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Some VistA Whitepapers may be downloaded in PDF form:
- Federal Health IT: Focus on VistA
Courtesy of Claudine D. Beron, PMP and Suniti Ponske for Accenture, August 5, 2005
- VistA/U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs National-Scale HIS
Published by Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. in the International Journal of Medical Informatics 69 (2003) 135-156
The Veterans Health Administration of the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs has a long, successful, and interesting
history of using information technology to meet its mission. Each medical
center is computerized to a degree that surprises the uninitiated. For
example, medical documentation and ordering are computerized at every facility.
A sophisticated national infrastructure has been developed to replicate,
support, and evolve single-center successes. With advances in inter-facility
networking, data sharing, and specialized central support and technical
tools, VistA is becoming a single, highly scalable national health information
system (HIS) solution. In this paper, we present an historical overview
of VistA's development, describe its current functionality, and discuss
its emergence as a national-scale hospital information system.
- Analysis
of Open Source Software and EHRs: Profile of Increasing
Use of OSS in the Federal Government and Healthcare by Medical Alliances
Courtesy of Medical Alliances
Abstract: This Report delivers updated data, analyses,
observations and findings related to the market status
of free and Open Source Software (OSS) in the Federal sector and healthcare,
and profiles private and public sector OSS case studies. This Report will
provide insights and a framework for any Federal agency pursuing the development
of software solutions to meet national challenges as posed by National
Health Information Infrastructure, government initiatives to provide electronic
health record (EHR) within the next ten years and other governmental initiatives
and market requirements to create a health care system that is safe, high
quality and cost effective. (Registration required to view complete white paper)
- The Veterans Health Administration: Quality, Value, Accountability, and Information as Transforming Strategies for Patient-Centered Care
Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA; Robert M. Kolodner,
MD; and Robert H. Roswell, MD from the American Journal
of Managed Care: November 2004
The Veterans Health Administration is the United States
largest integrated health system. Once disparaged as
a bureaucracy providing mediocre care, the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) reinvented itself during the past decade through a policy shift mandating
structural and organizational change, rationalization of resource allocation,
explicit measurement and accountability for quality and value, and development
of an information infrastructure supporting the needs of patients, clinicians,
and administrators. Today, the VA is recognized for leadership
in clinical informatics and performance improvement, cares for more patients
with proportionally fewer resources, and sets national benchmarks in patient
satisfaction and for 18 indicators of quality in disease prevention and
treatment. (Am J Manag Care. 2004;10(part 2):828-836)
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