats- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Richardson > Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 10:41 AM > sites. In the hospital installation environment, there is one maxim, > "When > you have seen one hospital, you have seen one

Re: [Hardhats-members] Synopsis of VistA Community Call for 09/16/2005

2005-09-17 Thread John Leo Zimmer
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

Re: [Hardhats-members] Synopsis of VistA Community Call for 09/16/2005

2005-09-17 Thread Chris Richardson
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

Re: [Hardhats-members] Synopsis of VistA Community Call for 09/16/2005

2005-09-17 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
Didn't you hear? WorldVistA has a bid to acquire Oracle and release all their code as open source. :-| === Gregory Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." --Will Durant On Sep 17, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Mark Street wrote: Could someone post a syno