Joseph Dal Molin wrote:
> > I feel a partnership between a couple of IT savyy clinicians and expert
> > programmers with a wholesome way of looking at things, can create the
> > infrastructure of the future HISs.
>
> Nandalal, you have in one sentence described how VistA was first
> developed and evolved for the better part of its history, all be it the
> number of collaborators was much larger.
>
> So the real issue IMHO is not designing and building the perfect system
> is but how to leverage the vast experience and knowledge that is imbeded
> in VistA's DNA.
>
> Frankly speaking how many lives could be saved and improved by simply
> implementing VistA as far and wide as possible and at the same time
> engaging that community to improve the software? Is chasing perfection
> by starting from a clean slate worth the human opportunity cost?
probably the only way to answer that is to find out what VistA _can't_ do.
- thomas beale
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