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VA studies VistA refactoring
One of the first actions the Veterans Affairs Department has undertaken since launching in August a central body dubbed the " custodial agent " to oversee open source electronic health record projects
Book Excerpt: Veterans Health Administration's VistA MUMPS Modernization Pilot
Adapted from "Information Systems Transformation: Architecture-Driven Modernization Case Studies," by William M. Ulrich and Philip Newcomb. To download a .pdf of the full case study, click here .
Q&A: Philip Newcomb on MUMPS and VistA refactoring
Rarely is agency use of a particular programming language the subject of discussion at senior levels of agency leadership or during congressional hearings, but the Veterans Affairs Department's usage
Spotlight: VA awards contract for iEHR open source custodial agent
The Veterans Affairs Department awarded June 17 an almost $5 million contract for an open source custodial agent that will manage an electronic health record "ecosystem." The contract winner is The
DoD to participate in VA selection of open source 'custodial agent'
The Defense Department will participate in the Veterans Affairs Department's source selection of a "custodial agent" meant to set up a moderated open source electronic health record development
VA plans for an open source VistA
The Veterans Affairs Department envisions a moderated "open source ecosystem" forming around its electronic health record, known as VistA. In a request for information released Feb. 18, the VA says
Q&A: Roger Baker on the future of VistA and VLER
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Public debate over the electronic road ahead for the Veterans Affairs Department is often informed by a series of high-profile information technology project failures at the
Guest Commentary: Tom Munnecke on VistA lessons learned
As one of the original designers of the Department of Veterans Affairs' VistA system, I watch with interest department efforts to create a next generation electronic health record. I fear that many
Baker: No increase in VA IT spend in fiscal 2012
The Veterans Affairs Department will likely not request additional information technology funding for fiscal 2012, its chief information officer told a Senate panel Oct. 6. "We will request no
VA's Baker: No wholesale dumping of MUMPS
As the Veterans Affairs Department sorts through responses to a request for information on the viability of open source software as a component of the VistA electronic health record architecture,
