View source for Ignacio Valdes Implementation Log

Ignacio Valdes, a psychiatrist in Houston TX, has been charged with implementing VistA for a chain of psychiatric facilities. He has posted his progress on the Hardhats discussion group [http://groups.google.com/group/Hardhats/topics?hl=en&start=]. Some of the threads are reproduced here. 

The traditional method for implementing a new VistA instance has been likened to an old-fashioned barn-raising: at the appointed time the holders of "institutional memory" would gather and put the thing together. There was no written blueprint, yet at the end of the day there would be a solid, usable structure in place. The unedited discussions quoted here give a taste of the skill and wackiness of such a gathering. 

In this case however, the ultimate goal is not just a new VistA instance, but also a blueprint for how to do it.

Note that this page is a work in progress; see Hardhats [http://groups.google.com/group/Hardhats/topics?hl=en&start=] for logs that do not appear here.
[[Category:Intracare Implementation Log]]

==Episode 1== [[Episode 1|Do What and Why?]]
==Episode 2== [[Episode2|Multiple Sign-ons]]
==Episode 3== [[Episode3|IPv4 vs. IPv6]]
==Episode 4== [[Episode4|Keane records integration/population]]
==Episode 5== [[Episode5|Patient picture?]]
==Episode 6== (missing)
==Episode 7== [[Episode7|iptables and other useful port commands]]
==Episode 8== [[Episode8|Power outage restart]]
==Episode 9== [[Episode9|Initial hospital configuration terminal session]]
==Episode 10== [[Episode10|Psychiatry specific DSM Axis II-V diagnosis, precaution ordering]]
==Episode 11== [[Episode11|WorldVistA configuration Utility, KIDS Patch Install]]

==Episode 12 How do you create a new patient?== [[Episode12|How do you create a new patient?]]

==Episode 13 Ordering Configuration == [[Episode13|Ordering Configuration]]
==Episode 14 Hardware, multi-user systems?== [[Episode14|Hardware, multi-user systems?]]

==Episode 15 Non-proprietary signature consenting of patients== [[Episode15|Non-proprietary signature consenting of patients.]]

==Episode 16 KIDs VA DHCP style login HowTo How to== [[Episode16|VA DHCP style login HowTo How to]]
==Episode 17 KIDs Patch Install Best Practice.== [[Episode17|KIDs Patch Install Best Practice.]]

==Episode 18 Adding Locations to Hospital Location File Using Fileman.== [[Episode18|Adding Locations to Hospital Location File Using Fileman.]]
==Episode 20 Location for Current Activities Dialog Box== [[Episode20| Location for Current Activities Dialog Box]]

==Episode 21 Little graphics in templates?== [[Episode21|Little graphics in templates?]]

==Episode 22 How to allow editing of Template Fields.== [[Episode22|How to allow editing of Template Fields.]]

==Episode 23 AIMS Examination template?== [[Episode23|AIMS Examination template?]]

==Episode 24 Changing Intro Message== [[Episode24|Changing Intro Message]]


==Episode 25 Demystifying Templating, Document Classes and Titles for Dummies.== [[Episode25|Demystifying Templating, Document Classes and Titles for Dummies. ]]

==Episode 26 Scheduling patients for a Clinic== [[Episode26|Scheduling patients for a Clinic]]


==Episode 27 Suppressing WORK COPY -- NOT FOR MEDICAL RECORD== [[Episode27|Suppressing WORK COPY -- NOT FOR MEDICAL RECORD]]

==Episode 28 Easy template importing and exporting== [[Episode28|Easy template importing and exporting]]

==Episode 29 Adding Appointment Schedule Menu to Clerk ID.== [[Episode29|Adding Appointment Schedule Menu to Clerk ID.]]

==Episode 30 Change Access/Verify code text to UserID/Password?== [[Episode30|Change Access/Verify code text to UserID/Password?]]

==Episode 31 'Cowboy' System Backup== [[Episode31|'Cowboy' System Backup]]
==Episode 32 Merge Records?== [[Episode32|Merge Records?]]
==Episode 33 The Whole Enchilada Admissions Workflow== [[Episode33|The Whole Enchilada Admissions Workflow]]
==Episode 34 Entering Insurance Information?== [[Episode34|Entering Insurance Information?]]

==Episode 35  CPRS options, Number of Days, Default Date?== [[Episode35| CPRS options, Number of Days, Default Date?]]

==Episode 36 Patient movement and tracking?== [[Episode36|Patient movement and tracking?]]
==Episode 37 Maximum number of users already signed on to this processor == [[Episode37|Maximum number of users already signed on to this processor]]

==Episode 38 Hospital Electronic Signature Policy?== [[Episode38|Hospital Electronic Signature Policy?]]

==Episode 39 Patient lab reports connection== [[Episode39|Patient lab reports connection]]
==Episode 40 Kevin Toppenberg's GUI_Config easy(er) install package.== [[Episode40|Kevin Toppenberg's GUI_Config easy(er) install package.]]

==Episode 41 Option to security Key mapping, Granting of a Key or Keys, Key management menus.== [[Episode41|Option to security Key mapping, Granting of a Key or Keys, Key management menus.]]

==Episode 42 Is there such a thing as: Introduction to programming vista with mumps?== [[Episode42|Is there such a thing as: Introduction to programming vista with mumps?]]
==Episode 43 Pharmacy.== [[Episode43|Pharmacy.]]
==Episode 44 Editable CPRS handout for clinicians.== [[Episode44|Editable CPRS handout for clinicians.]]
==Episode 45 Page number printout revisited.== [[Episode45|Page number printout revisited.]]

==Episode 46 A (Very) brief Programming VistA with MUMPS page numbering example== [[Episode46|A (Very) brief Programming VistA with MUMPS page numbering example]]

==Episode 47 Slow text login problem and a resolution== [[Episode47|Slow text login problem and a resolution.]]
==Episode 48 Updating software on a production system?== [[Episode48|Updating software on a production system?]]
==Episode 49 Destination unreachable (Host administratively prohibited)== [[Episode49|Destination unreachable (Host administratively prohibited)]]

==Episode 50 KIDs Patch Creation?== [[Episode50|KIDs Patch Creation?]]
==Episode 51 Extreme training/development tip with screen/cloud/Astronaut.)== [[Episode51|Extreme training/development tip with screen/cloud/Astronaut.]]