Mark; WorldVistA did not bid on the Phoenix Project. We had some folks from the Northern California area show up at our meeting in Sacramento. They might have bid Open VistA for the project, but it was not WorldVistA. If these folks in Northern California had not worked out the technical aspects, it is easy to see how this could have gotten their efforts ignored. Open VistA is a daunting effort even if one is well versed in the code and operation. Without that understanding, the install can be extremely difficult..
WorldVistA is a group of individuals who worked hard to produce the Open VistA model for all to use. We are a 501(c)(3), while Medsphere is a for-profit corporation. That is a big difference. We do not try to bid against our community members. We are attempting to be a catalyst for change and building of community. To that end, we have worked hard to provide development, integration, VistA Community Meetings, and help to broker cooperation between members of the community. Best wishes; Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Street" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:17 PM Subject: [Hardhats-members] VistA and PhoenixPM.org - Openhre.org > I stumbled across PhoenixPM.org awhile back and made note of it. Turns out > they are trying to develop an open source Practice Managment suite for a > group of small rural medical centers and hospitals here in Northern > California with some grant money. > > Since they are just up the road a piece I contacted the gentleperson who is > heading the project questioning if he considered VistA, he says he knows the > worldvista folks well, in fact WorldVista supposedly submitted a proposal for > the phoenix project but didn't make the final cut. Hmmmm. Who really is > WorldVista.... and why didn't they make the cut!!! > > Anyway, he has sent me two E-mails today wanting to come down and check out my > demo VistA server this Friday. > > So, what is the hierarchy? Is there a structured organization? Who from > WorldVista bids on these projects? How is this technology being marketed and > presented to these people? Are the medsphere.com people the pro's? > > Things are still sort of foggy at this point.... although I did learn a bunch > by listening in to the meeting in Boston..... Thanks Nancy!!! > > -- > Mark Street, RHCE > http://www.oswizards.com > -- > Key fingerprint = 3949 39E4 6317 7C3C 023E 2B1F 6FB3 06E7 D109 56C0 > GPG key http://www.oswizards.com/pubkey.asc > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > ------------------------------------------------------- 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
