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Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) - Help

 

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Help

  • A VA Medical Center's Information Resources Management Office (IRM) can provide the name of the ADPAC (Automatic Data Processing Application Coordinator) who should be your point of contact with IRM.   See the VA's Facility Directory. For more detailed information related to VistA software, contact the VHA Office of Information National Help Desk by email at VHAOICONHD@va.gov or by phone at 1-888-596-4357.
  • VIReC provides information and referral to experts regarding VistA and other databases and information systems being utilized for VA research. E mail questions to the VIReC Help Desk.

Training Opportunities

  • Local medical center IRM Chiefs are usually responsible for training programs for clinicians and clerical staff. Contact facility IRM offices to find out who is responsible for local VistA training and regarding training types and schedules.
  • Two FileMan self-paced tutorials are available on CD ROM from the VA's Employee Education System. These are: "Basic VA FileManager - Report Generation" (Course No. ITECH-EES-F001) and "VA File Manager: Data on the Move" (Course No. ITECH-EES-F170). The "Basic VA FileManager" course is a series of seven lessons designed for new and inexperienced users of VA FileManager.
  • Each spring, the VA Office of Information's National Training and Education Office hosts a conference known as VHA eHealth University (VEHU) to introduce new software developed for the VHA's health information systems. Additional training opportunities are announced on the VA Intranet at the OI's Enterprise VistA Support Web page.

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