Though, I like all other members, speak for
myself only, I think it would be safe to say that
we consider VistA part and parcel of our efforts.
How we go about making recommendations depends in
part on developing a business case for the large
scale ontology effort that lies at the heart of
our recent panel discussion on the Healthcare
Informatics Landscape which we will be continuing
Nov. 3 or Nov. 10 depending on the availability
of our panelists. (01)
There have been a number of recent developments
out of Dr. Brailer's office which have impacts we
can discuss, including the idea of involvement
with appropriate working groups. I am working on
the Summary Report of our first panel discussion
Aug. 25, 2005, the transcript and/or mp3 file for
which can be accessed here by scrolling down to
near the end of the page:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_08_25 (02)
David Whitten, a founder of WorldVistA and
OpenVistA was a notable participant in that
initial discussion, and we hope he will be able
to make time to join us again. Unfortunately, Dr.
Chute had prior commitments and was unable to
join us, and I would like to take this
opportunity to extend that invitation again, for
the second panel discussion, though we would
necessarily need to take a few minutes to
introduce him as we did with the other panelists
on Aug. 25, 2005. (03)
Regards,
Rex Brooks (04)
At 10:30 AM -0500 10/8/05, Chute, Christopher G., M.D. wrote:
>Actually, a major component of VistA found its
>way to become the basis of the NDF-RT (National
>Drug Formulary, Reference Terminology) which is
>now a full-rank source in the UMLS. Sadly, the
>version there is somewhat out of date. I attach
>a manuscript I wrote with Steve Brown from the
>VA, and others, which expands that source for
>pharmacogenomics use. While the title
>emphasizes the pharmacokinetics issues, it also
>includes a reasonable description of the NDF-RT.
>Chris
>
>
>
>
>From: health-ont-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:health-ont-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>Behalf Of Mark Roest
>Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 2:51 AM
>To: health-ont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [health-ont] Existing ontology
>
>Has the group considered the very large medical
>care ontology embodied in VistA, the VA hospital
>information management system with hundreds of
>vertical applications? WorldVistA.org is taking
>it open source and free, very actively now. If
>your work can be tailored to augment their work,
>in collaboration with them, it might strengthen
>the most important medical informatics system in
>existence.
>
>[I do not know enough about the technical
>aspects of your work, or of VistA, to know if it
>is a fit, and I am not a programmer. But if it
>would help prepare OpenVistA for being extended
>into health care knowledgebases, perhaps your
>involvement would be welcomed.]
>
>VistA has resulted in an 85% reduction in wrong
>drug administration and top rankings on Quality
>of Care indices among large hospital systems in
>the United States. It's defining characteristic
>is its design for participation by the users in
>its development and maintenance.
>
>Regards,
>
>Mark Roest
>
>
>Mark Roest
>mark.roest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>oneVillage Initiative - Holistic ICT Development for Eco Living
>Sustainable development and technologies
>http://onevillagefoundation.org/ovf/initiative.html
>1.510-461-6405 (new number, please note)
>
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