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This article in general reads like an advertisement for VistA ("highest user satisfaction"), etc. This is laughable as anyone who uses it knows the interface is from the 1980s and it is incredibly frustrating in comparison to more modern EHRs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:240:D300:650:7964:FEEB:3E98:96C4 (talk) 22:29, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I have commented out the paragraph contributed by 70.108.148.50. Although it provides some information, the content isn't clear ("The first Hardhats were the developers of DHCP, called that because they felt like they were working on an "Underground Railroad"--huh?), contextual ("Some people have suggested that the VA could become the nucleus of a United States national health care system."--because of VistA?, why?), referenced, or neutral("become one of the premier health providers in the world despite being grossly underfunded by Congress"). Some claims are speculative ("The support Congressman Montgomery provided to the VA has been greatly missed.") and really don't provide the reader with any explanation--has funding been reduced? Is VistA being displaced by other software? The paragraph needs to be rewritten with Wikipedia guidelines in mind, and the goal of providing information, not an opinion or a memorial. Ryanjo 02:06, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I believe that there are some significant errors of fact in the first four paragraphs of this section. (E.g., I suspect that the original NCHSR work mentioned was that of COSTAR, an outpatient EHR system done in MUMPS by its creator, Dr. Octo Barnett / MGH.) I'll have to do some research, and will update the article if warranted.
In an area where I have more expertise, the IHS RPMS system was not 'developed in parallel'. I was a member of the team that brought DHCP into IHS in 1984, and that effort was "open source" ahead of its times. I plan to update that section to more accurately reflect that portion of VistA history. Clayton Curtis (talk) 02:39, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I have removed the link to GNUmed.
While I agree with the open source outlook of the GNUmed developers, it is not related to VistA in any way.
I would also object to every other EMR / EHR system posting their links to a page about VistA.
I'm wondering if this page should be split between the VistA the VA uses and the ones being used outside. While there's lots of good information here, I'm left with the impression that the VA is using the same software as the public distributions. I believe this is not really the case. The VA develops VistA for their own use, makes available a copy of the source code under Freedom of Information Act, that others then use for their own purposes. The references to GT.M and distribution discussions should clarify that the source flows from the VA one-way, and others have added other things and distribute for their purposes.
Also, VistA Office/EHR is a government sanctioned distribution - not mentioned or linked.
Lyle 22:46, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Should some mention of the DoD and VA joint electronic health record system (iEHR) be made? It has been ongoing for a little while now, and is a non-trivial effort which involves (threatens? includes? expands? evolves?) VistA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.1.89 (talk) 08:31, 24 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The official name of the software platform is VistA. This article was originally named VistA. The appropriate title for the page should be Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) and this page should be moved to that correct page. Vista is apparently a reserved search term for Windows, and can only be used for Windows Vista.
Derivatives of VistA are WorldVista, OpenVistA, and others. All of them use the VistA acronym. Perspectoff (talk) 15:42, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The result of the move request was movedtoVistA; a disambig hatnote will be added to make it clear that this is not any other usage of the word "vista" -- Aervanath (talk) 05:46, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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VA hospitals are not listed on HIMMS Stage 7 Hospital List (link on Footnote 12). Is this accurate? Also, there are at least 106 hospitals with googling news reports on hospitals awarded Stage 7. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.48.20.27 (talk) 02:56, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Current list can be found here: http://himssanalytics.org/case-study/validated-stage-6-7-providers-list VA hospitals are not listed among the 60 Hospital Organizations that are Stage 7. Also, there are well over 400 Stage 6 Hospital health systems, not the 42 as stated in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2620:72:0:D29:10E2:705E:563A:D92C (talk) 22:20, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
https://connectedcare.va.gov/VistA.asp is 404ing. :(.
This is referenced in the article, but I want to keep it in there until a better link is provided. I have emailed ConnectedCare. I encourage you to do so as well: https://connectedcare.va.gov/
- Matthew — Preceding unsigned comment added by Exception e (talk • contribs) 23:38, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I haven't heard back from CC :( — Preceding unsigned comment added by Exception e (talk • contribs) 02:01, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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