Psychiatric Hospital in Connecticut Implementing Open Source Health System

Silver Hill Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Connecticut, has just signed a five-year contract with MedSphere for the implementation of the software OpenVista. Because of the success of the implementation of OpenVista with the VA, it is being used as a model for this Connecticut hospital's implementation. If the implementation of OpenVista is successful, then this could mark a major turning point for open source health systems. A more mainstream, non-government health provider is taking the steps forward to acknowledge and adopt open source, which symbolizes a change in the landscape for health systems. It will not be simply proprietary systems are the best and only option. Open source systems will come to compete on the same playing field as proprietary systems.