Now here's an interesting paragraph from the link below: Although VistA is not open-source software, at least one vendor, Medsphere Systems Corp., is marketing an open-source version of it. However, the Aliso Viejo, Calif., company is selling its product only to hospitals at this time, said Scott Shreeve, MD, chief medical officer and a co-founder of Medsphere
;-) Kevin --- Mark Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2005/04/11/bisa0411.htm > > Is his last statement valid? > > Will or can we get an early peak at the codebase for > VistA-Office? Any > resources for what is going in and what is being > taken out? > > >The VA is modifying its VistA software for > physician offices, and that > >version is expected to become available in July, > said Mike Ginsburg, project > >manager for the VistA-Office EHR at the Iowa > Foundation for Medical Care, > >which is managing the conversion of VistA from an > inpatient to outpatient > >setting as part of a contract with the Centers for > Medicare & Medicaid > >Services. > ...... > >VistA-Office EHR would be made available free over > the Internet, but doctors > >won't be able to run the application unless they > license MUMPS, a database > >programming language from third-party vendors, > Ginsburg said. That cost will > >vary depending on who is selling the license, the > size of the implementation > >and number of users. Ginsburg estimated the cost to > small and medium-sized > >practices would run in the four figures. > > >Open-source versions of MUMPS are available, and > "theoretically" will work > >with VistA, Ginsburg said. > -- > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.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://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
