Everything you need is at http://hardhats.sourceforge.net/pub/gtm and http://hardhats.sourceforge.net/pub/steel/2.01
in steel/2.01 check out the file setup.txt by Steve Shreeve. It is actually an installation script. You may need to
modify things for your environment but if you have done some system admin. on Linux and are familiar with shell
scripts you can follow his comments in the file.
That being said, I can't find anywhere to get the CPRS GUI and connect it to the above database. The database does seem
to have the RPC-Broker module that is apparantly used to connect it to the CPRS GUI. Even though I
was able to get the database running, most of the instructions I've found seem to assume that you're fluent in "M" so
we need some instructions that assume zero knowlege of "M" but a basic familiarity with Linux, the shell etc.
Bruce Slater, MD wrote:
My understanding was that VistA has a separate outpatient module. One way to
promote the full VistA implementation would be promote this to private
practice guys who have looked at commercial packages and winced at the total
acquisition cost.
It would seem that someone who wanted to promote VistA could bundle the OP
module and the M platform in a easy to install Windows or Linux-based CD for
demo purposes. If we are not at that point where this is feasible, then we
should delay discussion until it is actually demonstrable to large numbers
of people. An open-source product that is demonstrable on the Windows
platform would be a (pardon the military expression) force multiplier. You
would have thousands of proto-geek MDs installing this and talking about it
at hospital staff meetings, the doctor's lunchroom and medical society
meetings. We need a groundswell of interest in SOMETHING to induce decision
makers to consider open-source as a concept.
There must be people on this list who have the technical skills to do this
...
