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- VA now loves its VistA software
- In a VA hospital recently and watched VistA at workThe VA hospital in Omaha Nebraska handles about ten times the load of a normal hospital and every single bit of the load is possible because of their software. My sister had a big glitch show up in her medical...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), HEALTHCARE, Vista Software, Yes Vista, VA Hospital, MUMPS, hospital, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- What Obama can do for and to open source
- What Obama can do for and to open sourceSorry we let you down.It doesn't surprise me though. We are very focused on our agendas. The Obama Administration presents a large field of issues. The only thing I can say so far is that his choice to fill...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Obama, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-05-16
- Fixing the blame on the EHR mess
- Fixing the blame on the EHR messLobbyistsYou hit the nail on the head. There are more than 200 EHRs, each lobbying for a place in the sun.WorldVistA, based on the largest EHR (the Veterans Administration's VistA), is free, open source, and GPL-licensed (open source is not enough -- we need...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, eHR
- Discussion threads 2009-01-06
- Can VistA be saved?
- ClearHealth, as well as Medsphere, are giving VistA new life in the private sectore, and the WorldVistA project is giving it new adherents worldwide. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: microsoft windows vista, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), operating systems, microsoft windows, software, dana blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- Is the VA going proprietary?
- The Veterans Administration has chosen a proprietary system from Cerner called PathNet to automate its laboratories. The same system was also chosen by the Department of Defense. This is a big loss for the VA's VistA system, on which WorldVistA is based. This makes it unlikely that...
- Tags: Cerner Corp., VA, Veterans Administration, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- Medsphere now says open source will make it dominant
- "We’re the only open source provider in health care IT." As a result Medsphere Systems Corp. of Aliso Viejo believes it will one day be the biggest. The man making the prediction was new Medsphere CEO Michael Doyle. He has been on the job for just a...
- Tags: Billing, Health Care, Medsphere Systems Corp., 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 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
- Can open source save the doctor-patient relationship?
- Over at my health care blog, I'm asking whether open source is the cure for what ails health care IT. It's not my question. It's really the question of Bruce L. Wilder, a 66-year old doctor, lawyer, and music lover who says the real issue here is...
- Tags: Open Source, Electronic Health Record, Health Care, Wilder, E-health, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-09-26
- Today's Debate: Is open source the cure for health care?
- Open source is the cure for what ails health care IT, according to Bruce Wilder. Wilder, writing in Advance for Health Information Executives, notes that current Electronic Health Record EHR systems can cost $44,000 to install, and $8,500/year to maintain, per doctor. But his argument for open...
- Tags: Patient, Electronic Health Record, Insurance Company, Health Care, Bruce Wilder, E-health, Healthcare, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-09-26
- Acermed blames lawsuit for company failure
- Acermed, a leading seller of Electronic Medical Record EMR software to hospitals, whose product was certified by the CCHIT standards body, is dead.The company sent out a fax yesterday, reproduced at GPL Medicine, notifying customers that the Irvine, Calif. company had ceased operations.In an interview with EMR Update, Acermed president Richard Yonis...
- Tags: E-health, HEALTHCARE, Dana Blankenhorn, Acermed, electronic health record, LinuxMedNews
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- 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
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