OpenSource in Health IT webinar

cfapress wrote on Wednesday, February 09, 2011:

It might be worthwhile for all OpenEMR developers and users to check out this webinar. (NOTE-OpenEMR is not part of the discussion, but it should be)

http://webcast.streamlogics.com/audience/index.asp?eventid=82061403

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HRSA Health Information Technology and Quality Webinar
“Tips on Open Source EHR Systems in the Safety Net Community”
Thursday, February 10, 2011
     2pm to 3:30pm EST
This webinar focuses on open source Electronic Health Records (EHR) for the safety net community.  Open Source EHRs are systems that are either free or very low cost to implement. The presenters will provide an overview of the types of open source systems, the benefits and challenges of using open source EHRs, and how these systems can be used effectively to meet the Meaningful Use requirements and provide high quality care to meet population health needs. In addition, one speaker will present on how his rural federally qualified health center selected the use of  RPMS (a free EHR system which was developed by Indian Health Service) to support its clinical services.  A second presenter will talk about his health center’s selection of Worldvista (Based on the Veterans Administration EHR System) and how it supports UDS reporting requirements. (Registration Info Below)

The presenters include:

*         Jason Goldwater, M.A., M.P.A., Health IT Program Manager,  NORC

*         Matthew King, M.D., VistAdoc,LLC

and former Chief Medical Officer of Clinica Adelanta

*         Dave Campbell, CEO and Sarah Chouinard, M.D., Clinical Lead

Community Health Network of West Virginia
Registration Link:
http://webcast.streamlogics.com/audience/index.asp?eventid=82061403

nthurman wrote on Thursday, February 10, 2011:

This may be interesting as they just completed a study on open source EHR systems.   This seminar will focus on RPMS and WorldVista.

jcahn2 wrote on Friday, February 11, 2011:

I listened today.  “Listened” is the operative word here.  I could not watch the slide show with Kubuntu 10.04, firefox 3.6 and enough flash to watch youtubes.   Their tech support said “Windows and Mac only - won’t work on linux”.  Quite a paradox for a webinar on open source IT doncha think?
Jack Cahn MD

nthurman wrote on Tuesday, February 15, 2011:

Good point.  I listed until they talked about Clearhealth being an open source product.  Most of the focus was on Vista which is PD vs OS.