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VistA will survive: In all the scandals of this decade that of the VA's computer system has to rank pretty far down the list. But unlike with many other scandals, this is one we can recover from. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: microsoft windows vista, u.s. department of defense, medsphere, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), tools & techniques, open source, operating systems, microsoft windows, software, management, dana blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-31
VistA dieing of starvation and neglect: VistA dieing of starvation and neglect...McCain is a f*cking idiot! Gee some patriot he is, eh?"[B]Ideology, a desire to privatize all government functions. “John McCain has come out for closing the VA and giving everybody vouchers,” Longman said.[/B]"And privatizing our government... don't you people get it? When you privatize we...; Tags: government, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), purchasing & procurement, microsoft windows vista, medsphere, openvista cis; Discussion threads 2008-04-23
Open source tries again with health care: Open source tries again with health careMisys StrategyDana -- Be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater with throw-away comments like open source became a tactic; not a strategy...confirmed when Misys later did a deal to buy half of Allscripts...Because of the potential disruptive nature of open...; Tags: vertical industries, benefits, open source, health care, misys; Discussion threads 2008-04-17
Can Tolven give Medsphere the lift it needs?: Medsphere's efforts to revolutionize hospital computing with an open source code base (derived from the VA's VistA system) got a big boost at HIMSS with news it would partner with Tolven Inc. The reason is only now becoming apparent. Tolven's founders, most of them former Oracle executives,Â have...; Tags: medsphere, tolven inc., tolvenhealth, tolven institute, open source, dana blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Medsphere hires marketer as chief medical officer: A technology company's choice for chief medical officer is important. If he's a celebrity, he can bring cache. If he's truly involved, he can aid in development. If he's highly ethical, he adds lustre. What if he's a marketer? Medsphere has hired a marketer...; Tags: billing, physician, open source, medsphere, e-health, healthcare, dana blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-11-14

A second open source competitor in health IT: This is a story I originally wrote yesterday for our health care blog, but Misys has become the second major health care IT vendor to go open source, following Medsphere. Medsphere writes hospital software based on the public domain VistA system written for the Veterans Administration. Misys,...; Tags: misys, information technology, health care, medsphere, healthcare, vertical industries, open source, benefits, tools & techniques, enterprise software, software, human resources, management, dana blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-10-30
Medsphere re-dedicated to open source: Medsphere re-dedicated to open sourceNot the only Open Source ProviderThere are many others like Blue Cliff, ClearHealth, Ultimate EMR. -- IV; Tags: medsphere, open source; Discussion threads 2007-10-27
Medsphere now says open source will make it dominant: Medsphere now says open source will make it dominantMumps...but I wonder if [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUMPS#Major_users_of_MUMPS_applications]Mumps[/url] will prevail?Not a lot of Mumps programmers out there.Good startA system of the size and scope of Veterans' Administration is an excellent foundation upon which to build. There are also a fair number of hospitals and...; Tags: scripting languages, medsphere, open source, mumps; Discussion threads 2007-10-26
Medsphere re-dedicated to open source: "We're the only open source provider in health care IT." The voice on the other end of the line was strong and confident, even though new Medsphere CEO Michael Doyle had been on the job for just a few weeks, even though the Medsphere offices in Aliso...; Tags: billing, health care, medsphere, michael doyle, open source, vertical industries, corporate governance, benefits, healthcare, enterprise software, software, business operations, corporate law, human resources, dana blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-10-26
Medsphere reboot is complete with Doyle hire: Medsphere completed its re-boot yesterday by announcing the hire of new CEO Michael J. Doyle from AHS, an online billing company. The hire makes good sense. The weakness of Medsphere, which began with the VA's public domain VistA software, always lay in the billing area. Since the...; Tags: hospital, billing, automation, medsphere, ahs, open source, healthcare, dana blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-10-16
Medsphere begin again: Two years after throwing over its founders and making a public domain code base proprietary, MedsphereÂ is seeking a new CEO and a new start with the open source movement."The community edition licenses are on the Web site â€“ we have a version under Mozilla and then we have a GPL...; Tags: applications, database management, general, implementations, legal, management, software licensing, strategy; Blog posts 2007-07-06
Is Medsphere taking it back?: Is Medsphere taking it back?Great article, terrible conclusion.Dana, The first part of you article was spot on and I applaud you for bringing this to the mainstream attention! However your conclusion is all wrong. Most of it is predicated on the following assumption.> Medsphere’s board probably...; Tags: open source, one-way, medsphere; Discussion threads 2006-12-01
Is Medsphere taking it back?: Is Medsphere still an open source company, or is it trying to turn public domain software into something proprietary? And can you run a company open source when the cost of making a sale is astronomical, but the price you must charge for support (to compete against do-it-yourself efforts) is...; Tags: medsphere, applications, development, implementations, legal, infrastructure, distributions, general; Blog posts 2006-11-30
One customer to unleash the flood: When it comes to enterprise software, it's always that first customer which is the toughest. Prove your claims once, and the world may beat a path to your door.Open source can play that game, too.The subject here is Medsphere. I've written about them before. Their OpenVista technology was originally developed...; Tags: hospital, medsphere; Blog posts 2006-09-07
Can open source save your life?: Hospitals are the toughest nut to crack in the IT business. The systems they need are complex. They must be highly-networked, and they have to deal with tons of regulations. A hospital of 75-200 beds will pay as much as $18-20 million for a new IT system. Many do...; Tags: scott shreeve, medsphere; Blog posts 2006-06-05

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Can open source help liberate the bureaucracy?: Can open source help liberate the bureaucracy?Why can't you have a five eprson team iplement UK health recordIf you design UK, Canada, or any centralized health system country's health record system, you will have to insure access to tens of millions of persons worth of records on a 24/7 basis...; Tags: government, e-health, vertical industries, healthcare, bureaucracy, open source; Discussion threads 2008-06-05
Will Ingenix go open source?: Some of medicine's top tools for analyzing outcomes and the cost-effectiveness of care may be about to go open source. Ingenix CEO Andy Slavitt quietly dropped this bombshell into his keynote address at the company's annual conference a few weeks ago, but it was only noticed recently...; Tags: ingenix, open source, dana blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-29
VistA dieing of starvation and neglect: The Veterans Administration VA is starving its world-classÂ VistA medical records software to death. At a time when organizations around the world are switching from proprietary to open source models of support, an agency which created such a model from scratch is going the other way. ...; Tags: electronic health record, microsoft windows vista, u.s. department of defense, veterans administration, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), e-health, operating systems, microsoft windows, software, healthcare, dana blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Why are reformers destroying Veterans' health computer system?: Roger Maduro right doesn't look like a hero. Like most heroes he never sought the status, just tried to do right and shine a light on what works. What works, he thinks is VistA, and the Veterans Administration system that computer code supports. In shining the light...; Tags: agency, hero, u.s. congress, microsoft windows vista, health care, computer, roger maduro, va, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), vertical industries, healthcare, benefits, operating systems, microsoft windows, software, enterprise software, human resources, dana blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-18
News to know: Google; AMD; Desktop Linux; Green IT; Psystar: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Google delivers; Maybe paid clicks weren't such a big deal Charles Cooper: Google settles a score with ComScore Techmeme AMD posts loss; sees seasonally down quarter ahead Sixth straight quarterly loss for AMD...; Tags: desktop, google inc., red hat inc., green it, soa, amazon.com inc., advanced micro devices inc., desktop linux, linux, service-oriented architecture (soa), open source, web services, operating systems, software, enterprise software, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-18