Thursday April, 20, 2006

Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Burt Lidgerding , PhD, Dean, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Associate Professor of Biology



• Claudine Beron, Chairman of VSA

Overview of Meeting. Some words on Federal Health Initiatives and the critical role that VistA plays in the process. Status of VistA, VSA.

• Peter Groen, Computer & Information Sciences, Shepherd University

Overview of VistA Educational Activities
(VistA Institute and Shepherd College)

VistA – Status and Vision

• Each speaker representing a major organization to briefly discuss (no more than 20 minutes) the status of any of their VistA development and implementation activities followed by their vision of the future for VistA.
  


• Status of VistA versions – VHA FOIA, VOE, OpenVistA, Hui VistA, etc

Deployments/success stories

Major Issues & Challenges

Future plans

• Vision

What do we see as the future of VistA?

How can we collaborate?

First Part

VHA - Linda Fischetti - VistA

IHS - Keith Long/Jim Garvey - RPMS

Pacific Hui - Stan Saiki - Hui VistA

Blue Cliff - Art Koga - Hawaii VistA Dep.

Mele - Frank Fukunaga - Hawaii VistA Dep.

Second Part

Medsphere - Steve/Scott Shreeve - Midland/Oklahoma/etc.

DSS - Mark Byers - VxVistA

CMS - Cynthia Wark - VistA Office EHR

WorldVistA - K.S. Bhaskar - WorldVistA

Group Break-out sessions

Group 1

Code Collaboration/Repository

Code Sharing issues, Collaboration, Official VistA Repository, Governance Model & Mechanisms, etc.

Initial comments by panel of Linda Fischetti, Roger Maduro, Bhaskar, Dr. Shreeve, and Frank Fukunaga before opening to wider discussion.

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Group 2

Business of VistA

Legislation for Healthcare that spur private sector interest/investment

Open discussion by Claudine Beron and Marc Wine

Discussion - record consensus and potential action items

Networking

Friday, April 21, 2006

VistA Software Alliance Membership Meeting – Open to VSA Members

Welcome

Step 1: Mission Review – Barbara Boykin, Chairman Emeritus

Step 2: Organizational Mandates – Blair Butterfield

Step 3: Lessons Learned – Ron Sullivan

Step 4: Envisioning the Future – Roger Maduro

Step 5: Mission Review - Suniti Ponkshe

Step 6: Planning (Goals and Objectives 3-5 years out) – Robert Missroon

Step 7: Baby Steps and Time Frames – Duncan Pringle

Step 8: Identifying Resources to Write Plan – Claudine Beron

Commercial and International market Forecast for VistA

Open discussion on opportunities in S&L as well in commercial