Hui 7
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The Hui 7 were a team assembled and funded by The Pacific Telehealth & Technology Hui (PTTH) to convert the Veterans Administration
's VistA
electronic medical record
to a platform suitable for private use. PTTH obtained the VistA software package through a Freedom Of Information Act request.
The Hui 7 were: Project Manager, David Whitten; Senior Engineer, Brian Lord; Kernel Developer, Rick Marshall; Engineers, Steve Shreeve, George Welch, and Chris Richardson; and Documentation, Dee Knapp.
Steve Shreeve went on to become the Founding CEO and a Director for Medsphere Systems Corporation. In 2006, Shreeve and his brother Scott Shreeve entered into a dispute with MedSphere over the company's refusal to release its electronic medical record to the Open Source
community. The company filed suit against the Shreeve brothers, but the parties have resolved the issue.
Brian Lord started a company in 2004, called Sequence Managers Software, which produces and markets an Open Source electronic medical record system built around the VA's VistA system.
The six members of the Hui 7 (excluding Steve Shreeve) still actively work together on various projects.
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is the United States government’s second largest department, after the United States Department of Defense...
's VistA
VistA
The Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture is an enterprise-wide information system built around an Electronic Health Record , used throughout the United States Department of Veterans Affairs medical system, known as the Veterans Health Administration .It's a collection...
electronic medical record
Electronic medical record
An electronic medical record is a computerized medical record created in an organization that delivers care, such as a hospital or physician's office...
to a platform suitable for private use. PTTH obtained the VistA software package through a Freedom Of Information Act request.
The Hui 7 were: Project Manager, David Whitten; Senior Engineer, Brian Lord; Kernel Developer, Rick Marshall; Engineers, Steve Shreeve, George Welch, and Chris Richardson; and Documentation, Dee Knapp.
Steve Shreeve went on to become the Founding CEO and a Director for Medsphere Systems Corporation. In 2006, Shreeve and his brother Scott Shreeve entered into a dispute with MedSphere over the company's refusal to release its electronic medical record to the Open Source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
community. The company filed suit against the Shreeve brothers, but the parties have resolved the issue.
Brian Lord started a company in 2004, called Sequence Managers Software, which produces and markets an Open Source electronic medical record system built around the VA's VistA system.
The six members of the Hui 7 (excluding Steve Shreeve) still actively work together on various projects.