I am happy to mention that Medsphere has received certification for their OpenVistA EHR system. As far as I know, this is the only meaningful use certification for Open Source software, for the in-patient setting. All of the other certifications that I have mentioned so far have been ambulatory. Congratulations to the Medsphere team. This […]
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HIMSS day1: Medsphere
This is the first article I am writing from HIMSS09. I am here on a press pass provided by LinuxMedNews. I am focusing on FOSS here at HIMSS. I am, by tribal law, required to make a certain amount of Star Wars analogies when blogging and I recently categorized HIMSS as “the empire” with regards […]
Medsphere wins big Indian Health contract
Medsphere just announced that they have won a contract with Indian Health Services for a 5-year and 9.7 million. With deals like that, maybe they do not even need further financing. -FT […]
Medsphere Layoffs
I have been hearing rumors that Medsphere has been laying people off. A few days ago, the rumors bubbled to Histalk, which they always do eventually. This is a big problem. The main advantage that Medsphere has over its number one competitor, ClearHealth Inc, was its capitalization. The idea of a funded open source medical […]
Meeting Mike Doyle
Apparently, the people at Medsphere still read my posts. Mike Doyle noticed my comment that I had not meet him in my last post, and he made an appointment to have a phone call with me. I just got off the phone with him and… I was impressed. He seemed willing to reach out to […]
Medsphere advocates for the community. Bravo!!
I have been impressed lately with “the new team” at Medsphere. I have interacted with COO Rick Jung and CMO Dr. Edmund Billings. (I am disappointed that Mike Doyle and I have not met, but he is respected by some whom I respect.) I am happy to see that Medsphere has finally taken a stand […]
Medsphere so far
Medsphere could have been the “RedHat of Medical IT” that our community desperately needs. Instead they are the “Enron of Medical IT”. For those that are not aware, Medsphere sued their own founders, Scott Shreeve and Steve Shreeve for $50 Million Dollars. As it turns out evidence that at least some of Medsphere’s claims were […]