Forwarding a message from the older group. -- Bhaskar
-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Jim Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: openhealth-list@minoru-development.com > To: openhealth-list@minoru-development.com > Subject: Re: VOE and Linux efforts. > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:57:56 -0600 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >the VOE sources seems to be largely locked up inside of the > >Cache database on Windows > > As I understand it, the VOE sources are standard MUMPS and the server > will therefore run > as well or better on GT.M/Linux as it will on Cache/Microsoft. I also > understand that VOE > is 99% the same as the FOIA version of VistA and the version available > now from > worldvista.org and sourceforge. > > >The best interests of Linux/OSS/Vista will be best served by having > >some type of native client capability. > > >After a bit of time studying the FOIA XWB* sources and scrutinizing > >packet traces we were able to develop a preliminary implementation > of > >a Java client architecture which knows how to talk to a Vista RPC > >server/broker. > > Medsphere claims to have made a VistA middleware server and a > cross-platform CPRS > replacement client that connect via HTTP and SOAP. They have promised > to release all of it > for use and part of it as Open Source some time in the near future. I > hope they do. It > seems like a step forward. > > Meanwhile, I have been thinking that it might not be too difficult to > skip the middle ware > and serve the HTTP and SOAP and/or JSON from M2Web. > > > >Before we invest any additional time and effort into this I wanted > to > >get a sense of what the community thought about this approach. > People > >are making noises about a WEB/HTML interface to Vista > > I am one of them. > > > but my sense is > >that something a LOT like CPRS is needed in the intermediate > timeframe > >to make Linux client implementations a reality. > > If you can reverse engineer an Open Source CPRS client, that would be > a great start. If > you continue your efforts in that direction, please share your > findings and progress and > problems and results with the folks at worldvista.org. > > Unfortunately, CPRS only covers part of the functionality of VistA. > There is no GUI for > administrative functions like patient registration and scheduling. > These must be done on > terminal emulators unless a new interface is developed for them. > > My own belief is that it would be easier to build it on Mozilla and > M2Web, but perhaps > that varies with your skills and interests. > > --------------------------------------- > Jim Self > Systems Architect, Lead Developer > VMTH Computer Services, UC Davis > (http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself) > 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/
