WELCOME!
VISTA Expo and Symposium is an annual conference for VISTA vendors, customers, developers, instructors, and students. Just like last year, conference lodgings and events are all under one roof, but this year, that roof is conveniently close to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Join us for four days of insightful, thought-provoking discussion about VISTA and its future. VISTA Expo and Symposium is sponsored by:
News
February 14, 2012
Announcing the 2012 VISTA Expo and Symposium!
This year’s VISTA Expo and Symposium will be held September 11-14 at the Seattle Airport Marriott. Specific details, including programming tracks and keynote speakers, are still to be determined; however, we do have some preliminary pricing information.
Full event memberships will be $495, the same price as last year. This year, however, we will be offering a pre-registration discount rate of $395 for anyone who signs up before July 4, 2012. The hotel is offering its Government rate of $137 (plus applicable taxes) to all attendees, and, as with last year, the price includes in-room high-speed wireless Internet access.
Although the facility is different from last year’s, we are working with many of the same excellent Marriott staff to give our attendees a comparable experience. Convention registration will be available on our website soon, and we will link to hotel reservations when the hotel is ready to accept them.
Further details will be announced as our plans become finalized. We hope to see you in September!
January 31, 2012
We've added a new page of links to Interviews that were conducted during the expo, by Alesha Adamson and Tom Munnecke, of the attendees experiences with VISTA.
Januray 17, 2012
Another batch of synopses of presentations from the expo by Dr. Rob Tweed, George Lilly, along with Robert Wentz and Denise LeFevre from Oroville Hospital, have been posted on our Synopses page.
January 5, 2012
New synopses of presentations from the expo by Rick Marshall, Luis Ibañez, and Chris Richardson are now available on our Synopses page.
December 21, 2011
For anyone interested in ordering any of our book releases that were offered during the Expo, we encourage you to visit our MUMPS Books page of the VISTA Expertise Network website.
December 14, 2011
Here are a few links to articles referencing the VISTA Expo:
23 November 2011: EWD turns VISTA into the EHR to watch in US Healthcare, by Rob Tweed
Oroville VISTA Implementation Raises the Bar, by Roger Maduro
The Oroville VISTA success story, by Tom Munnecke
VISTA Expertise Network Key Takeaways, by Matthew McCall
November 21, 2011
Thank you to all the attendees and presenters that helped make the VISTA Expo a success! We will be posting our synopses on selected presentations from the Expo here soon.
Let us know what you thought about the conference by contacting our event planner, Susan Mohn, or our offices at VISTA Expertise Network. If you have any pictures from the Expo you would like to share with us, and possibly have posted, please send them to our webmaster, Duglas Kilbride. We look forward to seeing you again next year!
November 20, 2011
There is schedule change for today. The EWD Demonstration with Dr. Rob Tweed in Salon 3 at 3:30 has been moved to Salon 1 at 4:15. (The revision has been noted on the Schedule page.)
November 18, 2011
The newest title from MUMPS Books, Getting Started in VISTA, is just back from the printer. Stop by the registration desk and check it out!
November 17, 2011
Welcome to all the guests of the VISTA Expo! A daily update of announcements will be available at our registration desk every morning before breakfast. Synopsis of selected events will be available on this website after the conference.
November 14, 2011
Our event schedule of presenters and instructors for the VISTA Expo has crystallized. It should be a full and exciting four days!
November 7, 2011
Starting today, the remaining available hotel rooms at our conference rate must be purchased through our event planner, Sue Mohn. She can be reached by email at susan.mohn@vistaexpertise.net.
November 1, 2011
As of today there are less than ten rooms left available at our reduced conference rate. Check with our hotel page soon in order to reserve yours!
October 27, 2011
More sponsor news! Oroville Hospital will be sponsoring imprinted notebooks for all attendees of the VISTA Expo and Symposium.
In other news, we’re adding events and information to our schedule page several times a week, so don’t forget to stop by and take a look!
October 21, 2011
A big “thank you” to those of you who reported the issue with our hotel reservation code. The code has now been fixed, and the reservation link on our hotel page now works the way it should. Be sure to make your reservations soon; VISTA Expo and Symposium is less than a month away!
October 20, 2011
Tom Munnecke has announced the topic of his keynote address. Mr. Munnecke will be speaking on “Toasters, Cats, and Bureaucrats,” an analysis of the core issues in modern medical information systems. See our schedule page for more details.
October 14, 2011
We have confirmed with OSEHRA, the new open-source Custodial Agent for VISTA, that they will be attending the VISTA Expo and Symposium. Keep an eye on our schedule page for OSEHRA-related events.
October 13, 2011
More sponsor news! Fidelity Information Services, makers of GT.M, have agreed to sponsor stainless steel travel mugs for all attendees to the VISTA Expo & Symposium!
October 7, 2011
Two seminars have been confirmed for VISTA Expo and Symposium. We will have a workshop for GT.M system administrators, and an introduction to MUMPS for programmers. Keep an eye on our Schedule page for further updates.
October 6, 2011
The schedule for the VISTA Expo and Symposium is beginning to solidify. On Thursday (November 17), we will have a session to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the existing public licenses as possible models for an open-source VISTA license. On Sunday (November 20), we will revisit the topic, with the intent of producing a final recommendation.
October 5, 2011
Our third keynote speaker is confirmed! Phillip Longman of the New America Foundation, author of The Best Care Anywhere, will be giving the Sunday keynote address at the VISTA Expo and Symposium.
September 30, 2011
We are pleased to announce that Fourth Watch Software has agreed to be a sponsor for VISTA Expo and Symposium. They will be supplying lanyards and badge holders for all attendees.
September 29, 2011
WorldVistA has confirmed that they will be attending VISTA Expo and Symposium. They will have a table in the pre-function area for meeting and greeting those who would like to know more about WorldVistA.
September 9, 2011
Our first two keynote speakers are confirmed! We are pleased to announce that Rob Tweed and Tom Munnecke have agreed to give keynote addresses at VISTA Expo and Symposium.
