VistA Administration

This page is focused on the efforts that must be made to administer a VistA system, not topics related to the Veterans Affairs Department (which used to be called the Veterans Administration).

Planning

One aspect that must be taken into account is the Operating System that is used to support the VistA system. Examples include VMS, Linux, and Microsoft Windows.

• Why Consider Ubuntu

Installing VistA

There have been some slide shows presented at VistA Community Meetings about the process of installing a VistA system at a particular site. Here are some relevant links:

Jack Shaffer and Matt King MD at 16th VistA Community Meeting, Jan. 10-13, 2008, Midland, Texas

File:Revolution.ppt

Setup VistA

Intracare Implementation Log

Restoring VistA

Your system either has already crashed or it will eventually.

Restoring a VistA installation