I think there are some +'s and -'s to both. Obviously, the roll and scroll can run on dumb terminals. Therefore eliminating the need for PC's and PC operating systems that are vulnerable to attack. Probably a +, especially in third world implementations, where cost, and sophisticated network management might be a problem.
But there is no roll and scroll version of CPRS anymore (to my knowledge), so it would be difficult to go completely roll and scroll, even if one wanted to. Basically, you have pointed out a problem with Vista. The user interface is inconsistent. Some apps like CPRS, PCMM, Capri, and I believe Dental, are GUI. But these represent a very small percentage of the total Vista Suite of applications. In actuality, in the VA, most users are divided into pretty well-defined groups, like Physicians who almost exclusively operate in the GUI world, and others who almost exclusively function in roll and scroll. Those who go back and forth between GUI and roll and scroll (like me) get used to the differences. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cameron Schlehuber Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:33 AM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] GUI Reg & Billing? Note that things like Registration may look prettier with a GUI (more colorful, things spread out over the screen in pretty boxes, etc.) but the basic information being gathered and reviewed does not usually require the kind of integrated display and undirected searches that clinical interfaces demand. If you had a GUI that was essentially a "wizard" that directed the user through the prompts and questions that must be answered to register the patient, if you take away the pretty colors and fancy boxes, you have the current roll-and-scroll interface. In fact, as has been pointed out by human factors and usability experts, for "heads-down" applications (such as keypad entry, etc.) where the predictability of the interface's use is a plus (rather than the "user could make anything could happen next" nature of GUIs), the roll-and-scroll is demonstrably superior for accuracy and performance. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy Anthracite Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 6:10 AM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] GUI Reg & Billing? The changes promised in VistA-Office are relatively minor so that you should be able to take advantage of what has been done but there is no reason to believe you cannot scale it up if you wish. One of the stipulations was that the changes could be integrated into VistA proper. My understanding is that VO will seek to provide a ways to help facilitate interfaces with practice management systems. VistA already has patches that provide for export of data needed for billing clearing houses to use here in the US. These billing patches were released last year. I suspect that your billing will be different but may use the same codes, so I think these patches should help you. Anticipated changes to Fileman that were presented at the WorldVistA meeting in Boston, in my opinion, have the potential of making roll and scoll registration function much like the GUI you are used to as it integrates the use of the mouse and other features. We are looking forward to its promised release by Medsphere. On Thursday 23 June 2005 05:58 am, William D. Lauesen wrote: > I'm a newbie at a small non-profit hospital in the Middle East hoping to > use Vista for our clinics and hospital. > > CPRS looks great, but Registration and Billing seems to still be > character-based / command-line driven. I can see CPRS going fine, but what > do hospitals and clinics using Vista outside of the US govt. do for Reg. > and Billing? Are there good open-source tie-ins? > > Vista Office might help, but it's being billed as for a practice of 10 > doctors, not a 40 bed hospital with 400 outpatients per day, with Lab etc. > > Thanks for any suggestions, > William in Bahrain > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! 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