Is VistA as reliable a system as commercial EMR systems currently offered?
A goal of this project is to provide an affordable, comprehensive EHR. CMS has chosen to use the VistA hospital information system developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs as the core of VistA-Office EHR. VistA was chosen because it is in the public domain and is a software package that is flexible and robust. The system is used in 1,300 diverse sites of care and services 5 million veterans annually. Most importantly, however, over the 20 years that VistA has been in use, VHA developed the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS), clinician interface, into a well-defined and documented clinical data repository with a powerful, physician-oriented toolset. Remember, Vista is being used in government settings. It may or may not relate to an office based practice. It still needs a lot of updating and interfacing with many other care critical information. Labs etc.
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