The VistA Demo Appliance
debuted at the First WorldVistA (http://worldvista.org)
Educational conference at the Sewall Conference Center of Robert Morris
University (RMU; http://rmu.edu),
Moon Township, Pennsylvania, near the Pittsburgh International Airport. This
breakthrough, leveraging virtual technology, makes it possible to install VistA
Electronic Health Record (EHR) environments on PCs and is available at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=60087.
It provides access to the VAs Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) for
training personnel in hospitals and other health care organizations. After
installation and three mouse clicks, users immediately begin using Computer
Patient Records System (CPRS), says WorldVistAs Peter Bodtke, who mobilized
the project to develop the VistA Demo Appliance, The VistA Demo Appliance is
designed for non-technical people that want to start using VistA
immediately. The VistA Demo Appliance contains everything a needed to get
started learning VistA.
Conference participants received
presentations on several features of CPRS and of VOE (VistA Office EHR). RMU president Gregory DellOmo, Ph.D., welcomed meeting
attendees. The conference hosts are Valerie J. Harvey, R.T.(R), Ph.D.,
chairwoman of the WorldVistA Education and Training Working Group, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
and David Whitten, WorldVistA CTO,
Houston, Texas.
Among thee topics coverage today were installation, configuration, software
life cycle issues, and community structure in developing and disseminating this
software.
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If you would like more information
about the First WorldVistA Education Conference, or to schedule an interview
contact:
Contact: Joseph Dal Molin, VP Business Development
Tel.: 416.232.1206
Email: dalmolin@worldvista.org