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The Dept of Vets Affairs runs VistA, which is one of the most effective, and widely-used electronic health record EHR systems in the world.
Craig Newmark: Veterans Affairs Health Records approach: big step ahead for all kinds of software development Craig Newmark 2011
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The VA's system, dubbed VistA for the Veteran's Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture, includes those benefits and another that private commercial vendors don't have: standardization that allows hospitals to share information seamlessly.
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Another piece of technology that could have been co-opted by the private sector, but unfortunately hasn't is an open source electronic health record EHR called VistA that the government developed 15 years ago at a cost of $8 billion.
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There have also been many discussions and a major change in attitude in the broader VistA community since Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee's Health Subcommittee, introduced a health information technology bill in September that seemed to promote the use of a publicly available open-source system such as VistA, said Fred Trotter, leader of SynSeer, a developer of open-source clinical IT software.
govhealthit_daily 2009
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Also new is the feedback loop to take the code back into VistA.
Craig Newmark: Veterans Affairs Health Records approach: big step ahead for all kinds of software development Craig Newmark 2011
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In the US, hospitals have been (re) using the VistA (Veterans health Information Systems and Technology Architecture) software developed by the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
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VistA's capabilities evolved endogenously over the many years it has been in successful production, and are the result of the contributions of many innovations, including those that came from within VA itself.
Craig Newmark: An open source approach to Veterans Affairs medical info Craig Newmark 2011
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In the US, hospitals have been (re) using the VistA (Veterans health Information Systems and Technology Architecture) software developed by the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
Archive 2009-05-08 Venky 2009
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It will reduce the costs and risks of reliable implementation andintegration of new functional modules that improve VistA's capabilities.
Craig Newmark: An open source approach to Veterans Affairs medical info Craig Newmark 2011
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They need to increase the pace of VistA innovation, as health and information tech move ahead at accelerating rates.
Craig Newmark: Veterans Affairs Health Records approach: big step ahead for all kinds of software development Craig Newmark 2011
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