VistA continues to be promoted as a foundation element in the National Healthcare Information Infrastructure. A recent public announcement from the Veterans Administration regarding the potential utilization of VistA as a means to establish a ubiquitous electronic health record will be of interest to the OpenVista Community. In addition, OpenVista 2.5 will soon be available to the community. Editor’s Note: OpenVistA is VistA with no proprietary elements needed to run it.