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24th VistA Community Meeting January 13 to 15, 2012

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  • VistA Community Meeting
When Jan 13, 2012 08:00 AM to
Jan 15, 2012 05:00 PM
Where UC Davis, Sacramento Campus, Sacramento, California
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Contact Phone (240) 793-7436 ; 240-246-0123
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"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:

  FIS_logo2      DSS Logo   OrovilleLogo2

 

 

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