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== Open source and the VA's health transformation ==

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==== Joseph Dal Molin on how the VistA system is changing health services. ====

by  [http://radar.oreilly.com/andyo Andy Oram] |  [http://twitter.com/praxagora @praxagora] |  +Andy Oram | June 29, 2010 
  
You may also download this [File: recording]. Running time: 31:15

[http://www.oscon.com/oscon2010/public/schedule/speaker/86701/?cmp=il-radar-conf-oscon10-dal-molin | Joseph Dal Molin] , one of founders of the [http://www.worldvista.org/ WorldVistA] project and a speaker in the health care track at the upcoming [http://www.oscon.com/oscon2010/public/schedule/topic/Health/?cmp=il-radar-conf-oscon10-dal-molin OSCON convention], recently spoke with me about the Department of Veterans Affairs’ historic [http://www.va.gov/vdl VistA] system and its expansion as an open source effort.

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Specific topics covered in the 31-minute audio interview include:
* How VistA evolved within a feedback loop.
* How organizations outside the Department of Veterans Affairs use VistA.
* How WorldVistA and other groups in the VistA community adapt the system to civilian needs and health care requirements.
* A look at some of the tools for developing with VistA.

Dal Molin also provided links to projects and resources touched upon in the interview:
* [http://www.va.gov/vdl VistA]
* [http://www.worldvista.org/ WorldVistA]
* [http://www.medsphere.com/ Medsphere]
* [http://medsphere.org/community/project/ovid OVID]

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Joseph Dal Molin will be part of [http://www.oscon.com/oscon2010/public/schedule/speaker/86701/?cmp=il-radar-conf-oscon10-dal-molin two health-related sessions] at next month’s OSCON convention (running July 19-23 2010 in Portland, Ore.). [http://www.oscon.com/oscon2010/public/schedule/topic/Health/?cmp=il-radar-conf-oscon10-dal-molin Learn more about OSCON’s new health track.]
  
tags: [http://radar.oreilly.com/tag/health-information-technology health information technology], [http://radar.oreilly.com/tag/health-it health IT], [http://radar.oreilly.com/tag/oscon2010 oscon2010]