Joseph Conn has This article on why the release of CCHIT-certified WorldVistA EHR has been delayed: “The delay can be attributed in large measure to unique legal and business considerations that arose by virtue of certification as an open-source software product, according to Joseph Dal Molin, interim president and vice president of business development for WorldVistA. “The main thing that has been the stumbling block for us is translating the (24-page) CCHIT agreement into an end-user agreement,” Dal Molin said in a telephone interview. “We need to maintain certification in an open-source world. As bizarre as it may seem, we didn’t anticipate that as part of the (development) effort.”