Difference between revisions of "Ignacio Valdes Implementation Log"

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Ignacio Valdes, a psychiatrist in Houston Texas with Astronaut, LLC [1] has been charged with implementing VistA for a psychiatric facilities. He has posted his progress on the Hardhats discussion group [2]. 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 [3] for logs that do not appear here.

==Episode 1== Do What and Why?

==Episode 2== Multiple Sign-ons

==Episode 3== IPv4 vs. IPv6 ==Episode 4 Billing and Management Software== Keane records integration/population ==Episode 5== Patient picture? ==Episode 6== (missing) ==Episode 7== iptables and other useful port commands ==Episode 8== Power outage restart ==Episode 9== Initial hospital configuration terminal session ==Episode 10== Psychiatry specific DSM Axis II-V diagnosis, precaution ordering ==Episode 11== WorldVistA configuration Utility, KIDS Patch Install

==Episode 12 How do you create a new patient?== How do you create a new patient?

==Episode 13 Ordering Configuration == Ordering Configuration ==Episode 14 Hardware, multi-user systems?== Hardware, multi-user systems?

==Episode 15 Non-proprietary signature consenting of patients== Non-proprietary signature consenting of patients.

==Episode 16 KIDs VA DHCP style login HowTo How to== VA DHCP style login HowTo How to ==Episode 17 KIDs Patch Install Best Practice.== KIDs Patch Install Best Practice.

==Episode 18 Adding Locations to Hospital Location File Using Fileman.== Adding Locations to Hospital Location File Using Fileman.

==Episode 19 Adding Locations to Hospital Location File Using Fileman.== Adding Locations to Hospital Location File Using Fileman.

==Episode 20 Location for Current Activities Dialog Box== Location for Current Activities Dialog Box

==Episode 21 Little graphics in templates?== Little graphics in templates?

==Episode 22 How to allow editing of Template Fields.== How to allow editing of Template Fields.

==Episode 23 AIMS Examination template?== AIMS Examination template?

==Episode 24 Changing Intro Message== Changing Intro Message

==Episode 25 Demystifying Templating, Document Classes and Titles for Dummies.== Demystifying Templating, Document Classes and Titles for Dummies.

==Episode 26 Scheduling patients for a Clinic== Scheduling patients for a Clinic

==Episode 27 Suppressing WORK COPY -- NOT FOR MEDICAL RECORD== Suppressing WORK COPY -- NOT FOR MEDICAL RECORD

==Episode 28 Easy template importing and exporting== Easy template importing and exporting

==Episode 29 Adding Appointment Schedule Menu to Clerk ID.== Adding Appointment Schedule Menu to Clerk ID.

==Episode 30 Change Access/Verify code text to UserID/Password?== Change Access/Verify code text to UserID/Password?

==Episode 31 'Cowboy' System Backup== 'Cowboy' System Backup ==Episode 32 Merge Records?== Merge Records? ==Episode 33 The Whole Enchilada Admissions Workflow== The Whole Enchilada Admissions Workflow ==Episode 34 Entering Insurance Information?== Entering Insurance Information?

==Episode 35 CPRS options, Number of Days, Default Date?== CPRS options, Number of Days, Default Date?

==Episode 36 Patient movement and tracking?== Patient movement and tracking? ==Episode 37 Maximum number of users already signed on to this processor == Maximum number of users already signed on to this processor

==Episode 38 Hospital Electronic Signature Policy?== Hospital Electronic Signature Policy?

==Episode 39 Patient lab reports connection== Patient lab reports connection ==Episode 40 Kevin Toppenberg's GUI_Config easy(er) install package.== 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.== 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?== Is there such a thing as: Introduction to programming vista with mumps? ==Episode 43 Pharmacy.== Pharmacy. ==Episode 44 Editable CPRS handout for clinicians.== Editable CPRS handout for clinicians. ==Episode 45 Page number printout revisited.== Page number printout revisited.

==Episode 46 A (Very) brief Programming VistA with MUMPS page numbering example== A (Very) brief Programming VistA with MUMPS page numbering example

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

==Episode 50 KIDs Patch Creation?== KIDs Patch Creation? ==Episode 51 Extreme training/development tip with screen/cloud/Astronaut.)== Extreme training/development tip with screen/cloud/Astronaut.

Episode 52 Death of a Patient.

Death of a Patient.

Episode 53 User Roles and Permissions Management.

User Roles and Permissions Management.

Episode 54 Discharge Summaries.

Discharge Summaries.

Episode 55 Consult Service.

Consult Service.

Episode 56 Same Access Code Disentangling..

Same Access Code Disentangling.

Episode 57 Appropriate keys for a social worker id?

Appropriate keys for a social worker id?

Episode 58 Printed Labels?

Printed Labels?