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	== WorldVistA ==		== WorldVistA ==
	*[http://worldvista.org/VistA_Training_Education WorldVistA Education Seminars]		* [http://worldvista.org/VistA_Training_Education WorldVistA Education Seminars]

	== Online ==		== Online ==
	*[http://www.astronautvista.com Astronaut] is setting up [http://training.astronautvista.com/ online training] resources, including a [http://moodle.org/about/ Moodle]-based online curriculum.		* [http://www.astronautvista.com Astronaut] is setting up [http://training.astronautvista.com/ online training] resources, including a [http://moodle.org/about/ Moodle]-based online curriculum.
	*[http://vistaexpertise.net/ VistA Expertise Network] -- Rick Marshall's group in Seattle		* [http://vistaexpertise.net/ VistA Expertise Network] -- Rick Marshall's group in Seattle
	*[http://www4.va.gov/vdl/ VistA Software Document Library]		* [http://www4.va.gov/vdl/ VistA Software Document Library]
	<!--->*[http://www.vehu.va.gov/ VHA eHealth University Training Website] -- how to use various aspects of VistA, orientated to a variety of classes of users<--->		<!--->*[http://www.vehu.va.gov/ VHA eHealth University Training Website] -- how to use various aspects of VistA, orientated to a variety of classes of users<--->

	== Community Colleges ==		== Community Colleges ==
	*[http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1414&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=14&mode=2&in_hi_userid=10741&cached=true Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals in Health Care Program]		* [http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1414&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=14&mode=2&in_hi_userid=10741&cached=true Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals in Health Care Program]

	=== Setting up a regional expertise network ===		=== Setting up a regional expertise network ===
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	Solving problems related to networking, mobile access, security, access controls, interfaces with other systems (labs, PACS, etc.), health information exchange, and other common EHR "learning curve" issues can be done in a lab environment before a health IT student goes into the "real world" to work with production installations (whether VistA or other EHR systems).		Solving problems related to networking, mobile access, security, access controls, interfaces with other systems (labs, PACS, etc.), health information exchange, and other common EHR "learning curve" issues can be done in a lab environment before a health IT student goes into the "real world" to work with production installations (whether VistA or other EHR systems).

	Combined with a distance learning package that includes [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:All#Distance_teaching distance learning] (using the free online-curriculum products Moodle or Claroline, for example), [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:All#Screencasts_and_Desktop_Recording screencasts], [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:All#Web_meetings webinars] (using free products such as DimDim, BigBlue Button, or WebHuddle), and remote access to VistA servers in the teaching computer lab, a comprehensive Health IT curriculum even for remote students can be established. [http://ubuntudoctorsguild.~~dyndns~~.~~org~~/moodle Here] is a demo site of this (in development). [http://~~kubuntuguide~~.~~info~~/Ubuntu-Med_FAQ Ubuntu-Med] is a project with these components already assembled into an integrated package.		Combined with a distance learning package that includes [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:All#Distance_teaching distance learning] (using the free online-curriculum products Moodle or Claroline, for example), [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:All#Screencasts_and_Desktop_Recording screencasts], [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:All#Web_meetings webinars] (using free products such as DimDim, BigBlue Button, or WebHuddle), and remote access to VistA servers in the teaching computer lab, a comprehensive Health IT curriculum even for remote students can be established. [http://ubuntudoctorsguild.kubuntuguide.net/moodle Here] is a demo site of this (in development). [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu-Med_FAQ Ubuntu-Med] is a project with these components already assembled into an integrated package.

	No other EHR allow this flexibility. Further, teaching resources can be shared freely with other educational institutions, expertise extension centers, the VA health system, and the rapidly growing number of hospitals, clinics, and practices installing VistA.		No other EHR allow this flexibility. Further, teaching resources can be shared freely with other educational institutions, expertise extension centers, the VA health system, and the rapidly growing number of hospitals, clinics, and practices installing VistA.
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	Because VistA uses the MUMPS database, which is also used in EPIC and GE Centricity (to name a few), education using VistA in a college curriculum is transferable to other EHR implementations, as well.		Because VistA uses the MUMPS database, which is also used in EPIC and GE Centricity (to name a few), education using VistA in a college curriculum is transferable to other EHR implementations, as well.

	*VistA is one of 5 EHRs that are taught at the [http://www.uthouston.edu/sbmi/education/master-of-science-in-health-informatics/ School of Health Informatics, University of Texas, Houston]. (A [http://www.uthouston.edu/sbmi/education/master-of-science-at-a-distance.htm distance learning] pathway using Moodle is also available.)		* VistA is one of 5 EHRs that are taught at the [http://www.uthouston.edu/sbmi/education/master-of-science-in-health-informatics/ School of Health Informatics, University of Texas, Houston]. (A [http://www.uthouston.edu/sbmi/education/master-of-science-at-a-distance.htm distance learning] pathway using Moodle is also available.)

	*VistA is part of an [http://www.medsphere.com/news/569-san-diego-students-team-with-carlsbad-based-open-source-ehr-leader-to-plan-ehealth-records-implementation-for-community-clinic extension program for EHRs] at the [http://extension.ucsd.edu/programs/customprogram/healthcareit/index.cfm University of California, San Diego].		* VistA is part of an [http://www.medsphere.com/news/569-san-diego-students-team-with-carlsbad-based-open-source-ehr-leader-to-plan-ehealth-records-implementation-for-community-clinic extension program for EHRs] at the [http://extension.ucsd.edu/programs/customprogram/healthcareit/index.cfm University of California, San Diego].

	== Vistapedia ==		== Vistapedia ==

	* (Smile)		* (Smile)

Perspectoff at 22:07, 18 December 2011

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	Solving problems related to networking, mobile access, security, access controls, interfaces with other systems (labs, PACS, etc.), health information exchange, and other common EHR "learning curve" issues can be done in a lab environment before a health IT student goes into the "real world" to work with production installations (whether VistA or other EHR systems).		Solving problems related to networking, mobile access, security, access controls, interfaces with other systems (labs, PACS, etc.), health information exchange, and other common EHR "learning curve" issues can be done in a lab environment before a health IT student goes into the "real world" to work with production installations (whether VistA or other EHR systems).

	Combined with a distance learning package that includes [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:All#Distance_teaching distance learning] (using the free online-curriculum products Moodle or Claroline, for example), [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:All#Screencasts_and_Desktop_Recording screencasts], [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:All#Web_meetings webinars] (using free products such as DimDim, BigBlue Button, or WebHuddle), and remote access to VistA servers in the teaching computer lab, a comprehensive Health IT curriculum even for remote students can be established. [http://~~www~~.~~ubuntudoctorsguild~~.org/moodle Here] is a demo site of this (in development). [http://kubuntuguide.~~org~~/Ubuntu-Med_FAQ Ubuntu-Med] is a project with these components already assembled into an integrated package.		Combined with a distance learning package that includes [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:All#Distance_teaching distance learning] (using the free online-curriculum products Moodle or Claroline, for example), [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:All#Screencasts_and_Desktop_Recording screencasts], [http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:All#Web_meetings webinars] (using free products such as DimDim, BigBlue Button, or WebHuddle), and remote access to VistA servers in the teaching computer lab, a comprehensive Health IT curriculum even for remote students can be established. [http://ubuntudoctorsguild.dyndns.org/moodle Here] is a demo site of this (in development). [http://kubuntuguide.info/Ubuntu-Med_FAQ Ubuntu-Med] is a project with these components already assembled into an integrated package.

	No other EHR allow this flexibility. Further, teaching resources can be shared freely with other educational institutions, expertise extension centers, the VA health system, and the rapidly growing number of hospitals, clinics, and practices installing VistA.		No other EHR allow this flexibility. Further, teaching resources can be shared freely with other educational institutions, expertise extension centers, the VA health system, and the rapidly growing number of hospitals, clinics, and practices installing VistA.

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