ToWhomitMayConcern: TheHPOpenCommunitySubmissionteamispleasedtomakeavailableVAOSEHRAScheduling(VOS)solutionasthis [Link],licensing,build, etc.Thiswasproducedaspartofthe2013AmericaCompetesActVASchedulingChallenge,seekingtoproducean opensourcemedicalschedulingapplication. Thissubmissionprimarilyfocusedondevelopinganarchitecturalproofofconcept,illustratingkeydesigncomponents thatthecommunityfeltwereessentialconsiderationpointstothelongtermsuccessofanenterprisescalescheduling [Link],andisnotintendedforuseasisinpatientcareor deployedsettings.
Theprototypeimplementedthefollowingkeydesign/processelements: Developmentprocessesusingagileiterativemethodologyinanopencommunitymeritocracy Leverageuseofaserviceorientedarchitecture,withacoreschedulingservicecomponent WritebackcapabilityintolegacyVistAofscheduledevents Useofabusinessrulesengineandworkfloworchestration Supportforavailable,openindustrystandards(includingCalDAV) Anopenarchitecture,maximizeduseofopensourcecomponents,anduseofopenstandards(e.g.,CalDAV)
ThosethatarefamiliarwiththeVASchedulingChallengewillnotethatnotallofthecalledforfunctionshavebeen [Link] someofthedirectbusinessfunctions,whichwereplannedtobeimplementedinsubsequentiterations. CodeauthoredaspartofthissubmissionisbeingmadeavailableunderApache2licensing(detailsofwhichareavailable inthetechnicaldocumentation),andtothebestofourknowledgetherearenoconstraintsorprohibitionsontheuseof [Link][opensource]offtheshelfcomponentsthathave [Link] componentseitherlicensedasApache2orcomplementarytoApache2. Finally,thiscontributionisbeingmadebytheentiretyofthecommunitycitedabove,withoutwhomthisproductwould [Link].