24th VistA Community Meeting January 13 to 15, 2012

"The place to connect with people if you are serious about VistA"

24th VistA Community Meeting, January 13 to 15, 2012

 UC Davis, Sacramento Campus, Sacramento, California

Sponsors:

          

 

 

Registration

 Click here to register.

Lodging

Hotel Name	Address	Phone	Transportation	Notes
Courtyard Marriott Sacramento, Midtown	4422 Y Street, Sacramento, CA 95817	1.800.MARRIOTT (1-800-627-7468)	Maps/Directions	Ask for "VistA Community Meeting" rate of $84 per night. Cutoff date to register is January 1 and after that it will be honored if space is available.  Internet and parking are complimentary.  No airport transportation.  It is a 2 min walk to the medical school (where the Blaisdell Medical Library is on Google maps.  The Marriott has a red roof).
Best Western PLUS Med Park Inn and Suites	2356 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817	1-916.455.4000	Maps/Directions	Ask for "VistA Community Meeting" rate of $84 per night. Cutoff date to register is January 6 and after that it will be honored if space is available. Internet and parking are complimentary.  No airport transportation. There is a complimentary continental breakfast.  4 min walk to Medical School (where the Blaisdell Medical Library is on Google maps).

 

About the 24th VistA Community Meeting

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.

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 nancy@worldvista.org.  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.

Acknowledgments

We would like to express our appreciation to UC Davis, Sacramento for hosting the meeting.

Location of the Meeting 

 The meeting is in the Medical Education building on the Sacramento Campus of UC Davis and the rooms are on the heading of the schedule.  Here is a link to a map showing where that building is located. 

   Map showing the Medical Education Building

 Speakers

Speaker	Topic
Roger Baker, CIO, Department of Veterans Affairs	TBA
Michael O'Neill, Senior Advisor, VA Innovation Initiative (VAi2), Department of Veterans Affairs	TBA
Julie S. Harvey, Director, Office of Information Technology Product Development and Assessment	Panel - Discussing how the VA developers and users can collaborate effectively with the diverse open source community.
Seong Ki Mun, Ph.D., CEO, OSEHRA	Overview of the Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent (OSEHRA); its missions, accomplishments to date, and core functions.
Robert Wentz, President & CEO, Oroville Hospital, California	Keynote
Luis Ibanez, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, OSEHRA	Code contributions and the code repository;  Developmental tools; Software certification process; architecture, Product definition and Other ongoing projects;Panel - Discussing how the VA developers and users can collaborate effectively with the diverse open source community.
Edmund Billings, MD, CMO & Executive VP, Product, Medsphere	Panel - Discussing how the VA developers and users can collaborate effectively with the diverse open source community;E.H.R. Market and how it relates to the VistA solution
George Lilly, CIO, WorldVistA	Yours if you want it for every VistA:  VistACom & CCR, ePrescribing & Quality Reporting, Meaningful Use Reporting; Multiple Approacted for Clinical Decision Support in VistA: Order Checks, Reminders and Ontologies Panel
KS Bhaskar, FIS	Systems Administration and Operations with GTM (90 minute sessions over the course of the meeting)
Rick Marshall, VistA Expertise Network	VISTA Mythbusters
Patrick Redington, Developer, Department of Veterans Affairs	Clinical Reminders Update
Alan Montgomery, National Support, Department of Veterans Affairs	Clinical Reminders Update
Matthew King, MD	Quality Reporting & Meaningful Use Reporting, Paradigm Shift : Using VistA as a Patient Management Console Re-engineering how people see patients to make it work with VistA, Multiple Approaches for Clinical Decision Support in VistA: Order Checks, Reminders and Ontologies Panel
Joseph Dal Molin, Chairman of the Board, WorldVistA	VistA Open Source adopters - Adding value to your organization by becoming active community members
Stephen Oxley, MD, CMO Central Regional Hospital, North Carolina	Considerations for Implementing VistA Outside the VA from a CMO's Perspective
Sam Williams, VistA Implementation Project Manager DSS	Implementing VistA outside the VA. I wish I'd known then, what I know now from the perspective of a highly experienced Vendor VistA Implementation Project Manager.
David Whitten, CTO WorldVistA and Central Regional Hospital, North Carolina (formerly Houston VA)	Implementing VistA outside the VA: Things I wish I had known before  that I know now; Multiple Approaches for Clinical Decision Support in VistA: Order Checks, Reminders and Ontologies Panel
Marci Ann Keiser, MBA, PMP,  VistA Project Director, Central Regional Hospital, North Carolina	Creative Project Management for Implementing VistA - no money, no staff, no problem!; Federally Refunded Informatics training opportunities and the use of VistA in that training (with Walter Dario Di Mantova).
Michael Mims and others, VA Pharmacy Developers	Update on 3 VA Pharmacy Projects with Q&A Session
Rob Tweed, Developer, EWD	The Role of EWD in Modernizing VistA plus a tutorial on the same topic (Friday and Saturday)
Walter Dario Di Mantova  Director, Workforce and Economic Development Los Rios Community College District	Federally Refunded Informatics training opportunities and the use of VistA in that training (with Marci Keiser).
Prof. em. Dr. med. Wolfgang Giere	Chances for VistA in Germany, some reflections; M(UMPS) in Germany, history and highlights
Tom Munnecke	TBA
Khamis Sicsek,  EHS,  Jordon	TBA
Tamriq Hamkari, EHS, Jordon	TBA
Kevin Meldrum and Colleagues, Dept. of Veterans Affairs	AvivA
George Timson	MSC Fileman  (N.B. - Universal adoption may be just around the corner! - NEA)
Andrew (Drew) J. Kosmowski, MD, FS, FACEP COL, MC, USA - Physician Advisor, Health Affairs, ITAM-MOD, USF-I/DCG(A&T)	Preparing for WorldVistA EHR in Iraq (Saturday afternoon)
Howard Hays, MD, CIO IHS	TBA (Friday)
Nancy Anthracite, MD,  WorldVistA	Panel - Discussing how the VA developers and users can collaborate effectively with the diverse open source community.
Robert Missroon, Jr., VP Finance, CFO, DSS Inc.	Panel - Discussing how the VA developers and users can collaborate effectively with the diverse open source community.
Wayne Kaniewski, MD, Twin Cities Consulting	Dragon Medical Dictate Used in CPRS (Vendor)
Joseph Tastrom, Health IT Consultant	Implementation of VistA in American Samoa
Fabian Lopez, DSS Inc.	Community Collaboration on the Development of VistA Extensions: The VistA Extensions Hub Brief Description: The VistA Extensions Hub is a place where VistA users will be able to find clinical, administrative and technical training, information about components to enhance any VistA implementation and tools to interact with the rest of the community. VistA Extensions developers will have a place where they can publish their work, interact with the community, enhance any VistA implementation, track issues and gather new requirements. This site will complement the OSEHRA efforts and other VistA Community

Agenda

 

 

Time	Room 1222 (for 120) 07:00 - 11:00 Jan 13 All day Jan 14 and Jan 15	Room 3202	Room 3204	Room 3205
Day 1	Friday, January 13, 2012
07:30	Arrive, network, pick up name tags	NETWORKING	NETWORKING	NETWORKING
8:00	Overview of OSEHRA; its missions, accomplishments to date, and core functions - Seong Ki Mun	no session	no session	no session
8:45	Michael O'Neill, Senior Advisor, VA Innovation Initiative (VAi2), Department of Veterans Affairs	no session	no session	no session
9:15	Special Presentation - Robert Wentz, CEO Oroville Hospital	no session	no session	no session
9:20	Break Sponsored by DSS, Inc.	Break Sponsored by DSS, Inc.	Break Sponsored by DSS, Inc.	Break Sponsored by DSS, Inc.
9:30	Panel on Open Source Collaboration for Development - Julie Harvey, Robert Missroon, Edmund Billings, Nancy Anthracite, Howard Hays, Luis Ibanez	no session	no session	no session
11:00	Vacate the main room as there will be classes using it	EWD: propelling VistA into the future - Rob Tweed		Systems Administration with GT.M - KS Bhaskar
12:00	Lunch Sponsored by DSS, Inc.	Lunch Sponsored by DSS, Inc.	Lunch Sponsored by DSS, Inc.	Lunch Sponsored by DSS, Inc.
13:15	-------------------->>>>	E.H.R. Market and how it relates to the VistA solution - Edmund Billings		Systems Administration with GT.M - KS Bhaskar
14:00	-------------------->>>>	VistA Mythbusters Rick Marshall	Informal Discussion regarding IHS and Community Meaningful Use Software Innovations and possible cross-pollination - Howard Hays and others	Integrating EWD with VistA: a Hands-on Workshop - Rob Tweed
14:45	Break Sponsored by DSS, Inc.	Break Sponsored by DSS, Inc.	Break Sponsored by DSS, Inc.	Break Sponsored by DSS, Inc.
15:00	-------------------->>>>	Federally Refunded Informatics training opportunities and the use of VistA in that training - Walter Dario Di Mantova and Marci Keiser *	AViVA : informal update and discussion - Kevin Meldrum and Colleagues (tentative)	Integrating EWD with VistA: a Hands-on Workshop - Rob Tweed
15:45	-------------------->>>>	VistA Concepts - Conor Dowling		I
16:35	-------------------->>>>	Break	BREAK	BREAK
16:45	-------------------->>>>	Discussion Group: What should be in the Core of VistA? - Matthew McCall and Luis Ibanez
Day 2	Saturday, January 14, 2012
Time	Room 1222	Room 3202	Room 3204	Room 3205
08:00	Arrive and network	NETWORKING	NETWORKING	NETWORKING
09:00	Keynote: Roger Baker - VA CIO *	no session	no session	no session
10:15	Break Sponsored by FIS GT.M	Break Sponsored by FIS GT.M	Break Sponsored by FIS GT.M	Break Sponsored by FIS GT.M
10:30	Preparing for WorldVistA EHR in Iraq - Drew Kosmowski	no session	Reminders Update - Patrick Redington & Alan Montgomery *	Integrating EWD with VistA: a Hands-on Workshop - Rob Tweed
11:15	Yours if you want it and compatible with every VistA!  Demonstration of VistACom and Continuity of Care Record (CCR) - George Lilly	no session		Integrating EWD with VistA: a Hands-on Workshop - Rob Tweed
12:00	Lunch Sponsored by FIS GT.M	Lunch Sponsored by FIS GT.M	Lunch Sponsored by FIS GT.M	Lunch Sponsored by FIS GT.M
13:15	Paradigm Shift : Using VistA as a Patient Management Console ; Re-engineering how people see patients to make it work with VistA - Matt King	no session		Systems Administration with GT.M - KS Bhaskar
14:00	Implementing VistA outside the VA: I wish I'd known then, what I know now from the perspective of a highly experienced Vendor VistA Implementation Project Manager - Sam Williams	no session		Systems Administration with GT.M - KS Bhaskar
14:45	Break Sponsored by FIS GT.M	Break Sponsored by FIS GT.M	Break Sponsored by FIS GT.M	Break Sponsored by FIS GT.M
15:00	OSEHRA - Support of Development and Evaluation of Software - Luis Ibanez	Creative Project Management for Implementing VistA or any EHR (From a CMO and a Project Manager) - Stephen Oxley and Marci Keiser		Integrating EWD with VistA: a Hands-on Workshop - Rob Tweed
15:45	Implementation of VistA in American Samoa - Joseph Tastrom	Implementing VistA outside the VA: Things I wish I had known before  that I know now - David Whitten
16:30	Break	Break	Break	Break
16:45	Chances for VistA in Germany, some reflections - Wolfgang Giere	Dragon Medical Dictate Used in CPRS (Vendor) - Wayne Kaniewski
	Underground Railroad Banquet - ALL invited.  Sign up here: http://urr2012.eventbrite.com/
Day 3	Sunday, 15 January, 2012
Time	Room 1222	Room 3202	Room 3204	Room 3205
08:00	Arrive and Network	NETWORKING	NETWORKING	NETWORKING
09:00	MSC Fileman - George Timson	no session		Systems Administration with GT.M - KS Bhaskar
09:45	Yours if you want it and compatible with every VistA! Demonstration of Quality Reporting Package and e-Prescribing - George Lilly	no session		Systems Administration with GT.M - KS Bhaskar
10:30	Break Sponsored By Oroville Hospital	Break Sponsored By Oroville Hospital	Break Sponsored By Oroville Hospital	Break Sponsored By Oroville Hospital
10:45	Quality Reporting and Meaningful Use Reporting - Matt King		Hands on session using the OSEHRA virtual machine for developers.  - Luis Ibanez
11:30	I Had a Dream: Suggestions for VistA Extensions - Wolfgang Giere	no session	Community Collaboration on the Development of VistA Extensions: The VistA Extensions Hub - Fabian Lopez
12:15	Lunch Sponsored by Oroville Hospital	Lunch Sponsored by Oroville Hospital	Lunch Sponsored by Oroville Hospital	Lunch Sponsored by Oroville Hospital
13:30	VistA in American Samoa - Joe Tastrom	no session
14:15	Presentations on Multiple Approaches for Clinical Decision Support in VistA: Order Checks, Reminders, and Ontologies and other methods of categorizing information. - David Whitten, Matt King & George Lilly			Systems Administration with GT.M - KS Bhaskar
15:00	Break Sponsored By Oroville Hospital	Break Sponsored By Oroville Hospital	Break Sponsored By Oroville Hospital	Break Sponsored By Oroville Hospital
15:15	Panel: Experiences with using VistA's Order Checks, Reminders, Ontologies, and other methods of categorizing information. This panel will be focused on case studies, practical experiences and solutions - Matt King, David Whitten & George Lilly			Systems Administration with GT.M - KS Bhaskar
16:00	Status of the WorldVistA EHR - EWD  Virtual Machine with Data for developers- Rob Tweed, David Wicksell, George Lilly
	Legend: * time can't be changed