WorldVista EMR available installed and running on a Virtual Machine - FREE

March 13, 2009

Greetings fellow IMP nerds and geeks,

Dr. Caldwell comes through again!

I just uploaded a completely functioning installation of the WorldVista CCHIT

certified EMR that runs inside a " Moka5 " LivePC on Windows computers. The Moka5

LivePC is also called a " Virtual Machine " . It is available for free download

here:

The LivePC is running a version of Linux called PCLinuxOS-2007. You need to

download the Moka5 player to run it, which is based on a system called VMWare,

but packaged to be very easy for any computer savvy user to install. The Linux

system is all ready to run, as is the version of " MUMPS " needed to run the

Veterans Administration VISTA EMR. VISTA is installed and configured. You can

actually run the older terminal based " roll and scroll " interface and administer

things using an older system called " Taskman " and " Screenman " from inside the

Linux virtual machine. However, the more modern " GUI " interface, which is called

" CPRSChart " , and it what most users who like VISTA actually are referring to

when they say they like VISTA, requires downloading and installing the

" CPRSChart " package and installing it on Windows. You can install it on the same

Windows computer you are using to host the virtual machine, but you have to use

network protocols to connect the CPRS GUI to the VISTA server running in the

Linux virtual machine. There is also a newer GUI available now called

" GUIConfig " which also runs on and connects from Windows that allows more

administrative functions to be performed on the VISTA database, such as adding

new patients or providers, giving them various permissions etc.

I do not actually know that much about VISTA yet myself, in terms of using it on

patients, I just sweated out learning enough about this old programming system

called " MUMPS " to get this installed and running, but having this available

will give me the tool I need to learn more about it. Would welcome any

discussion of using VISTA as a free EMR, pros and cons.

Caldwell, M.D.

Tulare, CA

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