Dan: I concur. We have two new hires who worked in the VA system with VISTA and loved it. I rarely hear this kind of support expressed for other systems. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel L. Johnson, MD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Mayo Open Source List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 6:43 AM Subject: Re: VistA is beloved by users
> I've never used VISTA, but our newest hire, an internist just out of residency, > said, "I've used EMR systems at 4 different hospitals, and VISTA is the best. > It does everything so well. This country needs to pass a law requiring that all > hospitals use VISTA, and this would solve lots of problems." > > Dan Johnson md > > John Gage wrote: > > > > ...Users of VistA love it. It is beloved. Doctors and nurses with > > absolutely no computer experience or expertise whatsoever rave about > > it. It is a complete success with users. This success is > > specifically measured against the productions of companies like SMS, > > because users of VistA very frequently rotate between VA hospitals > > and non-VA hospitals, so they have a chance to compare VistA with > > other systems. > > > > If you told every doctor and nurse in the US that they would be using > > VistA tomorrow, you would be the most popular person in American > > medicine.... >
