Re: What's next

Mike Baker wrote:
> 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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w00t! Great response! Thank you very much. As I suspected, there are
some unusual URL's that I might have overlooked doing a Google search.

Thanks also for the quick reply.

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