Looks like an EHR effort is already underway! >From Computerworld:
Allscripts, Medem Offer Free E-health Records To Katrina Evacuees http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,104503,00.html?nlid=AM -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of K.S. Bhaskar Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 1:59 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Hardhats-members] VistA Community Call follow up - VistA for Katrina survivor EHR needs At the VistA Community call today, we discussed the potential benefits of a widely available pre-configured VistA system for the electronic medical records of a dispersed and likely mobile community of survivors putting their lives back on track. It was suggested that the beta version of VistA Office EHR could fit the bill, and my action item was to contact Joseph Dal Molin and Maury Pepper of WorldVistA as a conduit to CMS to seek approval for such a release of the beta software. I left voice mail for Joseph and spoke with Maury. Maury is not averse to approaching CMS for permission, but expressed some concerns about the plan. Maury's concern is that making available a number of laptops/PCs with a pre-configured VistA, whether it is a beta of VOE or another VistA (e.g., Hui OpenVistA) loaded on them would not necessarily be useful without the people trained to use the systems. It would be one thing for a group of ex-VA employees, for example, going around with these laptops, but without appropriate training, VistA may not be useful in general. I promised him that I would start a discussion thread, so that people on the call and in the community could respond to this concern. He (correctly, in my opinion) said that we were more likely to get a receptive ear from CMS if there was a coherent plan of action. Maury, if I have mischaracterized our discussion in any way, please speak up. Thank you very much. -- Bhaskar ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
