VA drives open-source health records initiative (FCW.com)
Twenty-year-old software developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs could serve as the low-cost building block of a nationwide electronic health care record (EHR) system President Bush wants officials to deploy within the next decade, according to health management experts." (Thanks to David A. Wheeler)
Posted Nov 30, 2004 22:31 UTC (Tue)
by jtc (guest, #6246)
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http://www.deepthought.com.au/it/archetypes/output/gehr_e...
I wonder if this group could make use of it to save on development costs. (Yes, I should submit this as a suggestion to them, but I don't want to spare the time to find the contact person and submit an email. Maybe this suggestion will make its way to them, or maybe not.)
Posted Dec 2, 2004 11:39 UTC (Thu)
by gvy (guest, #11981)
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Look at gtm.sf.net for an example of a DB backend.
Posted Dec 14, 2004 18:56 UTC (Tue)
by whitten (guest, #26673)
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Anyone who has questions is invited to call me, David Whitten, at (713) 870-3834. I am one of the co-founders of WorldVistA.
There is an existing open-source EHR system that has been in development in Australia for quite a while (over two years, I think):VA drives open-source health records initiative (FCW.com)
http://www.openehr.org/projects/t_aus_gehr.htm
I believe ISO M-based solutions are long mature in that area (even if I personally, um, find M somewhat confusing at times :)VA drives open-source health records initiative (FCW.com)
There has been an active open source community outside of the Dept of the VA for several years. A group of Volunteers have been organizing VistA community Meetings for several times a year, the most recent in Greenbelt Maryland (outside of Washington DC) in October. http://www.worldvista.org is a website for a nonprofit organization created to promote this development.VA drives open-source health records initiative (FCW.com)