OSEHRA 2014: VISTA Expertise Network and OSEHRA Join Forces for Technical Town Hall

Arlington, VA – The Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance (OSEHRA) and the VISTA Expertise Network announced today that they will collaborate in a special technical meeting regarding the future of the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA), the electronic health record system utilized by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and other healthcare providers worldwide.

The special session, entitled Future VistA: A Technical Town Hall, will be chaired by Rick Marshall, the Network’s Executive Director, as part of the 2014 OSEHRA Open Source Summit to be held September 3–5 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, just outside of Washington, D.C. “VistA remains one of the premier electronic health record systems in the world,” said Marshall, “and this session will address a number of key initiatives that will make it even more effective.” The session will be aimed at experienced VistA developers, and it will be presented in a town hall format for maximum interaction.

Seong K. Mun, President of OSEHRA, commented, “Our Summit is the perfect venue for this collaborative technical session. We expect senior VistA developers from VA and around the world to attend, and we are delighted to partner with the VISTA Expertise Network to design such an in-depth technical event. The Network’s VistA experience and capability are unsurpassed, and we are proud to have them as an OSEHRA Corporate Member.”

Registration for the 2014 OSEHRA Open Source Summit has begun. The conference is being sponsored by DSS, Inc., the Conference Sponsor, as well as InterSystems Corporation, the MITRE Corporation, Oroville Hospital, FIS GT.M, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Kitware, Inc., and KRM Associates. Sponsorship and Exhibitor opportunities are still available.

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OSEHRA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating innovation in electronic health record software and related technology. Founded in 2011, OSEHRA is a rapidly growing open source community with over 2,400 registered members representing 160+ industry, academic, and government organizations. OSEHRA supports an open, collaborative community of users, developers, and researchers engaged in advancing electronic health record software and related health information technology. OSEHRA hosts software repositories for applications such as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ VistA electronic health record. OSEHRA is a member of global industry associations including the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Health Level 7 (HL7), and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE).

The VISTA Expertise Network (http://vistaexpertise.net) is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting the adoption and improvement of the open source VistA and RPMS EHR software developed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Indian Health Service. Founded in 2006, the Network provides consulting, training, and programming services on a project basis, bringing together experienced VISTA professionals.