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Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) - Documentation
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Documentation
- Documentation for current VistA applications , written for the benefit
of users (i.e., clinicians and systems managers) is available online
at the VistA Documentation Library.
- VistA uses standard coding for much of its data, including ICD-9,
CPT, DSM-III, LOINC, and other universal and standards-based coding
methodologies. For information regarding code sets commonly used by
VistA, consult the VA MetaData Registry on the VA Intranet.
- The VIReC
Insights: Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture
(VistA) as a Research Tool describes the strengths
and some very important limitations to the use of VistA data for
research.
- The first guide for research users of electronic VHA databases, the Department
of Veterans Affairs Databases Resources Guide,
was a five-volume set produced by Martha Beattie, Ph.D., Ralph W.
Swindle, Ph.D., Lynn A. Tomko, B.A. and other authors.
- Screen-by-screen instructions for using the Care Management query
tool are available online in the CPRS
QUERY USER MANUAL .
- A detailed historical overview of VistA is "VistA-U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs national-scale HIS" by S.H. Brown, M.J. Lincoln,
P.J. Groen, and R.M. Kolodner, Int J Med Inf. 2003 Mar;69(2-3):135-56
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PMID 12810119 ).
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Reviewed/Updated Date:
December 31, 2008
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