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Depends on who you are!!

VistA is many things to many people. In order to help you get what you want from VistA, we need to know a little more about you. Depending on what kind of VistA user you are, this system will provide documentation that will be relevant to you.

Evaluators

You are an evaluator if you are considering using VistA. The Evaluator page will help you to determine if VistA is right for you. This is a place to get an honest evaluation of VistA's strengths and weaknesses. (Granted, we are biased.)

Evaluator Page

Clinical Users

Clinical Users of VistA do not necessarily need to know the complex details of what makes VistA tick. While you should probably understand the Basic VistA Architecture you really do not need to know much more about the VistA server itself. To you VistA will largely be an application called CPRS. This application is a powerful front end to VistA that will vary based on what kind of user you are.

Physician VistA User

If you are a physician and you are interested in using VistA to improve the quality of your care, this is a good place to start.

Physician Page

Nurse VistA User

You are a nurse who is interested in using VistA to better care for your patients

Nurse Page

Pharmacist VistA User

If you are a pharmacist and you are interested in improving the way you handle medications with VistA, then this page is for you. There is currently no GUI for the pharmacy interface, rather an advanced text interface is used.

Pharmacist Page

Technical Users

If you care what server it runs on then you are probably a technical user. This is the section for you if you want more help with operating systems, technical terms, programming help and everything you ever wanted to know about how VistA works underneath.

Vendor

You are a Vendor if you are hoping to make money supporting VistA. This section will cover the technology behind VistA in-depth and stepwise. Look here if you want to learn about the technologies that VistA relies on, and how to install, configure and support a VistA system.

Vendor Page

MUMPSter

If you already know MUMPS you have a huge leg up in learning VistA! This section will give you the deep technical references to get you deeper into the system fast.

MUMPSter Page

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Novice Programmer

If you understand the fundamentals of C/C++/Java/PHP/Python but you are a novice to MUMPS then this is the page for you. This section will give you an introduction to MUMPS, which is the critical first step to becoming a competent VistA developer.

Novice Programmer Page

VistA Administrator

Here you will find links on how to Install Configure Maintain and Restore VistA installations.

VistA Administration