2025-10-13T11:57:05-04:00 2024-12-31 411227298 CUMMINGS KEEGAN & CO PLLP 600 HIGHWAY 169 S STE 1400 SAINT LOUIS PARK MN 554261218 990EZ 2024-01-01 710874574 WORLDVISTA C/O WAYNE KANIEWSKI WORL 1201 YALE PL 710 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403 WAYNE KANIEWSKI TREASURER 2025-08-04 false JENNIFER GOSTOVIC P01232821 9523452500 2025-08-04 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X WWW.WORLDVISTA.ORG X X 18 X 18 18 715 6456 7171 -7153 220067 212914 X 220067 213629 220067 213629 715 220067 212914 X WORLDVISTA'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE WORLDWIDE BY MAKING MEDICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BETTER AND UNIVERSALLY AFFORDABLE. 1. WORLDVISTA CONTINUED TO PROVIDE A MEANINGFUL USE CERTIFIED, SLIGHTLY MODIFIED VERSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OPEN SOURCE ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM, VISTA CALLED WORLDVISTA EHR. IT IS SUITABLE FOR USE OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND IS PROVIDED FOR DOWNLOAD ENTIRELY FREE OF CHARGE WITH INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS. THIS ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD HAS AN OPEN SOURCE LICENSE AND IS MAINTAINED, UPDATED AND IMPROVED BY WORLDVISTA AND ITS VOLUNTEERS. WORLDVISTA EHR IS USED IN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING IN THE US, INDIA AND JORDAN AND IS GENERALLY USED IN PLACES WITH LIMITED RESOURCES THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO IMPLEMENT THE FOR PROFIT EHRS (SUCH AS CERNER AND EPIC) YET OFFERS THEM AS MUCH IF NOT MORE THAN THE FOR-PROFIT SYSTEMS IN CAPABILITY. 2. WORLDVISTA HOSTS AT LEAST TWO SUPPORT CONFERENCE CALLS A WEEK THAT ARE DEVOTED TO HELPING THOSE USING OR SUPPORTING WORLDVISTA EHR OR TO SOLVING PROBLEMS OR IMPROVING WORLDVISTA EHR AND MAINTAINING ANOTHER SOFTWARE CALLED POPHEALTH. VOLUNTEERS ALSO WORK AS TIME PERMITS PROVIDING THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF WORK TOWARD HELPING TO MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE VISTA, WORLDVISTA EHR AND OTHER OPEN SOURCE HEALTH RELATED PROJECTS. 3. WORLDVISTA HOSTS A CONFERENCE EACH YEAR AT LEAST ONCE. THESE WERE CHANGED TO BEING VIRTUAL WITH THE COVID PANDEMIC AND HAVE CONTINUED AS VIRTUAL SINCE THEN. THESE CONFERENCES BRING TOGETHER ANYONE WITH AN INTEREST IN VISTA AND MEDICAL RELATED OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE, WHICH INCLUDES GOVERNMENT, ADOPTERS, USERS, ACADEMICIANS, DEVELOPERS, IMPLEMENTERS AND VOLUNTEERS OF ALL INTERESTS TO DISCUSS ADVANCES AND IDEAS AND ONGOING ACTIVITIES AND TRAINING FOR THE USE OF MAINLY VISTA, NOT JUST WORLDVISTA EHR. THESE CONFERENCES ARE THREE DAYS LONG. THE 42ND WORLD VISTA COMMUNITY CONFERENCES WAS HELD SEPTEMBER 13-15, 2024. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND SLIDE ARE RECORDED AND SLIDES POSTED ON THE WORLDVISTA.ORG WEB SITE. 4. VISTA IS USED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES IN MANY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE US. THE OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH IT FUNDED A PROJECT TO DEVELOP LESSON PLANS AND TO ADAPT VISTA AS PROVIDED BY THE VA FOR USE IN COURSES TO TRAIN PEOPLE TO USE AND SUPPORT ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS. THREE UNIVERSITIES RECEIVED GRANTS. WORLDVISTA AND ITS VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FREE OF CHARGE TO SUPPORT THAT USE, IN PARTICULAR, ALSO PORTED THE VERSION OF VISTA THAT THEY WERE USING TO AN ALL-OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE STACK OF SOFTWARE CONSISTING OF VISTA, GT.M OR YOTTADB AND LINUX SO THAT IT CAN BE FREELY DOWNLOADED AND DISTRIBUTED. THE WEBSITE HTTPS://VISTAPEDIA.COM, HTTPS://FOIAVISTA.WORLDVISTA.ORG AND HTTPS://VIVIAN.WORLDVISTA.ORG ARE ALSO MAINTAINED BY VOLUNTEERS. 5. WORLDVISTA'S VOLUNTEERS HELP MAINTAIN OR PROVIDE VARIOUS SOFTWARE PROJECTS THAT CAN BE FOUND ON GITHUB AT HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/WORLDVISTA/ AND DOCKERHUB AT HTTPS://HUB.DOCKER.COM/U/WORLDVISTA/ AND SOURCEFORGE AT HTTPS://SOURCEFORGE.NET/PROJECTS/WORLDVISTA-EHR/FILES/. THERE ARE ALSO RELATED PROJECTS DONE BY VOLUNTEERS SUCH AS HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/GIT-USER-A/FMVIEW, HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/GIT-USER-A/RPCVIEW, HTTPS://TRAC.OPENSOURCEVISTA.NET 6431 6431 NANCY ANTHRACITE PRESIDENT AN 12.00 0 MEDELINE BARBER DAL MOLIN SECRETARY 0.50 0 JOSEPH DAL MOLIN CHAIRMAN, VI 5.00 0 FERAS KAMAL DIRECTOR 0.50 0 WAYNE KANIEWSKI TREASURER 2.00 0 BRIAN LORD DIRECTOR 0.50 0 DAVID WHITTEN DIRECTOR, CT 12.00 0 GEORGE LILLY VICE PRESIDE 5.00 0 MAURY PEPPER VP OF STRATE 0.50 0 CHRIS RICHARDSON VICE PRESIDE 5.00 0 COLIN SMITH VP OF SPECIA 0.50 0 false false false false false false false false false CA WAYNE KANIEWSKI 1201 YALE PL APT 710 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403 9522709468 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 100 100 65 18 33 15 18 149 165 18 33 15 18 249 249 165 18 33 15 18 249 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 X FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES MEMBERSHIP FEE 1,545 REGISTRATION FEE 25 SOFTWARE 2,886 DEVELOPMENT 2,000 TOTAL 6,456 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 CREDIT CARD 0 715 FORM 990-EZ, PART III WORLDVISTA'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE WORLDWIDE BY MAKING MEDICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BETTER AND UNIVERSALLY AFFORDABLE. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 1. WORLDVISTA CONTINUED TO PROVIDE A MEANINGFUL USE CERTIFIED, SLIGHTLY MODIFIED VERSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OPEN SOURCE ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM, VISTA CALLED WORLDVISTA EHR. IT IS SUITABLE FOR USE OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND IS PROVIDED FOR DOWNLOAD ENTIRELY FREE OF CHARGE WITH INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS. THIS ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD HAS AN OPEN SOURCE LICENSE AND IS MAINTAINED, UPDATED AND IMPROVED BY WORLDVISTA AND ITS VOLUNTEERS. WORLDVISTA EHR IS USED IN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING IN THE US, INDIA AND JORDAN AND IS GENERALLY USED IN PLACES WITH LIMITED RESOURCES THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO IMPLEMENT THE FOR PROFIT EHRS (SUCH AS CERNER AND EPIC) YET OFFERS THEM AS MUCH IF NOT MORE THAN THE FOR-PROFIT SYSTEMS IN CAPABILITY. 2. WORLDVISTA HOSTS AT LEAST TWO SUPPORT CONFERENCE CALLS A WEEK THAT ARE DEVOTED TO HELPING THOSE USING OR SUPPORTING WORLDVISTA EHR OR TO SOLVING PROBLEMS OR IMPROVING WORLDVISTA EHR AND MAINTAINING ANOTHER SOFTWARE CALLED POPHEALTH. VOLUNTEERS ALSO WORK AS TIME PERMITS PROVIDING THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF WORK TOWARD HELPING TO MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE VISTA, WORLDVISTA EHR AND OTHER OPEN SOURCE HEALTH RELATED PROJECTS. 3. WORLDVISTA HOSTS A CONFERENCE EACH YEAR AT LEAST ONCE. THESE WERE CHANGED TO BEING VIRTUAL WITH THE COVID PANDEMIC AND HAVE CONTINUED AS VIRTUAL SINCE THEN. THESE CONFERENCES BRING TOGETHER ANYONE WITH AN INTEREST IN VISTA AND MEDICAL RELATED OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE, WHICH INCLUDES GOVERNMENT, ADOPTERS, USERS, ACADEMICIANS, DEVELOPERS, IMPLEMENTERS AND VOLUNTEERS OF ALL INTERESTS TO DISCUSS ADVANCES AND IDEAS AND ONGOING ACTIVITIES AND TRAINING FOR THE USE OF MAINLY VISTA, NOT JUST WORLDVISTA EHR. THESE CONFERENCES ARE THREE DAYS LONG. THE 42ND WORLD VISTA COMMUNITY CONFERENCES WAS HELD SEPTEMBER 13-15, 2024. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND SLIDE ARE RECORDED AND SLIDES POSTED ON THE WORLDVISTA.ORG WEB SITE. 4. VISTA IS USED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES IN MANY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE US. THE OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH IT FUNDED A PROJECT TO DEVELOP LESSON PLANS AND TO ADAPT VISTA AS PROVIDED BY THE VA FOR USE IN COURSES TO TRAIN PEOPLE TO USE AND SUPPORT ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS. THREE UNIVERSITIES RECEIVED GRANTS. WORLDVISTA AND ITS VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FREE OF CHARGE TO SUPPORT THAT USE, IN PARTICULAR, ALSO PORTED THE VERSION OF VISTA THAT THEY WERE USING TO AN ALL-OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE STACK OF SOFTWARE CONSISTING OF VISTA, GT.M OR YOTTADB AND LINUX SO THAT IT CAN BE FREELY DOWNLOADED AND DISTRIBUTED. THE WEBSITE HTTPS://VISTAPEDIA.COM, HTTPS://FOIAVISTA.WORLDVISTA.ORG AND HTTPS://VIVIAN.WORLDVISTA.ORG ARE ALSO MAINTAINED BY VOLUNTEERS. 5. WORLDVISTA'S VOLUNTEERS HELP MAINTAIN OR PROVIDE VARIOUS SOFTWARE PROJECTS THAT CAN BE FOUND ON GITHUB AT HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/WORLDVISTA/ AND DOCKERHUB AT HTTPS://HUB.DOCKER.COM/U/WORLDVISTA/ AND SOURCEFORGE AT HTTPS://SOURCEFORGE.NET/PROJECTS/WORLDVISTA-EHR/FILES/. THERE ARE ALSO RELATED PROJECTS DONE BY VOLUNTEERS SUCH AS HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/GIT-USER-A/FMVIEW, HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/GIT-USER-A/RPCVIEW, HTTPS://TRAC.OPENSOURCEVISTA.NET