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Luis Ibáñez to be Interviewed in vxJourney Program on Thursday
Luis Ibáñez, one of the best known advocates of open source solutions in healthcare will be interviewed Thursday, May 1, by Fabian Lopez in the popular vxJourney weekly webinar. Ibáñez a contributing author to Open Health News as well as other publications, in particular Opensource.com, will talk about the VistA course that he has been teaching at the State University of New York at Albany. Read More »
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Luis Ibáñez to be Interviewed in vxJourney Program
Luis Ibáñez, one of the best known advocates of open source solutions in healthcare will be interviewed Thursday, May 1, by Fabian Lopez in the popular vxJourney weekly webinar. Ibáñez a contributing author to Open Health News as well as other publications, in particular Opensource.com, will talk about the VistA course that he has been teaching at the State University of New York at Albany.
This article, written by Ibáñez outlines the backround and story behind the course. The interview will provide a golden opportunity for those who wish to learn more about the SUNY project. Read More »
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Roger A. Maduro Discusses Special Report-VistA: The EHR of Record
Have you ever heard the following questions...Does anyone other than the VA use VistA?.... and by the way, how many VA healthcare facilities are there? Where else is it installed? Who else uses VistA, or one of its derivatives?
Roger A. Maduro, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Open Health News (OHNews) will discuss the special report, VistA: The EHR of Record during an interview with Fabian Lopez, host of the popular vxJourney weekly webinar. Maduro will also discuss the VistA Installations GIS map & Database v1.0. This map developed with real data provided by users and companies related to the implementation and development of VistA. It shows where the award-winning open source VistA EHR has been implemented. Be ready to be surprised by this great effort.
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Ibáñez to Discuss Teaching the RDF Framework for use in Medical Data Sharing During vxJourney Program
Luis Ibáñez, one of the best known advocates of open source solutions in healthcare will be interviewed Wednesday, May 14, by Fabian Lopez in the popular vxJourney weekly webinar. Ibanez will be discussing the importance of teaching the Resource Description Framework (RDF) in college courses. RDF is a framework that facilitates the consistent representation of data and is a core element of what is called the Semantic Web. It's use in the context of sharing medical information is highly relevant for personal EHRs, health care exchanges, patient registries, and public health research.
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Adding Value to VistA legacy systems
Eddie Brito, Manager of vxVistA Administrative Products will be giving a presentation on the benefits and enhancements to VistA provided by several add on applications. Brito's talk will be hosted by Fabian Lopez during his popular vxJourney webinar series. Brito will talk about the following VistA enhancement applications:
- vxPatient Picture provides a patient picture capture process that will improve the service level to your customers and will provide an extra layer of validation and verification to improve the quality of care.
- vxPatient Search Tool allows clinicians to identify and isolate text data within a patient’s record in real time.
- vxImmunizations allows clinicians to document all immunizations, including actual dosages, CVX codes, and manufacturer of immunizations.
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