Rod, Welcome to the board.
I agree with what Joseph has written below. A couple extra point though... 1. The VistA code base is huge. We all desire to take this code and turn it into something as easy to install as your favorite Windows application. The problem is that there are many factors that complicate this process. There isn't as much infrastructure here. I have a configuration script that works on my system, that does all the configuration work needed to get one's own system working. The problem is that I am working full speed to get my office up on VistA, so I don't currently have time to debug it fully for use on other's system. But eventually I will have time to come back to it. So if VistA is something you are interested in, you are going to have to roll your sleeves up and play a bit with the code. I have found the board here to be VERY supportive. But most of the gurus here are working with established systems, and may not have as much first-hand experience with bringing systems online from the ground up. Nancy Antracite is probably the board's best resource for getting newbie's like us up and going. I strongly support your interest in extending documentation for newbies. If you have any suggestions for my website, let me know and I can add your changes. Again, Welcome! Kevin T. --- Joseph Dal Molin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your best bet if you want to see something quickly > is to install the > "demo" version which has patient data in it or use > the VA's online demo > found at the http://www.va.gov/vista web site. The > sourceforge demo > version file is: OpenVistASemiVivAVADemo0.1.tgz > > VistA is public domain all the source code is > available either on the > WorldVistA sourceforge site or at the VA ftp > site...there is a pointer > to it on hardhats and WorldVista sites....it's > > ftp.va.gov/vista/ > > Your best documentation for getting started can be > found at Dr. Kevin > Topenberg's site: > > http://www.geocities.com/kdtop3/ > > In fact if you you follow Kevin's many posts you > will learn a great deal! > > Cheers, > > Joseph > > Rod Roark wrote: > > Hi all, new member here... I'm a software > consultant and > > developer who happens to have a sister who runs a > family > > practice clinic. > > > > I'm interested in learning about and using > OpenVistA or > > perhaps some other form of VistA. > > > > What I have done so far is download and install > "OpenVistA > > SemiVivA 0.4" onto my desktop which runs Gentoo > Linux. I > > can run it and get a "GTM>" prompt, but what now? > > > > All I want to do at this point is see a workable > demo. > > Should I be able to run the CPRS GUI from a > Windows box at > > this point and do anything interesting, or does > the server > > require more setup first? And either way I will > presumably > > need to be authenticated, so what's the login > information? > > > > The most surprising thing to me is that, as > someone who has > > been googling and going through the archives of > this list > > for a couple of days now, I have to ask such a > basic > > question! I would be happy to create some sort of > getting- > > started documentation, which is obviously very > sorely > > needed, assuming I can learn enough. > > > > Here are some resources that I already know about: > > > > http://www.worldvista.org/ > > http://www.pacifichui.org/OpenVista/ > > http://www.va.gov/vdl/ > > http://www.hardhats.org/ > > http://www.cms.hhs.gov/quality/pfqi.asp (VistA > Office) > > > > Also where is the source for the CPRS GUI? That > question > > was answered earlier on this list, but the file no > longer > > seems to be at the indicated place. There appears > to be > > some secrecy surrounding the source - is it > proprietary? > > > > By the way is anyone here directly involved with > VistA > > Office? I would be interested to know more about > its > > current status. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- Rod > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the > post-holiday blues > > Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt > from ThinkGeek. > > It's fun and FREE -- well, > almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > . > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the > post-holiday blues > Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt > from ThinkGeek. > It's fun and FREE -- well, > almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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