Documentation Overview
The documentation for VistA and OpenVistA can be classified in several groups:
- Documentation from the VistA Documentation Library (VDL)
- Documentation created by WorldVistA and volunteers in the VistA Community.
- Documentation from sofware and hardware vendors of VistA and OpenVistA installs.
Documentation from VDL: <TABLE border=0 width="100%" SUMMARY="This table is for formatting purposes only.[[<A NAME="Clinical[[ ]]<TR class = "tbl_header[[<TH>Clinical</TH></TR></TABLE> <TABLE summary="This table is for formatting purposes only." class = "toc" cellpadding="5" border="[[
<TR> <TD>doc:Admission Discharge Transfer (ADT)</TD> <TD>doc:Electronic Wait List</TD> <TD>doc:Medicine</TD> <TD>doc:Pharm: Prescription Practices (PPP)</TD>
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<TD>doc:Ambulatory Care Reporting</TD> <TD>doc:Functional Independence Measurement (FIM)</TD> <TD>doc:Mental Health</TD> <TD>doc:Primary Care Management Module (PCMM)</TD>
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<TD>doc:Beneficiary Travel</TD> <TD>doc:Group Notes</TD> <TD>doc:Nursing</TD> <TD>doc:Prosthestics</TD>
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<TD>doc:Care Management</TD> <TD>doc:Home Based Primary Care (HBPC)</TD> <TD>doc:Oncology</TD> <TD>doc:Quality Audiology Speech Anal & Rpting (QUASAR)</TD>
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<TD>doc:Clinical Case Registries</TD> <TD>doc:Immunology Case Registry (ICR)</TD> <TD>doc:Patient Care Encounter (PCE)</TD> <TD>doc:Radiology / Nuclear Medicine</TD>
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<TD>doc:Clinical Procedures</TD> <TD>doc:Incomplete Records Tracking (IRT)</TD> <TD>doc:Pharm: Automatic Replenish / Ward Stock (AR/WS)</TD> <TD>doc:RAI/MDS</TD>
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<TD>doc:Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS)</TD> <TD>doc:Intake and Output</TD> <TD>doc:Pharm: Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA)</TD> <TD>doc:Remote Order Entry System (ROES)</TD>
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<TD>doc:CPRS: Adverse Reaction Tracking (ART)</TD> <TD>doc:Lab: Anatomic Pathology</TD> <TD>doc:Pharm: Benefits Management (PBM)</TD> <TD>doc:Scheduling</TD>
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<TD>doc:CPRS: Authorization Subscription Utility (ASU)</TD> <TD>doc:Lab: Blood Bank</TD> <TD>doc:Pharm: Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy</TD> <TD>doc:Social Work</TD>
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<TD>doc:CPRS: Clinical Reminders</TD> <TD>doc:Lab: Blood Bank Workarounds</TD> <TD>doc:Pharm: Controlled Substances</TD> <TD>doc:Spinal Cord Dysfunction</TD>
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<TD>doc:CPRS: Consult/Request Tracking</TD> <TD>doc:Lab: Electronic Data Interchange (LEDI)</TD> <TD>doc:Pharm: Data Management (PDM)</TD> <TD>doc:Surgery</TD>
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<TD>doc:CPRS: Health Summary</TD> <TD>doc:Lab: Emerging Pathogens Initiative</TD> <TD>doc:Pharm: Drug Accountability</TD> <TD>doc:VISTA Imaging System</TD>
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<TD>doc:CPRS: Problem List</TD> <TD>doc:Lab: National Laboratory Tests/ LOINC Request Form</TD> <TD>doc:Pharm: Electronic Claims Management Engine (ECME)</TD> <TD>doc:Visual Impairment Service Team (VIST)</TD>
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<TD>doc:CPRS: Text Integration Utility (TIU)</TD> <TD>< 12Lab: Universal Interface</TD> <TD>doc:Pharm: Inpatient Medications</TD> <TD>doc:Vitals / Measurements</TD>
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<TD>doc:Dentistry</TD> <TD>doc:Laboratory</TD> <TD>doc:Pharm: National Drug File (NDF)</TD> <TD>doc:Women's Health</TD>
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<TD>doc:Dietetics</TD> <TD>doc:Lexicon Utility</TD> <TD>doc:Pharm: Outpatient Pharmacy</TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE border=0 width="100%" SUMMARY="This table is for formatting purposes only.[[<A NAME="Infrastructure[[ ]]<TR class = "tbl_header[[<TH>Infrastructure</TH></TR></TABLE> <TABLE summary="This table is for formatting purposes only." class = "toc" cellpadding="5" border="[[ <TR> <TD>doc:Capacity Management Tools</TD> <TD>doc:Kernel Delphi Components (KDC)</TD> <TD>doc:Minimal Patient Dataset (MPD)</TD> <TD>doc:SlotMaster (Kernel ZSLOT)</TD> </TR><TR> <TD>doc:Duplicate Record Merge: Patient Merge</TD> <TD>doc:Kernel Installation and Distribution System (KIDS)</TD> <TD><2Name Standardization</TD> <TD>doc:SQL Interface (SQLI)</TD> </TR><TR> <TD>doc:Electronic Error and Enhancement Reporting (E3R)</TD> <TD>doc:Kernel Toolkit</TD> <TD>doc:National Online Information Sharing (NOIS)</TD> <TD>doc:Standard Files and Tables</TD> </TR><TR> <TD>doc:FileMan</TD> <TD>doc:Kernel Unwinder</TD> <TD><2National Patch Module</TD> <TD>doc:Statistical Analysis of Global Growth (SAGG)</TD> </TR><TR> <TD>doc:FileMan Delphi Components (FMDC)</TD> <TD>doc:List Manager</TD> <TD>doc:Network Health Exchange (NHE)</TD> <TD>doc:Survey Generator</TD> </TR><TR> <TD>doc:HL7 (VistA Messaging)</TD> <TD><12M-to-M Broker</TD> <TD>doc:Patient Data Exchange (PDX)</TD> <TD><14VistA Data Extraction Framework (VDEF)</TD> </TR><TR> <TD>doc:Institution File Redesign (IFR)</TD> <TD>doc:MailMan</TD> <TD>doc:Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Broker</TD> <TD>doc:XML Parser (VistA)</TD> </TR><TR> <TD>doc:Kernel</TD> <TD>doc:Master Patient Index (MPI)</TD> <TD>doc:Resource Usage Monitor</TD> </TR></TABLE><P> <TABLE border=0 width="100%" SUMMARY="This table is for formatting purposes only.[[<A NAME="Financial-Administrative[[ ]]<TR class = "tbl_header[[<TH>Financial-Administrative</TH></TR></TABLE> <TABLE summary="This table is for formatting purposes only." class = "toc" cellpadding="5" border="[[ <TR> <TD>doc:Accounts Receivable (AR)</TD> <TD>doc:Engineering (AEMS / MERS)</TD> <TD>doc:IFCAP</TD> <TD>doc:Patient Representative</TD> </TR><TR> <TD>doc:Auto Safety Incdnt Surv Trak Sys (ASISTS)</TD> <TD>doc:Enrollment Application System</TD> <TD>doc:Incident Reporting</TD> <TD>doc:Personnel and Accounting Integrated Data (PAID)</TD> </TR><TR> <TD>doc:Automated Information Collection System (AICS)</TD> <TD>doc:Equipment / Turn-In Request</TD> <TD>< 4Income Verification Match (IVM)</TD> <TD>doc:Police and Security</TD> </TR><TR> <TD>doc:Automated Medical Information Exchange (AMIE)</TD> <TD>doc:Event Capture</TD> <TD>< 4Integrated Billing (IB)</TD> <TD>doc:Quality Management Integration Module</TD> </TR><TR> <TD>doc:Clinical Monitoring System</TD> <TD>< 4Fee Basis</TD> <TD>< 4Integrated Patient Funds</TD> <TD>doc:Record Tracking</TD> </TR><TR> <TD>doc:Compensation & Pension Records Interchange (CAPRI)</TD> <TD>doc:Generic Code Sheet (GCS)</TD> <TD>< 4Library</TD> <TD>doc:Release of Information (ROI) Manager</TD> </TR><TR> <TD>doc:Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)</TD> <TD>doc:Health Eligibility Center (HEC)</TD> <TD>< 4Missing Patient Register</TD> <TD>< 14Veterans Identification Card (VIC/PICS)</TD> </TR><TR> <TD>doc:Decision Support System (DSS) Extracts</TD> <TD>doc:Hospital Inquiry (HINQ)</TD> <TD>< 4Occurrence Screen</TD> <TD>doc:Voluntary Service System (VSS)</TD> </TR><TR> <TD>doc:Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) Grouper</TD> <TD>doc:ICD-9-CM</TD> </TR></TABLE><P>