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Revision as of 13:33, 15 August 2009
As a new user and proponent of the WorldVistA Electronic Health Record, I will document on this page my personal experience using the software on a test system in my home.
How I became interested:
I suppose I am like the majority of people, I have always been in good health, had medical insurance and had very limited contact with the Health Care System, yet assumed I knew "how it all worked" if I did need to use it.
A recent health issue left me reeling with disbelief with regard to the lack of patient health information being readily available to the very health care providers who needed it. Every visit to a hospital, doctor, or clinic
