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NeilArmstrong: Added glossary link to Application~

2012-02-22T14:49:43Z

Added glossary link to Application~

Peterbodtke: /* Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Developments and Impacts */

2007-08-11T15:49:43Z

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Developments and Impacts

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	===Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Developments and Impacts ===		===Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Developments and Impacts ===
	Description:		Description:
	Benefit provided:
	Name: Chris Richardson		PTSD is a major issue that his plaguing our returning troups. VistA currently has a Mental Health package and that can be expanded to include PTSD support. This is critical to be outside and inside the VA. Most PTSD manifests itself after getting home and disbursed back to their homes which might be many miles from a VA. When the PTSD patient presents himself to his doctor, he needs to be further tested and those tests compared with those tests taken before the battle exposure and those tests after his return from the battle exposure.

			Benefit provided:

			Much improved health support for the PTSD patients with significant savings in early intervention should a patient before they become a danger to themselves or others. The savings in family tradgidy alone is worthwhile.

			Name: Chris Richardson

	78. OB-GYN		78. OB-GYN

	===OB flow sheets (ACOG style) ===		===OB flow sheets (ACOG style) ===
	Description: OB Flow sheets- See ACOG (American College of OB) paper charts: These are the standard. Apparently, in the VA, there are some Nursing Flow Sheets for ICU. These might be adaptable. Otherwise, you could pull data from the patient record and build it using XML and a Web server, like the approach they are taking for the Peds charts.		Description: OB Flow sheets- See ACOG (American College of OB) paper charts: These are the standard. Apparently, in the VA, there are some Nursing Flow Sheets for ICU. These might be adaptable. Otherwise, you could pull data from the patient record and build it using XML and a Web server, like the approach they are taking for the Peds charts.

Peterbodtke: /* I18N (Internationalization) - Issues and Answers */

2007-08-11T15:48:12Z

I18N (Internationalization) - Issues and Answers

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	===I18N (Internationalization) - Issues and Answers ===		===I18N (Internationalization) - Issues and Answers ===
	Description:		Description:
	Benefit provided:
			Internationalization was designed for VistA by Marcus Werners of the German Heart Institute back in the early 1990's. The DIALOG file was produced to hold the international text strings. As such, the VA Software Developers were derailed in this attempt by the Clinger-Cohen Act. Only 1900 entries were ever put into the DIALOG file by hand and it is very spotty. In recent years, code has been developed to provide automated extraction of the text in the routines which could be inserted into the DIALOG file. This code extracts the code, identifies the string to be added (recognizing that the text may already be defined), makes the entry into the DIALOG database, and then instruments the code with the proper reference and call into the code to replace the text. This code took 45 minutes to convert 30,000 routines into 165000 entries in the DIALOG file. These entries in the DIALOG file can be generated in to 500+ spread sheets of 300 terms each with the Index, the English, and the other language traslation onto the spread sheet. At this point the 500+ sheets can be spread out to 500+ translators. They fill in the missing foreign language equivalent into the spreadsheets. These spreadsheets can be reloaded and the model has immediate translation of a new language which can be selected by the user. Are there more issues than this? Yes, you bet. This is not 100%, but it is a great start.

			Benefit provided:

			Some code already exists. Adding new languages becomes a sweat-equity issue for the receiving country. Many languages could ultimately be supported

	Name: Chris Richardson		Name: Chris Richardson


	67. Internationalization		67. Internationalization

	===Internationalization ===		===Internationalization ===
	Description: Provide language, date, currency, and support resources for non-English speaking users, both domestic and international. This would include an interface translation process for VistA and WorldVistA EHR systems, client interface translations, documentation translation, and organize a team of foreign language speakers to communicate with and support non-English speaking users.		Description: Provide language, date, currency, and support resources for non-English speaking users, both domestic and international. This would include an interface translation process for VistA and WorldVistA EHR systems, client interface translations, documentation translation, and organize a team of foreign language speakers to communicate with and support non-English speaking users.

Peterbodtke: /* Training Ideas - Tools, Teachers, and Techniques */

2007-08-11T15:45:18Z

Training Ideas - Tools, Teachers, and Techniques

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	===Training Ideas - Tools, Teachers, and Techniques ===		===Training Ideas - Tools, Teachers, and Techniques ===
	Description:		Description:
	Benefit provided:
	Name: Chris Richardson		While at China Lake in the early 1980's I developed a tool which could read a MUMPS programmer's code and grade it to a coding standard. It helped to identify potential hotspots in the code and identify such situations as down-stream recursions in large packages. It would point these out to the programmer and the programmer was faced with the coice of documenting all of the non-standard or questionable code or re-writting the code to a simpler and more obvious manor. It was the beginning of an automated software Quality Assurance package. This code was written up in the DECUS Proceedings and the MUG Quarterly for the year 1984 (if memory serves).

			Benefit provided:

			Clearer code is constructed by the programming staff or there is a lot more documentation available for the hot spots in the code (there it is likely to fail). Also the programmers start programming in very similar styles which make the programmers more interchangeable. The programmers can identify the weak places in their code before they go into production without loss of face. They can evaluate themselves.

			Name: Chris Richardson


	36. Education		36. Education

	===VistA Demo Appliance V1.2 ===		===VistA Demo Appliance V1.2 ===
	(next iteration, including "VistA link", Vitals, Patient Registration GUI)		(next iteration, including "VistA link", Vitals, Patient Registration GUI)

Peterbodtke: /* Transport of Medical and Health Records */

2007-08-11T15:44:01Z

Transport of Medical and Health Records

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	===Transport of Medical and Health Records ===		===Transport of Medical and Health Records ===
	Description:		Description:
	Benefit provided:
	Name: Chris Richardson		The transport of the medical record of a specific patient has been nearly impossible from one VistA configuration to another. The degree of inter-relationship in VistA is huge. This operation is akin to doing a nervous system transplant. But there are tools emerging which will make this an easy task (well, easier) by recursively extracting information about the patient(s) and packaging them in such a way that no detail of that patient is not represented in the transport media. The extraction is the easy part. It is the insertion of the data into a different data structure is where it gets tricky. Fields can exist at one site and not exist at another. Files can exist at one site and not at another. Simlar pointed-to data can be at one site and not at another. The incoming data may be similar to something already there, but not quite, and human intervention is required (with the complete patient record being present this will hopefully be able to be kept to a minimum)..

			Benefit provided:

			This is the Holy Grail of medical records. Being able to group up all of the information about the selected patient or patients and then transporting them to a new environment is critical to the proper handling of the patient information.

			Name: Chris Richardson


	29. Documentation		29. Documentation

	===Vista Functional Specification===		===Vista Functional Specification===
	Description: This is a functional description of exactly what the vista software system does. It is written in Business executive and doctor administrator language, not programmer or hacker language. The description should include normal operation and degraded and failure modes.		Description: This is a functional description of exactly what the vista software system does. It is written in Business executive and doctor administrator language, not programmer or hacker language. The description should include normal operation and degraded and failure modes.

Peterbodtke: /* New Organizations, MDC (new) and VDC (even newer) */

2007-08-11T15:42:41Z

New Organizations, MDC (new) and VDC (even newer)

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	===New Organizations, MDC (new) and VDC (even newer) ===		===New Organizations, MDC (new) and VDC (even newer) ===
	~~Description:~~		Rick Marshall has already laided out the basic format for the New MUMPS Development Committee as an oversight body for the deliberations via a more RFC (Request for Comment) format discussion of new needs and directions for the MUMPS Language. This gives more voice to the end users and more visibility to the evolving standards. By the time the discussion cools down on a topic, nearly all the bugs have been aired and the formalization has been exposed along with the reverse integration of the new idea into the existing code base without breaking much or anything. The VDC is the VistA Development Committee which will operate much along the same lines only for establishing interface agreements and design principals.

	Benefit provided:		Benefit provided:
	~~Name: Chris Richardson~~
			This methodology provides more popular involvement into the standards process and shortens the deliberation period by expanding the base for review. New ideas are ushered into the standards and conventions with just as much deliberation and more eyes on the emerging product.


	16. Community		16. Community

	===OpenForum ===		===OpenForum ===
	(not sure what this project team had in mind)		(not sure what this project team had in mind)

Forummgr: /* Intelligent Database of VISTA Global and Routine Documentation */

2007-07-20T15:54:06Z

Intelligent Database of VISTA Global and Routine Documentation

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	===Intelligent Database of VISTA Global and Routine Documentation ===		===Intelligent Database of VISTA Global and Routine Documentation ===
	Description: Allows you to:		Description: Allows you to:

	1. Print Global documentation for any given global.		1. Print Global documentation for any given global.

	2. Describes what is at a given global, subscript and piece.		2. Describes what is at a given global, subscript and piece.

	3. Lists the globals that contain a given field.		3. Lists the globals that contain a given field.

	4. Finds a field based on knowing a given value e.g. “Blue Cross” or its format.		4. Finds a field based on knowing a given value e.g. “Blue Cross” or its format.

	5. List all places (routine, tag, offset) where a given field is used, set, read, edited, deleted.		5. List all places (routine, tag, offset) where a given field is used, set, read, edited, deleted.

	Name: Charles Volkstorf		Name: Charles Volkstorf

	95. Tools		95. Tools

	===Mailman email encryption using a widely accepted standard ===		===Mailman email encryption using a widely accepted standard ===
	Purpose: To allow transmission of patient related information securely via email between VistA and other medical record system and between providers and patients		Purpose: To allow transmission of patient related information securely via email between VistA and other medical record system and between providers and patients

Forummgr: /* Program Execution Simulator */

2007-07-20T15:53:25Z

Program Execution Simulator

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	===Program Execution Simulator ===		===Program Execution Simulator ===
	Description: Give it a MUMPS routine as a starting point, and it simulates the execution.		Description:
	1. Diagnose bugs e.g. an ~~undef~~ would be traced back to where the variable was last set or killed.
	2. Give it integrity constraints e.g. A is a number, and it stops when it is first violated, the source of the problem.		Give it a MUMPS routine as a starting point, and it simulates the execution.

			1. Diagnose bugs e.g. an undefined variable would be traced back to where the variable was last set or killed.

			2. Give it integrity constraints e.g. the variable A is a number, and the program execuation simulator stops when the integrity constraint is first violated, the source of the problem.

	3. Test live programs without changing live globals – all global changes are simulated only.		3. Test live programs without changing live globals – all global changes are simulated only.

	4. Make sure all code is tested – tells you what lines were never executed and logical paths to get to them to test them.		4. Make sure all code is tested – tells you what lines were never executed and logical paths to get to them to test them.

	5. Improve efficiency e.g. variables set to the same value repeatedly in a loop.		5. Improve efficiency e.g. variables set to the same value repeatedly in a loop.

	6. Diagnose infinite loops – tells you the range of code being executed and the FOR or GOTO that repeats.		6. Diagnose infinite loops – tells you the range of code being executed and the FOR or GOTO that repeats.

	7. Tells you the net result of a subroutine (writes, global sets, local variables passed) to create documentation.		7. Tells you the net result of a subroutine (writes, global sets, local variables passed) to create documentation.

	8. Reruns using the input entered at reads to repeat tests after you make changes to the MUMPS routines.		8. Reruns using the input entered at reads to repeat tests after you make changes to the MUMPS routines.

	Name: Charles Volkstorf		Name: Charles Volkstorf

	94. Tools		94. Tools

	===Intelligent Database of VISTA Global and Routine Documentation ===		===Intelligent Database of VISTA Global and Routine Documentation ===
	Description: Allows you to:		Description: Allows you to:

Forummgr: /* WorldVistA Business Development */

2007-07-20T15:51:07Z

WorldVistA Business Development

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	===WorldVistA Business Development ===		===WorldVistA Business Development ===
	Create a business development group. Contact VAR's.		Create a business development group. Contact VAR's (Value Added Resellers).
	Name: Bob Olmedo		Name: Bob Olmedo

	93. Tools		93. Tools

	===Program Execution Simulator ===		===Program Execution Simulator ===
	Description: Give it a MUMPS routine as a starting point, and it simulates the execution.		Description: Give it a MUMPS routine as a starting point, and it simulates the execution.

Forummgr: /* Stratware* - WorldVistA Grant Application Support for non-profit healthcare providers */

2007-07-20T15:50:24Z

Stratware* - WorldVistA Grant Application Support for non-profit healthcare providers

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	===Stratware* - WorldVistA Grant Application Support for non-profit healthcare providers===		===Stratware* - WorldVistA Grant Application Support for non-profit healthcare providers===
	Description: Sample grant applications that follow the Foundation Center format will be developed/gathered and made freely available to assist US non-profit healthcare providers and those in other countries that might qualify to obtain funding from US foundations for their technical infrastructure that will include WorldVistA. A database of all foundation grants made to date for health care technology projects will be developed to allow non-profits to research and locate funders whose interests meet their funding needs. (I have the start of such a database already based on research at the Foundation Center in spreadsheet format – all 939 grants since 2000 for healthcare and technology are categorized and represented.)
			Description:

			Sample grant applications that follow the Foundation Center format will be developed/gathered and made freely available to assist US non-profit healthcare providers and those in other countries that might qualify to obtain funding from US foundations for their technical infrastructure that will include WorldVistA.

			A database of all foundation grants made to date for health care technology projects will be developed to allow non-profits to research and locate funders whose interests meet their funding needs. (I have the start of such a database already based on research at the Foundation Center in spreadsheet format – all 939 grants since 2000 for healthcare and technology are categorized and represented.)

	*note:Stratware, short for "Strategy Wares" are management consulting products that are not code, not documentation, not training, but rather presentations, project plans, grant application templates, and other deliverables which can be used to accomplish a successful implementation.		*note:Stratware, short for "Strategy Wares" are management consulting products that are not code, not documentation, not training, but rather presentations, project plans, grant application templates, and other deliverables which can be used to accomplish a successful implementation.
	Benefits provided:		Benefits provided:
	• US non-profit healthcare organizations and those that qualify in other countries will get the funding they need to implement state of the art technology that includes WorldVistA, resulting in improved service delivery and operations.		* US non-profit healthcare organizations and those that qualify in other countries will get the funding they need to implement state of the art technology that includes WorldVistA, resulting in improved service delivery and operations.
	• Funders will begin to identify WorldVistA funding applications as ones that deliver cost effective benefits with low-risk projects.		* Funders will begin to identify WorldVistA funding applications as ones that deliver cost effective benefits with low-risk projects.
	• WorldVistA will accelerate adoption of its solutions in this important sector.		* WorldVistA will accelerate adoption of its solutions in this important sector.

	Name: George Lilly		Name: George Lilly

	92. Revenue		92. Revenue

	===WorldVistA Business Development ===		===WorldVistA Business Development ===
	Create a business development group. Contact VAR's.		Create a business development group. Contact VAR's.

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	===Wiki Expansion===		===Wiki Expansion===
	Description: Expand scope of Wiki to cover informatics topics that are not (obviously) VistA-specific		Description: Expand scope of Wiki to cover informatics topics that are not (obviously) VistA-specific
	Benefit provided: Much of the material on the Wiki today is narrowly focused on VistA ~~applications~~, APIs and such. It is understandable to want to keep the scope of the Wiki narrowly focused, but there are problems with being too narrowly focused. For example, important topics of general interest to the community (network administration, data modeling and database design, programming topics, ontologies, interface design, etc., are either not included at all or (more likely) treated incompletely with information scattered throughout the Wiki where it is difficult to find. Restructuring the Wiki and encouraging a more systematic treatment of informatics topics could enhance its usefulness.		Benefit provided: Much of the material on the Wiki today is narrowly focused on VistA [[application~\|Application]]s, APIs and such. It is understandable to want to keep the scope of the Wiki narrowly focused, but there are problems with being too narrowly focused. For example, important topics of general interest to the community (network administration, data modeling and database design, programming topics, ontologies, interface design, etc., are either not included at all or (more likely) treated incompletely with information scattered throughout the Wiki where it is difficult to find. Restructuring the Wiki and encouraging a more systematic treatment of informatics topics could enhance its usefulness.
	Name: Greg Woodhouse		Name: Greg Woodhouse

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	===GUI Interface===		===GUI Interface===
	Description: All new development projects should be done with GUI interfaces. Existing roll & scroll interfaces should be converted to GUI interfaces as-soon-as possible		Description: All new development projects should be done with GUI interfaces. Existing roll & scroll interfaces should be converted to GUI interfaces as-soon-as possible
	Benefit Provided: GUI Interfaces will help WorldVistA better compete with commercial EMR ~~applications~~ and help WorldVistA gain more market share. It is also better for the end-user physicians and their staffs.		Benefit Provided: GUI Interfaces will help WorldVistA better compete with commercial EMR [[application~\|Application]]s and help WorldVistA gain more market share. It is also better for the end-user physicians and their staffs.
	Name: Ed Salvador		Name: Ed Salvador

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	===Achieve United Nations NGO status ===		===Achieve United Nations NGO status ===
	Description: complete any outstanding tasks or application steps to achieve recognized United Nations Non-governmental Organization status. Below are the published requirements:		Description: complete any outstanding tasks or [[application~\|Application]] steps to achieve recognized United Nations Non-governmental Organization status. Below are the published requirements:
	What are the Criteria for NGOs to become associated with DPI?		What are the Criteria for NGOs to become associated with DPI?
	The NGO must support and respect the principles of the Charter of the UN and have a clear mission statement that is consistent with those principles;		The NGO must support and respect the principles of the Charter of the UN and have a clear mission statement that is consistent with those principles;
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	72. Module / Acupuncture & Chiropractic		72. Module / Acupuncture & Chiropractic
	===CAM Enhancements to VistA - Chiropractic & Acupuncture Modules ===		===CAM Enhancements to VistA - Chiropractic & Acupuncture Modules ===
	Description: For VistA to remain at the forefront of EHR systems, it needs to encompass Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) modules. CAM is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine. Patients are increasingly turning to complementary and alternative medical (CAM) in order to enhance their health and well-being. CAM includes acupuncture, chiropractic medicine, osteopathic medicine, use of herbal remedies and other practices as an augmentation to more conventional medical treatments. The marketplace reflects this growing acceptance of complementary medicine by many patients and a small, but growing number of health care providers. By gathering and integrating health care information associated with the application of CAM procedures into a patient's electronic health record (EHR), more accurate measurement of outcomes can be generated. Best practices can then emerge showing which complementary medical practices are most effective when coupled with conventional medical treatments of specific disorders.		Description: For VistA to remain at the forefront of EHR systems, it needs to encompass Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) modules. CAM is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine. Patients are increasingly turning to complementary and alternative medical (CAM) in order to enhance their health and well-being. CAM includes acupuncture, chiropractic medicine, osteopathic medicine, use of herbal remedies and other practices as an augmentation to more conventional medical treatments. The marketplace reflects this growing acceptance of complementary medicine by many patients and a small, but growing number of health care providers. By gathering and integrating health care information associated with the [[application~\|Application]] of CAM procedures into a patient's electronic health record (EHR), more accurate measurement of outcomes can be generated. Best practices can then emerge showing which complementary medical practices are most effective when coupled with conventional medical treatments of specific disorders.
	In a recent report on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in the United States (2005), the Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention states that the total visits to CAM providers exceed total visits to all primary-care physicians. Out-of-pocket costs for CAM are estimated to exceed $27 billion, which shows that CAM is now big business. That does not include those therapies or treatments covered by insurance. Hospitals, managed care plans, and conventional practitioners are now incorporating CAM therapies into their practices. Medical schools, nursing schools, and schools of pharmacy are teaching their students about CAM.		In a recent report on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in the United States (2005), the Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention states that the total visits to CAM providers exceed total visits to all primary-care physicians. Out-of-pocket costs for CAM are estimated to exceed $27 billion, which shows that CAM is now big business. That does not include those therapies or treatments covered by insurance. Hospitals, managed care plans, and conventional practitioners are now incorporating CAM therapies into their practices. Medical schools, nursing schools, and schools of pharmacy are teaching their students about CAM.
	It's hard to get an exact handle on the market for CAM, however, according to a recent article published on the Investors.Com web site, consumers snapped up about $54 billion worth of CAM services and dietary supplements in 2003. Of that figure, they claim that $34 billion went to all types of alternative services such as chiropractic, naturopathy, osteopathy and massage therapy, up from $25.5 billion in 1999. The U.S. market for dietary supplements isn't far behind, generating sales of $19.8 billion in 2003, up from $16.5 billion in 1999.		It's hard to get an exact handle on the market for CAM, however, according to a recent article published on the Investors.Com web site, consumers snapped up about $54 billion worth of CAM services and dietary supplements in 2003. Of that figure, they claim that $34 billion went to all types of alternative services such as chiropractic, naturopathy, osteopathy and massage therapy, up from $25.5 billion in 1999. The U.S. market for dietary supplements isn't far behind, generating sales of $19.8 billion in 2003, up from $16.5 billion in 1999.
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	An ERP implementation is a complex project with several inter dependent activities, performed by many people, from various departments, who may be at several locations and often have different hidden agendas!		An ERP implementation is a complex project with several inter dependent activities, performed by many people, from various departments, who may be at several locations and often have different hidden agendas!
	To improve your chances of success good project planning and effective project management are a MUST. We strongly recommend that you follow a suitable process. Many Consulting Organizations like Price Water House, Deloitte, and ERP Vendors, like SAP (ASAP), or Oracle (AIM) have their own implementation methodologies, based upon the way they work and are structured.		To improve your chances of success good project planning and effective project management are a MUST. We strongly recommend that you follow a suitable process. Many Consulting Organizations like Price Water House, Deloitte, and ERP Vendors, like SAP (ASAP), or Oracle (AIM) have their own implementation methodologies, based upon the way they work and are structured.
	For Compiere, Leo Systems has put together this draft Implementation framework . It is based upon over three decades of experience in developing and implementing large custom developed and application packages, like in SAP, Oracle and Siebel. A spreadsheet has been provided to help estimate the role-wise hours required for the various tasks. We will also be making a MS Project Template. As your projects start, we would like feedback so the framework can be fine tuned, and metrics for Project Planning can be collected. This will help, in the spirit of Open Source to share your experience and help others who follow.		For Compiere, Leo Systems has put together this draft Implementation framework . It is based upon over three decades of experience in developing and implementing large custom developed and [[application~\|Application]] packages, like in SAP, Oracle and Siebel. A spreadsheet has been provided to help estimate the role-wise hours required for the various tasks. We will also be making a MS Project Template. As your projects start, we would like feedback so the framework can be fine tuned, and metrics for Project Planning can be collected. This will help, in the spirit of Open Source to share your experience and help others who follow.
	• The Process <http://leo-systems.com/free/Learning/Implementation/process.htm>		• The Process <http://leo-systems.com/free/Learning/Implementation/process.htm>
	• The Roles <http://leo-systems.com/free/Learning/Implementation/roles.htm>		• The Roles <http://leo-systems.com/free/Learning/Implementation/roles.htm>
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	===Stratware* - WorldVistA Grant Application Support for non-profit healthcare providers===		===Stratware* - WorldVistA Grant [[Application~\|Application]] Support for non-profit healthcare providers===

	Description:		Description:

	Sample grant ~~applications~~ that follow the Foundation Center format will be developed/gathered and made freely available to assist US non-profit healthcare providers and those in other countries that might qualify to obtain funding from US foundations for their technical infrastructure that will include WorldVistA.		Sample grant [[application~\|Application]]s that follow the Foundation Center format will be developed/gathered and made freely available to assist US non-profit healthcare providers and those in other countries that might qualify to obtain funding from US foundations for their technical infrastructure that will include WorldVistA.

	A database of all foundation grants made to date for health care technology projects will be developed to allow non-profits to research and locate funders whose interests meet their funding needs. (I have the start of such a database already based on research at the Foundation Center in spreadsheet format – all 939 grants since 2000 for healthcare and technology are categorized and represented.)		A database of all foundation grants made to date for health care technology projects will be developed to allow non-profits to research and locate funders whose interests meet their funding needs. (I have the start of such a database already based on research at the Foundation Center in spreadsheet format – all 939 grants since 2000 for healthcare and technology are categorized and represented.)

	*note:Stratware, short for "Strategy Wares" are management consulting products that are not code, not documentation, not training, but rather presentations, project plans, grant application templates, and other deliverables which can be used to accomplish a successful implementation.		*note:Stratware, short for "Strategy Wares" are management consulting products that are not code, not documentation, not training, but rather presentations, project plans, grant [[application~\|Application]] templates, and other deliverables which can be used to accomplish a successful implementation.
	Benefits provided:		Benefits provided:
	* US non-profit healthcare organizations and those that qualify in other countries will get the funding they need to implement state of the art technology that includes WorldVistA, resulting in improved service delivery and operations.		* US non-profit healthcare organizations and those that qualify in other countries will get the funding they need to implement state of the art technology that includes WorldVistA, resulting in improved service delivery and operations.
	* Funders will begin to identify WorldVistA funding ~~applications~~ as ones that deliver cost effective benefits with low-risk projects.		* Funders will begin to identify WorldVistA funding [[application~\|Application]]s as ones that deliver cost effective benefits with low-risk projects.
	* WorldVistA will accelerate adoption of its solutions in this important sector.		* WorldVistA will accelerate adoption of its solutions in this important sector.