Why not just install the VHA CPRS system?
There are many similarities between RPMS and the VA’s VistA system. Many RPMS applications originated in VHA and have been adapted for use in IHS. However, much of RPMS was developed specifically for the Indian health care system. In particular, the Patient Care Component (PCC) is the core data repository for encounter data in IHS, and there is no analogous feature in VistA. Because the underlying database is so different, the VA’s graphical user interface (CPRS) is not compatible with RPMS. The current EHR interface, which runs on the VueCentric Framework application, has been specifically configured for RPMS, and many components were written just for our system. It has been, and continues to be, designed to facilitate care in the IHS/Tribal environment and to capture data that we need for our national reporting (GPRA, suicide, etc.), which is different than that needed in the VA.
