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Past Conferences
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24 - 27 February 2005
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OpenVistA GUI Development Meeting: Best Western Garden Inn, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Research and programming meeting: building web interfaces to OpenVistA; m2web; technology survey.
sponsor: WorldVistA
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17 - 21 January 2005
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Trans-Pacific Open Source Software Conference (TPOSSCON):
Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Strategic sessions between participants from both sides of the Pacific.
sponsor: Hawaii Open Source Education Foundation (HOSEF)
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14-17 January 2005
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OpenVistA GUI Development Meeting: WorldVistA Office, Pittsburg, California, USA
Research and programming meeting: building web interfaces to OpenVistA; m2web; technology survey.
sponsor: WorldVistA
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29 November - 1 December 2004
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The Emerging Technologies and Healthcare Innovations Conference 2004:
Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC, USA
The Impact and Promise of Technology & Innovation on the Future of Healthcare.
sponsor: The Emergent Group
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21 - 24 October 2004
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Eleventh VistA Community Meeting:
Hewlett-Packard Office, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
VistA classes, installation, projects, brainstorming, and organization.
sponsor: WorldVistA
facilitator: Oleen Healthcare Information Management, Inc.
host: Hewlett Packard
contact: WorldVistA
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7 - 11 September 2004
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Medinfo 2004:
Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA
Eleventh tri-annual world congress on medical informatics.
sponsor: American Medical Informatics Association
contact: AMIA
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9 - 12 August 2004
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VA Information Technology Conference:
Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, USA
VA's annual information technology conference.
sponsor: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
conference manager: VA Austin Automation Center
contact: ITC Staff
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17 - 20 June 2004
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Tenth VistA Community Meeting:
University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, Washington, USA
VistA as a Teaching Tool. Building the VistA Community. OpenVistA Goes Live. Installing OpenVistA.
Most of the WorldVistA executive team attended this meeting.
sponsor: WorldVistA
conference manager: Pacific NorthWest MUMPS Users Group
contact: Arden Forrey
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6 - 8 April 2004
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eHealth Asia 2004 Conference:
Grand Plaza Parkroyal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Presentations and exhibitions about health informatics.
President Rick Marshall and Director Joseph Dal Molin represented WorldVistA at this conference.
sponsors:
Malaysian Health Informatics Association (MHIA)
International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)
Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics
(APAMI)
Ministry of Health Malaysia
conference manager: Crystal Edge
contact: info@ehealth.org.my
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11 - 14 March 2004
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Ninth VistA Community Meeting:
Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
Building the VistA community, developing OpenVistA 3, installation and configuration, documentation.
The entire executive team attended the meeting.
sponsor: WorldVistA
facilitator: Executive Software Systems Incorporated
contact: WorldVistA
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10 - 11 February 2004
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First Open Steps Thinktank:
Marwell Hotel, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Invitation-only thinktank on open source and free software in health informatics.
Director Joseph Dal Molin represented WorldVistA at this conference.
sponsors:
British Computer Society Health Informatics Committee (BCS HIC)
IMIA Open Source Working Group (IMIA OSWG)
IMIA-NI Open Source Nursing Informatics Working Group (OSNI)
Centre for Health Informatics Research and Development (CHIRAD)
Open Source Health Care Alliance (OSHCA)
Health Informatics Europe (HIA)
contact: Dr. Peter Murray
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10-12 December 2003
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World Summit on the Information Society
and joint Information and Communication
Technologies for Development platform: Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland
WorldVistA representatives met with delegates from around the world and presented OpenVistA.
sponsor: United Nations
hosts: Government of Switzerland
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7-9 December 2003
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Fourth Open Source Health Care Alliance Conference:
University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
The alliance made a commitment to drafting standards for medical informatics packages, for evaluating current
open-source medical informatics software in terms of those standards, and then collaborating on joint ventures that
combine the best features of the various software packages.
sponsor: Open Source Health Care Alliance
hosts: University Hospital of Geneva
contact: Joseph Dal Molin
or Adrian Midgley
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16-19 October 2003
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Eighth VistA Community Meeting:
The Royal, Norcross, Georgia, USA
Work on OpenVistA 3, presentations on OpenVistA and Berlin Heart Heart Institute, installation and configuration,
documentation, VistA community planning.
sponsor: WorldVistA
host: The Royal
facilitator: M Systems Plus
contact: WorldVistA
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5-8 June 2003
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Seventh VistA Community Meeting:
Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento, California, USA
OpenVistA 2.51, installation and configuration, documentation.
sponsor: WorldVistA
host: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
contact: WorldVistA
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March 2003
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eGovOS Conference: Washington, DC, USA
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27 February - March 2 2003
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Sixth VistA Community Meeting:
HP Expertise Center, Green Belt, Maryland, USA
VistA's 21st birthday party, underground reunion, Health-e-Vet presentation, installation and configuration,
documentation, WorldVistA achieves 501(c)(3) status.
sponsor: WorldVistA
host: Hewlett Packard
contact: WorldVistA
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16-18 November 2002
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Fifth VistA Community Meeting: UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
Work on OpenVistA 2.5, installation and configuration, documentation.
sponsor: WorldVistA
host: University of California at Los Angeles
contact: WorldVistA
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13-15 November 2002
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Third Open Source Health Care Alliance Conference:
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
Presentations and roundtables on open-source medical informatics.
sponsor: Open Source Health Care Alliance
hosts: Joseph Dal Molin
or Adrian Midgley
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1-4 August 2002
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Fourth VistA Community Meeting: Medsphere, Aliso Viejo, California, USA
Work on OpenVistA, installation and configuration, documentation, work on WorldVistA incorporation, discussion
of verification standards, VistA History presentation.
sponsor: WorldVistA
host: Medsphere Systems Corporation
contact: WorldVistA
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19-22 April 2002
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Third VistA Community Meeting: Sanchez Offices, Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA
Work on OpenVistA, installation and configuration, documentation.
sponsor: WorldVistA
host: Sanchez Computer Associates
contact: WorldVistA
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25-28 January 2002
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Second VistA Community Meeting: Birmingham VA Field Office, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Work on OpenVistA, installation and configuration.
sponsor: WorldVistA
host: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
contact: WorldVistA
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16-19 November 2001
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First VistA Community Meeting: Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
Work on OpenVistA, installation and configuration, presentation on object orientation.
sponsor: WorldVistA
host: Rice University
contact: WorldVistA
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6-7 September 2001
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Second Open Source Health Care Alliance Meeting:
Forte Posthouse Kensington Hotel, London, UK
Presentations and discussions about open-source medical informatics, session on "Healthcare for Humanity"
(WorldVistA).
sponsors:
The National Health Service of the UK
Minoru Development Corporation
e-cology Corporation
host:
Forte Posthouse Kensington Hotel
contact: Joseph Dal Molin
or Adrian Midgley
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20-23 July 2001
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Rune Development Group Meeting: Oakland Federal Building, Oakland, California, USA
Work on object-oriented (OO) extensions to Standard MUMPS, decision to set aside OO work to create OpenVistA.
sponsor: MUMPS Development Committee, Subcommittee 16, Task Group 1, Working Group 1
host: Oakland Federal Building
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