Documentation Overview

The documentation for VistA and OpenVistA can be classified in several groups:

• Documentation from the VistA Documentation Library (VDL)
• Documentation created by WorldVistA and volunteers in the VistA Community.
• Documentation from sofware and hardware vendors of VistA and OpenVistA installs.

Documentation from VDL:

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doc:Admission Discharge Transfer (ADT) doc:Electronic Wait List doc:Medicine doc:Pharm: Prescription Practices (PPP) doc:Ambulatory Care Reporting doc:Functional Independence Measurement (FIM) doc:Mental Health doc:Primary Care Management Module (PCMM) doc:Beneficiary Travel doc:Group Notes doc:Nursing doc:Prosthestics doc:Care Management doc:Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) doc:Oncology doc:Quality Audiology Speech Anal & Rpting (QUASAR) doc:Clinical Case Registries doc:Immunology Case Registry (ICR) doc:Patient Care Encounter (PCE) doc:Radiology / Nuclear Medicine doc:Clinical Procedures doc:Incomplete Records Tracking (IRT) doc:Pharm: Automatic Replenish / Ward Stock (AR/WS) doc:RAI/MDS doc:Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) doc:Intake and Output doc:Pharm: Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) doc:Remote Order Entry System (ROES) doc:CPRS: Adverse Reaction Tracking (ART) doc:Lab: Anatomic Pathology doc:Pharm: Benefits Management (PBM) doc:Scheduling doc:CPRS: Authorization Subscription Utility (ASU) doc:Lab: Blood Bank doc:Pharm: Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy doc:Social Work doc:CPRS: Clinical Reminders doc:Lab: Blood Bank Workarounds doc:Pharm: Controlled Substances doc:Spinal Cord Dysfunction doc:CPRS: Consult/Request Tracking doc:Lab: Electronic Data Interchange (LEDI) doc:Pharm: Data Management (PDM) doc:Surgery doc:CPRS: Health Summary doc:Lab: Emerging Pathogens Initiative doc:Pharm: Drug Accountability doc:VISTA Imaging System doc:CPRS: Problem List doc:Lab: National Laboratory Tests/ LOINC Request Form doc:Pharm: Electronic Claims Management Engine (ECME) doc:Visual Impairment Service Team (VIST) doc:CPRS: Text Integration Utility (TIU) < 12Lab: Universal Interface doc:Pharm: Inpatient Medications doc:Vitals / Measurements doc:Dentistry doc:Laboratory doc:Pharm: National Drug File (NDF) doc:Women's Health doc:Dietetics doc:Lexicon Utility doc:Pharm: Outpatient Pharmacy

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doc:Capacity Management Tools doc:Kernel Delphi Components (KDC) doc:Minimal Patient Dataset (MPD) doc:SlotMaster (Kernel ZSLOT) doc:Duplicate Record Merge: Patient Merge doc:Kernel Installation and Distribution System (KIDS) <2Name Standardization doc:SQL Interface (SQLI) doc:Electronic Error and Enhancement Reporting (E3R) doc:Kernel Toolkit doc:National Online Information Sharing (NOIS) doc:Standard Files and Tables doc:FileMan doc:Kernel Unwinder <2National Patch Module doc:Statistical Analysis of Global Growth (SAGG) doc:FileMan Delphi Components (FMDC) doc:List Manager doc:Network Health Exchange (NHE) doc:Survey Generator doc:HL7 (VistA Messaging) <12M-to-M Broker doc:Patient Data Exchange (PDX) <14VistA Data Extraction Framework (VDEF) doc:Institution File Redesign (IFR) doc:MailMan doc:Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Broker doc:XML Parser (VistA) doc:Kernel doc:Master Patient Index (MPI) doc:Resource Usage Monitor

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doc:Accounts Receivable (AR) doc:Engineering (AEMS / MERS) doc:IFCAP doc:Patient Representative doc:Auto Safety Incdnt Surv Trak Sys (ASISTS) doc:Enrollment Application System doc:Incident Reporting doc:Personnel and Accounting Integrated Data (PAID) doc:Automated Information Collection System (AICS) doc:Equipment / Turn-In Request < 4Income Verification Match (IVM) doc:Police and Security doc:Automated Medical Information Exchange (AMIE) doc:Event Capture < 4Integrated Billing (IB) doc:Quality Management Integration Module doc:Clinical Monitoring System < 4Fee Basis < 4Integrated Patient Funds doc:Record Tracking doc:Compensation & Pension Records Interchange (CAPRI) doc:Generic Code Sheet (GCS) < 4Library doc:Release of Information (ROI) Manager doc:Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) doc:Health Eligibility Center (HEC) < 4Missing Patient Register < 14Veterans Identification Card (VIC/PICS) doc:Decision Support System (DSS) Extracts doc:Hospital Inquiry (HINQ) < 4Occurrence Screen doc:Voluntary Service System (VSS) doc:Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) Grouper doc:ICD-9-CM