Agree that "green screen" is a lot faster. I prefer ScreenMan. Just wish it had inquiry mode. ../thurman
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardhats- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cameron Schlehuber > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:33 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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