Re: What's next

Ok this is a huge project though so you may be overwhelmed but here
are a few URLs:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/opinion/30goetz.html?ex=3D1185336000&en=
=3De71fc8ce79b1237d&ei=3D5070
- a good overview of some of the best aspects of VistA and VA care.

http://www.va.gov/vdl/ - for the documentation for all of the modules
available in VistA.

http://www.worldvista.org - The place to go for VistA information if
you don't want to get it from the government. especially useful are
the Wiki and the conference presentations. Also in the links there is
information regarding RPMS, the HIS that Indian health service uses
that is based on VistA and was enhanced for their needs. This system
is also in use at many of the Native hospitals around the state
including the Alaska Native Medical Center here in Anchorage.

http://www.hardhats.org - This is the original place to get
information about the VA's HIS and the mailing list that goes along
with all of this.

http://www.fidelityinfoservices.com/FNFIS/Markets/NonfinancialIndustries/He=
althcare/
- The open source database technology the The VA software runs under.
Some of you may know it as the Massachusetts General Hospital Utility
Multipurpose Programming System or (MUMPS), More recently M
technology.

http://www.intersystems.com/cache/ - Another M vendor but this time a
closed source proprietary M engine that adds a whole lot more than
just an M engine, like persistent objects, OO development, an easy to
use application development studio for Web applications, and much
more. This is the database the VA currently uses. It does have a
free download for non-commercial uses that will run the VA software
just fine and gives you the ability to use all of the other things I
mentioned.

As I mentioned there is just a whole lot of information just because
the scope of this thing is huge. The VA software is run in 150 VA
Medical Centers and Clinics through out the country. Much of Indian
Health Service, and DoD's CHCS software was based on the VistA
software. It has received numerous awards both public and private and
is one of the reasons that VA health care has been transformed from
mediocre to the model for health care delivery and customer
satisfaction for the country.

On 7/23/07, Fielder George Dowding <fgdowding@iceworm-enterprises.org> wrot=
e:
> Mike Baker wrote:
> > OK, I was fishing this weekend and will be out of town for the next
> > three weekends, I could do this after that for sure. It would
> > probably be best for me after school starts though since that will
> > probably slow down family adventures somewhat. So August 17th or 24th
> > would probably work for me.
> >
> SNIP!
>
> This gives those of us who are interested a chance to bone up prior to
> your presentation. I would like to have the URL's of the projects, a
> list of the pertinent man pages, and any additional sources of
> information that you are using to develop your understanding.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
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