I, personally, would love to get a copy posted. This was my first time interfacing with the VSA group and I'm surprised by the level of organization internally. I'm still grasping the group's focus externally however.
Specifically the interactions with HardHats, VistA Office, other VistA vendors, etc. Actually, I'm still trying to understand VistA Office some more as well. It was on the agenda for Friday's call but I wasn't able to make it. Anyone have notes to share? /David. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joel West Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 4:12 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Barbara Boykin Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] HIMSS 2005 On 8:08 PM -0500 2/15/05, David Sommers doth scribe: >So there's this conference from time to time called HIMSS, one or two of you may have heard of it. Just wondering - who's in town? > >I just found out about a meeting tomorrow morning with the "VistA Software Alliance" that I totally plan to crash (ok, the company was invited today but I personally wasn't thru our group here). So who's going? Sorry not to respond to this earlier. Things have been somewhat busy here in Dallas. The VSA held two meetings at HIMSS. The board of director met 2/15 to review the progress made in growing the VSA since its incorporation in November 2004. And we held a meeting 2/16 open to all members, prospective members, and all other interested parties. The agenda was as follows: Welcome and Introductions (Barbara) What is the VSA? Barbara Boykin, Chairman, VSA VistA as an EHR (why VistA is the best thing since sliced bread) Scott Shreeve, Chief Medical Officer, Medsphere Entering the VistA Market Sall Akers, Perot Systems VSA Plans for 2005 Joel West, Secretary, VSA Commercial Deployment of VistA Gaily Graham, Veterans Administration Q&A with VSA Board We filled the room with about 75 people attending. Our invitations were word of mouth by necessity not design. The meeting details came together at the last minute this time, but in the future we plan on posting notices on our website. Given how expensive HIMSS is to attend, it didn't occur to me to post an invite to Hardhats. The VSA will definitely have a presence at HIMSS in San Diego, but no other face-to-face meetings are yet scheduled. Someone will post an announcement to Hardhats when we have scheduled any open meetings. I will also let you know if we are able to post the speakers' slides. Joel -- Joel West, Corporate Secretary mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] VistA Software Alliance http://www.VistaSoftware.org ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
