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23rd VistA Community Meeting

Event Details
Type: 
Conference
Date: 
May 23, 2011 - 8:30am - May 25, 2011 - 5:00pm
Link: 
VistA Community Meeting
Location: 
Johnson Center at George Mason University
4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, VA 22030
United States
See map: Google Maps

The goal of VistA Community Meetings is for those involved in the VistA Community to network & collaborate, i.e., to share ideas and work, with the objective of moving VistA & the VistA community forward.

Speakers:

Roger Baker, CIO, Department of Veterans Affairs
Peter Levin, CTO, Department of Veterans Affairs
Patricia Abbott, Johns Hopkins University Using VistA to teach informatics
Paul Faulkenstein, Northern Virginia Community College

The goal of VistA Community Meetings is for those involved in the VistA Community to network & collaborate, i.e., to share ideas and work, with the objective of moving VistA & the VistA community forward.

Compared to most meetings, VistA Community Meetings are relatively unstructured.  The agenda is always a draft agenda, because attendees are free to change it – even during the meeting – in order to  better meet their objectives. VistA Community Meetings were originally almost exclusively technical meetings.  Over time, the balance shifted, so that although there are technical presentations, there are more discussions on other aspects, including implementation, support, demonstration, education, training, and community collaboration.

The last few meetings an this one are special as there will be VistA domain experts from the VA  discussing their current work an plans for the future.  Roger Baker, the CIO for the VA and Peter Levin, the CTO will also be speaking.  With the VA RFP for Open Source VistA being a hot topic for discussion, this meeting may be the most interesting meeting yet.

Please come prepared to introduce yourself and discuss your interest in and work with VistA as talking with the other attendees at the meeting is a least half of the reason to come to the meetings.  If you wish to present material, please contact [email protected].  If you think you might decide to present something at the last minute, bring your presentation with you as things can be added to the agenda at the last minute.  Also, we encourage you to bring your laptop to the meeting with you.  It seems like there is always someone who regrets not having brought it so they can install VistA or try the latest and greatest software while they are at the meeting.

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Contact:

Nancy Anthracite
 (240) 793-7436