Projects

Welcome to the WorldVistA Projects Page

The Projects page is the working directory of new and old project ideas. Project of all sizes and effort level are welcome. 

Please supply the following:

• Project title
• Brief description
• Benefit 
• Your name 
• Email address (optional)

(If you would rather submit your project ideas, send them to webmaster-at-members.worldvista.org with the subject line: WorldVistA Projects) 

The Process

1. Project ideas and description will be collected and published on this page. Project of all shapes and sizes are welcome.
2. High-level benefit analysis will be applied or expanded.
3. Suggestions will be reviewed, prioritized and endorsed by the WorldVistA leadership.
4. Funding will be sought and teams will be organized for projects that are determined to be of high value and show promise of successful completion.

Brainstorming Rules:

1. Offer and collect as many ideas as possible. 
2. All ideas are valuable, the more the better. One crazy idea spawns three rational ideas. 
3. Don't spend time on discussion during brainstorming. Ideas submitted will be analyzed  and deconstructed at length later...
4. Do not criticize or judge. Don't even groan, frown, or laugh. All ideas are equally valid at this point.<img alt=" " src="http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/authoring/studio/guidebook/images/clear.gif" vspace="4" width="1" height="1">
5. Build on other ideas.<img alt=" " src="http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/authoring/studio/guidebook/images/clear.gif" vspace="4" width="1" height="1">
6. Capture all ideas and make them visible.
7. Set a time limit. This iteration close on 6/29

Please add your project suggestion here:

Chris Richardson (to be detailed)

• Training Ideas - Tools, Teachers, and Techniques
• I18N (Internationalization) - Issues and Answers
• Transport of Medical and Health Records
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Developments and Impacts
• New Organizations, MDC (new) and VDC (even newer)
• Ontologies and how VistA fits in with them.

Peter Bodtke (to be detailed)

• Internationalization (support foreign languages, i.e. Spanish) 
• Patch stream updating system (does this project need assistance?)
• Marketing and Public Relations: WorldVistA organization and WorldVistA EHR VOE V1.0 software package
• Installers (WorldVistA EHR VOE w/Registration GUI, VistA/G.TM/Linux)
• Integration - localization interface wizards
• Achieve NGO status
• Standard Development Architect and Tools
• VistA Documentation Repository
• Educational materials (contact Valerie to see how her project is going.)
• VistA Demo Appliance V1.2 (next iteration, including "VistA link", Vitals, Patient Registration GUI)
• Community surveys (members skills and needs, adopters registry, integrators registry)

Project topic found on VistApedia (or other source) (to be detailed)

• OpenForum
• Pediatrics Package
• OB/GYN Package
• Billing Package
• Configuration and Installation
• Ambulatory Care Data Capture