I like the idea of a few test users. I also think that we ought to have a version of OpenVistA that doesn't have preset users with the names of real people. It's messy.
Kevin --- John Leo Zimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nancy E. Anthracite wrote: > > > Also, can someone please provide some information > > for some of the typical setup settings for > different > > types of users like Ward Clerks, Nurses, Staff > physicians, > > Registration Clerks, Admitting Clerks, > Pharmacists, Nurses Aids, etc.? > > > > Nancy touches on something I have been pondering for > a good while now: > > Currently I can create a Frankenstein user of > myself. > I set up as a superuser with every key known to man, > every option in the VA > hung onto EVE, and all the clinics, passwords, and > patient lists that everyone > in a VA hospital might encounter. > > At the moment OpenVistA is delivered with eighty > users already defined. But > they mostly hold EVE and then somewhere between > three and SIXTY keys. How > about building representative users for key > packages? Then, if I print a > listing of the NEW PERSON file by PRIMARY MENU > OPTION, I could get a list of > users (and their KEYS) who have actually held and > use those options in a live > setting. These could start out as actual users who > perform those functions, > stripped down to just the core function we wish to > model, (renamed if desired > to protect the innocent). Then they can function > both as demo users and as > templates during a live installation. > > The idea could be tried for one package, or by just > one subject expert who > wishes to contribute just his/her own profile. > > Then to set up pharmacy, for example, our > documentation might point me to log > on as DOE,JOHN, holder of pharmacy manager functions > to set up that > department. And so on as SMITH,JOE to do the next > job, etc, etc. > > I am sure that this sort of information can be found > among all the technical > and user manuals of Vista. But that is its own > problem. This could allow me to > go to those manuals with a model user on line. > > regards, > johnleo > > > Healthcare, a human right. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT > Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members