That VistA needs to continue to undergo change should be a given. Prior to a dozen years ago applications and services were retooled every few years or less. That was deemed to be too "costly" for things like lab, scheduling, etc. CPRS continued to be retooled to some extent (but "Order Entry/Results Reporting" has been stuck on "version 3" since December 1997). Halt retooling for most parts and they'll certainly be "old". Is there new stuff in VistA? Yes, but that doesn't change the things that are indeed old. Much retooling could be done to considerably reduce maintenance costs and in fact test the Service Oriented Architecture (M supports it well in fact) in a more gradual manner that would engender far less risk than turning our collective backs on VistA entirely.
But "based on proprietary technology"? That's a howler. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Dal Molin Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 1:50 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] VA Aims To Build Congress' Faith In Tech Upgrade "VistA is a solid system, but it's old, too expensive to maintain and based on proprietary technology, McFarland said. HealtheVet, he said, will be built on commercially available systems and therefore be able to interact with other platforms in the VA's inventory." This quote cannot be accurate....it might be if it was Dubya that was being quoted....the inaccuracies are breathtaking. Perhaps I'm getting too old to maintain and my reasoning is starting to fail....and everything I have read about VistA for the last 10 years is wrong..... J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Taken from the National VA News Summary. > http://vaww.newslink.va.gov/summary/2005/05-05-05.pdf > TBO=Tampa Bay Online) > > TBO News, 5/4/05 > VA Aims To Build Congress' Faith In Tech Upgrade > By RICHARD LARDNER ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best shot. 4 great events, 4 opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT Guy Games. Play to win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit http://www.necitguy.com/?r _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
