OSCON Health Track Schedule Released

The schedule for the health track at O'Reilly's 2011 Open Source Convention (OSCON) in Portland, Oregon, has just been released. This is one of the most important open health conferences this year. There have been some fantastic developments in this area around the world from Africa, to Asia, Latin America, Europe, and here in the U.S..

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VA Releases Custodial Agent RFP

On Friday the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released its long-anticipated Request for Proposal (RFP) for an open source custodial agent. This custodial agent will manage the open source EHR ecosystem for VA's VistA system.  Read More »

VeHU Training Site Pilot Opens April 26

Huge news for the VistA community. The VA's eHealth University will be launching a pilot for a new training web site on April 26. The site, MyVeHUCampus, will feature the VistA-based Health IT training materials available to the VA staff.  Read More »

RPMS Awarded Meaningful Use Certification

One of the most poorly-funded federal agencies, the Indian Health Service (IHS), has defied the odds once again and it has become the first federal agency to have its health information system certified for Meaningful Use. 

IHS Director Yvette Roubideaux announced “the Indian Health Service is very proud to be the first federal agency to earn this certification, which is based on industry standards.” She emphasized that RPMS will “help us provide quality health care delivery to patients in the Indian health system,” adding that the “monetary incentives made available by this certification will also benefit IHS, tribal, and urban Indian health facilities.”

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V11-14 - VistA FileMan (Introduction)

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When: 
May 18, 2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm

FileMan is the native database management system for MUMPS (M) and is very tightly woven into the structures of both the database and the data itself. Please join Greg Kreis, a former programmer and projects manager for the Veterans Administration, for his webinar session on Fileman. 

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V11-11 - Introducing M (MUMPS Language)

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When: 
April 27, 2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm

M is the latest name for the MUMPS language - which was revised as recently as 2005 by ISO. All the major VistA derivative solutions (WorldVistA, vxVistA, and Medsphere’s OpenVistA) are MUMPS (henceforth M) based solutions are derived from the FOIA release of VA/VHA VistA.  Join us for a webinar by Greg Kreis, former programmer and projects manager for the Veterans Administration, on the current status of M.

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OpenVista Webinar

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May 26, 2011 - 2:00pm

Please join Medsphere for an educational presentation on Medsphere’s OpenVista, an electronic health record solution that will help your hospital automate clinical processes, manage costs and improve patient care.

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7th WorldVistA Education Seminar

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Type: 
Conference
Date: 
October 16, 2011 - 8:30am - October 20, 2011 - 4:30pm
Location: 
Robert Morris University Campus Moon Township, PA
United States

Instructor-led courses focused on Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS), system administration, programming, and evaluation topics. The curriculum is designed for clinical application coordinators (CAC), system administrators and managers, developers and sites evaluating VistA for adoption.

 Contact

David Whitten
 (713) 870-3834

23rd VistA Community Meeting

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

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

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VC Investors Like Health IT

John Pulley | NextGov | April 13, 2011

As predicted, venture capitalists continue to be bullish on health IT. A number of the business investors who made it onto Forbes magazine's "Midas List" of top VCs in the technology sector are plowing cash into health IT, writes Forbes Healthworks blogger Zina Moukheiber... Read More »