OpenEMR

Submitted by schmuhl on Sat, 2010/02/20 - 23:59
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OpenEMR is a free medical practice management, electronic medical records, prescription writing, and medical billing application. These programs are also referred to as electronic health records. OpenEMR is licensed under the General Gnu Public License (General GPL). It is a free open source replacement for medical applications such as Medical Manager, Health Pro, and Misys. It features support for EDI billing to clearing houses such as MedAvant and ZirMED using ANSI X12.

It is Meaningful Use (Certified HIT Product) certified by the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).

Homepage: 
http://www.oemr.org/
Screenshots: 
http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=60081
Files: 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/files/
Support: 
http://www.openmedsoftware.org/
Professional service provider: 
EHR Live
Medical Information Integration, LLC
Medical Integration Squared (MI²)
MediGrail LLC
MMF Systems, Inc.
Open Health IT, LLC
Skysoft Inc.
More information: 
http://www.openmedsoftware.org/wiki/OpenEMR_Commercial_Help
http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20100306075027831/OpenEMR.html
Related event(s): 
O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) 2010
Publication(s): 
A Qualitative Study of Open Source Software Development: The Open EMR Project
Evaluating access control of open source electronic health record systems
Functionalities of free and open electronic health record systems.
Report on existing open-source electronic medical records
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Christoph (not verified)

Thu, 2010/03/11 - 14:30

facts:
- written in PHP (-> need a webserver with PHP module)
- used mySQL (-> need this)
- tested version: 3.2.0

positive:
- multilingual; new translations very simple to add (but extensive)
- expansive and energetic community; a lot of manuals
- regular updates (average six months)
- very simple and fast installation and configuration (PHP setup menu managed)
- the decision to use mySQL was the best

negative:
- the very old and primitive design
- the navigation is confusing and need practice

My sole point of criticism is the visual appearance, if this would rebuild the application will become nearly the best.

Sebastian Hilbert (not verified)

Fri, 2010/03/26 - 09:17

Hi,

They really should have used PostgreSQL instead. This is a personal opinion but can be elaborated on.

Chris (not verified)

Fri, 2010/12/31 - 18:22

As a lot of people have realized, OpenEMR's interface looks like something that came out of a 60's time capsule. A company, EHR Live, has updated the interface to provide a more visually appealing interface that makes OpenEMR marketable in today's marketplace.

This new interface could change the immediate perception of the program and bring OpenEMR into the same arena as other big time proprietary software vendors with nicely done interfaces. The feature set of OpenEMR has been always fair, but you can't sell a diamond if it looks like a piece of coal.

A Different View (not verified)

Thu, 2011/02/17 - 09:57

The new interface could change the immediate perception of the program and bring OpenEMR into the same arena as other big time proprietary software vendors with nicely done interfaces. The feature set of OpenEMR has been always fair, but you can't sell a diamond if it looks like a piece of coal.

Regards,
A Different View

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