Bhaskar, Thank you for the clarification. But i need to know about the number of modules available in the Open Vista, and the different "versions".
What is Vista Office? Is it suitable for a hospital or more for a single physician's practice? What is the best version to setup in a large hospital? Nandalal --- "K.S. Bhaskar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nandalal -- > > The installation of VistA is actually *extremely* > simple if you start > with OpenVistA SemiVivA or OpenVistA VivA > (http://sourceforge.net/projects/worldvista). What > is complicated is > the configuration of VistA post-installation. There > are attempts to > simplify it (e.g., Kevin Toppenberg's scripts), but > it remains the > biggest barrier to VistA adoption. VistA Office EHR > should be simpler > to configure. > > The so called "gold standard" is VistA as released > by the VA, with no > community enhancements. They were somewhat > different in the old days > when the gold standard did not run on GT.M. Today, > they are converging, > and within the next 6-12 months I expect that the > community VistA will > become the gold standard VistA with its enhancements > (e.g., > parameterization) provided as a set of patches to > the gold standard. > > -- Bhaskar > > On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 22:25 -0500, Nandalal > Gunaratne wrote: > > I have some concerns and some questions about > Vista. > > > > What modules does Open Vista not have? > > > > THe installation of Vista is still quite > "complicated" if one should > > compare it to executing a single .exe file, or > doing an apt-get or > > even configure, make make install. How is this > being addressed? > > > > What are the components from those available for > download in > > sourceforge.net that we really need to set it up? > Why the plain vista > > and the gold version? > > > > Thank you for calrifying this > > > > Nandalal > > > > Nandalal Gunaratne MS FRCS > > Urolgical Surgeon > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openhealth/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
