OpenVista

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OpenVista, is an open source version of VistA electronic health record which is deployed by Veterans Affairs at 1,500 global facilities around the world [3] over the course of two decades.

Introduction

Medsphere Systems Corporation helps healthcare providers achieve clinical and financial transformation by effectively deploying OpenVista. It is an open and transparent, collaborative, affordable, proven and reliable and highly adoptable solution. Medsphere Corporate Headquarters are in Carlsbad, California. Medsphere has transformed VistA into OpenVista, a commercially-robust, feature-rich EHR designed to meet the needs of hospitals, clinics, integrated delivery networks, and regional health information organizations.[1]

It is a single solution that can be used across acute, ambulatory, and long-term care environments as well as in multi-facility, multi-speciality healthcare organizations.

Key Features

  • Health Information Management System (HIMS)
  • Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)
  • Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA)
  • Clinical Flowsheets
  • Clinical Documentation
  • Notification and Reminders
  • Laboratory
  • Pharmacy
  • Radiology

The source code for the system may be downloaded from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openvista/

References

  1. http://www.medsphere.com/
  2. http://www.medsphere.com/open-vista/why-openvista-works
  3. http://sourceforge.net/projects/openvista/