Rick Marshall Vista Expo 2011
Channel: Tom Munnecke
Date: 22/01/2012

Oral history interview with Rick Marshall, founder of the VistA Expertise Network, at the VistA Expo 2011 in Seattle Washington, Nov 19, 2011.  Rick talks about the second generation of VistA programmers rediscovering the original software architecture, the role of open source technology, and the value of open, collaborative approaches.  

He brings up an important point about the of the need for open source software in the application of evidence-based medicine.  If clinical information is going to be used as the foundation for evidenced-based medicine, it must be traceable and not subject to proprietary or "black box" manipulation without the possibility for open analysis.