VistA Pioneer Tom Munnecke To Reveal Key Success Factors

Tom Munnecke, one of the original pioneers of VistA will discuss the evolution of the VistA architecture since 1978. He will examine what was successful, and then examine how we might extend VistA's future evolution. This webinar promises to be one of the most interesting webinars in the series. 

In Munnecke's own words, "in my foray into humanitarian applications of technology, I learned about a approach called "Positive deviance."  Basically, it consists of observing what is working in a giving situation, and then doing more of it.  Simple, but effective. Applying this to VistA and the future of Health IT, the question becomes, "what worked in VistA?"  and "How do we do more of it?" In the webinar, I'll talk a bit about some lessons learned in reviewing the VA Loma Linda/March AFB test, and then open things up for an interactive discussion. 

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Tom Munnecke is an independent Health IT consultant.  As a Computer Specialist at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs hospital in Loma Linda, California, Tom Munnecke was one of the original developers of VistA and member of the Hardhats. Munnecke was active in the early development of FileMan, MailMan, the Kernel, and the VA/DoD interface project. In additoin he was "Chief of Conceptual Integrity of the Underground Railroad." Retiring from the VA, he went to work at SAIC, were he was active in the project to port DHCP to the DoD Composite Health Care System (CHCS).

Munnecke has testified before the Senate Veteran's Affairs committee on the Future of Health IT,  and has been interviewed by the Pew Foundation as an "Internet Visionary." He has consulted for the VA regarding its future IT architectures, and is the organizer of the Underground Railroad banquets.

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