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Juno Beach, FL – February 1, 2012 – DSS, Inc., a leading provider of software development and support of VistA, announced today that it was appraised at Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development (CMMI-DEV) Maturity Level 2 for its VistA development and services for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). …
WOW!! For anyone who was there to hear it LIVE, the vxVistA.org vxJourney Webinar presented yesterday by Ron Byers, Vice President and General Counsel for DSS was POWERFUL! It has been posted to vxVistA.org and available for view if you weren't there in person.
[http://vxvista.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53674067&focusedCommentId=53674077#comment-53674077|http://vxvista.org/pages/viewpage.action? …
Department of Veterans Affairs Signs National Contract for DSS, Inc.’s Mental Health Suite
VA standardizes customizable mental health EHR module for improved workflow and quality of care
Juno Beach, FL – November 10, 2010 – DSS, Inc., a leading provider of software development, integration, project management, implementation and support of VistA and vxVistA, …
A new release available for the vxVistA community
DSS, Inc. Launches vxVistA.org Second Generation
Six new functionalities now available with instructional webinars detailing each tool
Juno Beach, FL – August 2, 2010 – DSS, Inc., a provider of software, integration, installation, project management, training, support and development of VistA and vxVistA, today announced the launch of vxVistA.org Second Generation, …
DSS, Inc. Presents a Panel Discussion on vxVistA.org at OSCON 2010
VistA experts discuss the use of vxVista.org with Atlassian collaboration tools to build an online community for users and developers
Juno Beach, FL – July 20, 2010 – DSS, Inc., a provider of software, integration, installation, project management, training, support and development of VistA, today announced it will present on the vxVistA. …
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, OR
We're here for the OSCON Convention and excited to be presenting at OSCON in the Healthcare Track tomorrow!
Dr. Hugh Creedon, Deanne Clark (Product Manager for vxVistA @ DSS), and I (J.D. Keith, …
Health Affairs recently published a study showing that the Veterans Administration’s (VA’s) investment in electronic health records and other health information technology yielded a whopping $3.09 billion in cumulative benefits and improved preventive care. Savings reportedly stemmed from reduced workloads, avoidance of unnecessary tests and hospitalizations, and freed workspace.
The study’s authors note that the VA has the advantage of a unique, …
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey Selects DSS to Provide EHR Mental Health Solutions for Behavioral Health Department
Proven EHR technology based on an open source platform will streamline documentation and improve patient care for the state-wide behavioral health facility
Juno Beach, FL – April 6, 2010 – The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey– University Behavioral HealthCare (UBHC) today announced that is has selected DSS, Inc. …
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As Tom stated the HIMSS meeting in Atlanta was a good start at making the general population aware of vxVistA. We were able get over 150 people signed up for vxVistA.Org and to receive the memory stick containing the vxVistA Open Source system and applications. I hope that those of you that signed up will take the time to get it up in running in your environment. …
Well, here I am in Atlanta, where the forecast is for 38 degrees and 100% chance of rain+snow, while back home in Colorado it will be 50 and sunny... now remind me, why did I fly to the 'sunny south' for start of March? Oh yeah, HIMSS! Its here in Atlanta, right now.
I'm in the DSS booth most of the day, #2521. Attendance is good. …
DSS to Host Educational Pavilion Panel Session at HIMSS on Open Source Technology
Industry Thought Leaders to Discuss the Benefits and Importance of Open Source Technology for Healthcare Provider Organizations
Juno Beach, FL – February 25, 2010 – DSS, Inc., a leading provider of software, integration, installation, project management, training, support and development of VistA, …
Taken from November 2009 issue of Government Computer News:
As the community begins to download and install our DSS OS version; it is important that the community:
READ the manuals: become familiar with the application and understand its requirements. If you test without knowledge of the requirements, you will not be able to determine if a program is functioning as designed and you will not be able to tell if required functionality is missing.
TEST the system: Test the roles of users and validate that the rules governing their role are working. …
Much is written today disparaging M, whenever it comes up in conversations, discussions, blogs, articles or pretty much anywhere. This sort of issue has been going on for years in many forms. For instance: cars are bad. They pollute the atmosphere. They create dangers on the road. They can easily be misused. Let's switch to bikes. They are still a wheeled vehicle. …
Our open choice quality assurance is driven by customer requests and findings. We will be collaborating with the community to identify any possible problems to the quality of our release. We will identify problems such as a lack of documentation, reliance on individuals, problems in collaboration, and problems in release management. Insights of these problems serve as a starting point for further improvements in quality assurance. …
To Promote Use and Knowledge of Open Source VistA EHRs
Hospitals, community health organizations, practices and other healthcare entities to benefit from VistA forums featuring best practice discussions and posts by thought leaders
January 13, 2010 01:22 PM Eastern Time
JUNO BEACH, Fla.--DSS, Inc., a provider of software, integration, installation, project management, training, support and development of VistA, in cooperation with Open Health Tools, …
The concept of our vxVistA open source stack is to keep it as compatible as possible to the VA's continued Patch and Enhancement Release stream. In fact we will install all FOIA Patches to the vxVistA open source stack just to make sure we don’t deviate too far from the source.
This way all the good work done by the VA can float down to the community in a fairly expeditious manner without a great deal of re-development and quality assurance time being devoted to maintaining the system. …
...then read this article and join the fray with your opinions.
There are many naysayers out there.
We must be cheerleaders for our team!
Link to M article: http://www.vxvista.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=24543489
I recently added this voice (edited herein) to the rush of responses to ZDNet’s Dana Blankenhorn’s article “VA now loves its VistA Software” dated 15 October, 2009. The rush of responses I refer to was very disparaging regarding VistA and M/MUMPS as well. - jdk
M is the latest name for the MUMPS language - which was revised as recently as 2005 by ISO. …
Bob Brewin, nextgov, Oct. 20, 2009
http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/10/whats_at_stake_in_vista_project.php?zone=NGwhatsbrewin
As I reported last week, the Veterans Affairs Department asked the Industry
Advisory Council for its help in modernizing its venerable, but more than two-
decade-old, Veterans Health Information System and Technology Architecture, or
VistA.
The first meeting of the IAC VistA Industry Advisory Council was held on Oct. …
Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS) today announced that Spectron Corp. of Tulsa, OK has become its first distribution partner. Spectron will redistribute vxVistA, DSS? free and open source version of the VistA system and resell DSS? proprietary add-on products. DSS will be providing sales and implementation training to the...
Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS) today announced that Spectron Corp. of Tulsa, OK has become its first distribution partner. …
| October 16th, 2009 Posted by Dana Blankenhorn @ 8:46 am - http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=2845 |
Robert Kolodner, who was the National Coordinator for Health IT at the end of the Bush Administration, has decided to forego the big consulting bucks and join Open Health Tools as its Chief Health Information Officer.
It’s a big step forward for OHT, …
Implement TvxDSSRPCBroker class in web application (IntraWeb - Delphi.) is OK.
Can TvxDSSRPCBroker be converted into DLL for using with .Net platform & components?
VistA
Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture, a Healthcare Information System (HIS). VistA is widely believed to be the largest integrated HIS in the world. It was originally developed and maintained by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, based on the systems software architecture and implementation methodology developed by the U.S. Public Health Service jointly with the National Bureau of Standards. …
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