Medsphere OpenVista® CIS

Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Medsphere Systems Corporation

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OpenVista® CIS is a cross platform client application for interfacing with the
Veteran Affairs' VistA system (an Electronic Health Record (EHR)) and systems
derived from VistA, like OpenVista Server. The emphasis is on replacing the
previous Delphi, win32 only client, VA Computerized Patient Record System
(CPRS), with a client written in a modern language and with a focus on issues
such as i18n, cross-platform support, etc.

Architecture
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OpenVista® CIS runs on a client machine (any machine with a .NET environment and
Gtk# available).

There is another component, called OpenVista Vitals. The shared library piece
(Medsphere.OpenVista.Vitals.*) is used inside of CIS to provide its vitals
functionality, and also used in the OpenVista Vitals application.  OpenVista
Vitals is designed to take vitals for several patients at a time, for instance
for all patients on a Unit, while the CIS part is designed for single patient
access.

Licensing
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Medsphere OpenVista® CIS and Vitals is made up of many pieces of code, all of them
open source, but different pieces of OpenVista® CIS use different licensing terms.
The details of all the pieces are laid out in the LICENSES file.

Collaboration
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OpenVista® CIS is part of the larger open source project. Aspects of the design,
requirements definition, development, and testing are done in the community.
Medsphere.org is the central location for this collaborative development
process.

Medsphere.org provides all participants access to the solution development
process and a voice in how the system evolves. You can download open source
software, start discussions, host projects, build clinical content/best
practices, ask questions, make suggestions and blog about progress.

 * Collaborate 24 x 7
 * Share in the improvement of healthcare
 * Influence the OpenVista® roadmap
 * Get answers to your questions from experts, peers, colleagues and others

For a tour of the community or to register go here: http://medsphere.org/tour/

Requirements
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* .NET Runtime (Mono 1.9 or MS .NET v2.0)
* Gtk# 2.10 or greater
  (Gtk# for Windows can be found at medsphere.org's gtk-sharp project page
   http://medsphere.org/projects/gtksharp/)
* libaspell is an optional dependency, install it if you want spell checking support.

Building & Running
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OpenVista® CIS can be built 3 different ways on two different platforms. Please
review the INSTALL document for information on building and running the application.

Release Notes
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The accompanying NEWS file lists defect corrections and enhancements included in
each release.