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Fabian Lopez, PMPvxVistA.org – PM & Conceptual
20th VistA Community Meeting – Tempe, AZ January 16th, 2010
Hugh Creedon, PH.D vxVistA Operations Manager
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Step by Step…• vxVistA – Open Source Code released
– A Little History. . .– vxVistA = FOIA VistA + Enhancements– What is next?– Supporting vxVistA Enhancement Process
• vxVistA.org – A Collaboration Environment Synergism– Synergism– The Collaboration Cycle– Roadmap– Structure and Key Components
• Resource Pool• GUI Mockup Design Tool• Workflow diagram tool (Free MS Visio!)• Bug and Issues Tracking• Implementation Support Workspace (No Sharepoint…)
• Q & A
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A Little History. . .• DSS ...
– Its Partners• Open Health Tools …
– vxVistA as an OHT Project– vxVistA, an Open Source Platform
• Open Source Decision -> Announcement• vxVistA Team Challenges
– A solid Open Source Software Release• Developed and Tested
– A solid Community Collaboration Environment• … and finally, few months later
• vxVistA and vxVistA.org are released!
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Key Componens and Key Enhancements
Key Components of DSS vxVistA• vxVistA-OS(M)• vxCPRS• vxBCMA• vxVitals Lite• vxGroupNotes
Key Enhancements• Multiple Medical Record Numbers( MRN)• Documentation for Pediatric Patients• Age will display on the coversheet in Days (d), Weeks (w), and Months (m) up to the age of 2 years.• Lengths/heights may be entered for any cm value greater than 0.• Weights may be entered and displayed in lbs/oz for pediatric patients up to 2 years in age.• Out Patient Prescriptions— auto print; non-formulary selection• Support of NewCrop Multi-Formulary drug look-up. • Print out of the patients weight if they are under 21, under 2 in lbs/oz• Print out the text equivalent of the numeric quantity for all prescriptions.• Problems categorized as one of four categories: Medical/Surgical, Family, Social, and Unassigned. •Have modified Group Notes to function correctly within vxCPRS to facilitate documenting on groups of patients•On the Fly’ informational alerts
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VistA Community Involvement & Collaboration
• Collaboration with vxVistA– vxVistA-GT.M?– Astronaut?– Interoperability Tools?– New GUI applications?
• Add key enhancements• Comprehensive Patch Stream• Debugging• Propose new vxProjects• Create more vxCertified Modules
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The vxVistA Enhancement Process
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Step by Step…• vxVistA – Open Source Code released
– “A Little History. . .– Key Enhancements– What is next?
• Propose Projects– Supporting vxVistA Enhancement Process
• vxVistA.org – A Collaboration Environment– Synergism– The Collaboration Cycle– Roadmap– Structure and Key Components
• Resource Pool• GUI Mockup Design Tool• Workflow diagram tool (Free MS Visio!)• Bug and Issues Tracking• Implementation Support Workspace (No Sharepoint…)
• Q&A
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Synergism
Synergism, two or more agents working together to produce a result not obtainable by any of the agents independently.
DevelopersUsersPatientsSoftwareCommunityCompanies
MSC
WVOHT
HH Others
Individuals
As individuals - Poor impact - Low influence - Lack of synergism
MSC
WV DSS
OHT
HH Others
Individuals
VistASynergism
As a Community - More impact - More influence - Strong Synergetic effectDSS
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Collaboration Environment Roadmap
Social (non technical) Collaboration
Users / Developers Collaboration
Issues/Bug Tracking / Agile Project Management
Source Code tracking
Peer Code Review
Continuous Integration / Software Version Control
Technical Interaction
Low
High
Phase 1 A
Phase 1 B
Phase 1 C
AtlassianCollaboration
ToolsJan 10
Mar 2010
Q3/Q4 2010
Q4 2010
Q1 2011
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4+
2010 2011+
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People
Area of Interest
PressRoom
MediaLibrary
LearningCampus
Community
Developers
vxVistA
vxVistA.org
Phase I• Collaboration Environment• Resource Pool• GUI Mockups• Workflow Diagrams• Issues and Bug Tracking• Agile Project Management• vxVistA You Tube Channel
vxVistA.org collaboration structure
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Graphic User Interface (GUI) Mockup Design Tool
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Workflow Diagram drawing tool
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Why a Collaboration Environment?
Open Source Success=
Collaboration