OpenEMR

OpenEMR is an open source, operating system independent and web-based application written in the PHP server-side programming language and designed to be used as a medical practice management, prescription writing, medical billing, and electronic medical records management application.

Features at a glance

Designed as an open source replacement for commercial medical applications like Medical Manager, Misys and Health Pro, OpenEMR is ONC Complete Ambulatory EHR certified, and features patient demographics, patient scheduling, prescriptions, clinical decision rules, patient portal, reports, security, multi-language support, and a vibrant community.

The OpenEMR project also features support for EDI billing, full-featured calendar with repeating appointments, customizable medical encounter forms, support for HL7 messages, and support for Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

Getting started with OpenEMR

While the application is distributed as native installers for the Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows operating systems, on GNU/Linux systems it is available for download as a universal source tarball in the TAR.GZ format and a native installer for Ubuntu/Debian-based distributions.

The latest stable version of OpenEMR can always be downloaded from Softoware, so make sure that you add the project to your watchlist or bookmark it if you want to stay informed about recent versions.

The tarball includes all the file that you need to get started with OpenEMR and deploy the application on top of your web server, locally or remotely. Therefore, if you use a distribution of Linux that’s not based on the DEB package management system, you must download the TAR archive, save it on your computer, unpack it, open a FTP client and upload all the files to your web server, into a directory.

What is new in this release:

• Continues to have Official ONC Complete Ambulatory EHR Certification: [http://tinyurl.com/m6y3b2r]
• Interoperability Support with Electronic Transfer and Incorporation of Patient Records via Standardized Continuity of Care Records
• Send and Receive Medical Records via Direct Messaging
• Patients Can Send Their Records within Patient Portal via Direct Messaging
• Electronic Lab Ordering and Result Collection
• Merging of Duplicate Patient Records
• Searching of Patient Forms/Notes
• Lab Results in Patient Reports
• EDI Claim History Analysis Module
• Patient Reports Created in Multipage PDF
• Ability to Clear the Active Patient
• Extended SNOMED Support to Import US Extension Code Set and Non-English SNOMED Code Sets
• Extended SNOMED Support to Clinical Terms
• Expanded Options for Recurring Appointments
• Option to Show Configurable Number of Past Clinic Appointments on Patient Summary Screen
• CDR Engine Reporting Improvements
• Patient Portal (both onsite and offsite) Improvements
• Lab Module Improvements
• Immunization Module Improvements
• Fee Sheet Module Improvements
• Billing Module Improvements
• Patient Form Module Improvements
• Code Type Module Improvements
• Improved Configuration Options and Support for Adding Code Types/Sets
• Improvements to Date of Birth calculations, formatting and options
• Improved Configuration Options for Growth Charts
• Improved Configuration Support for Issues
• Improved Interface for Adding, Modifying and Configuring Codes
• Support for lb and ounces in vitals
• New Forms
• Support for Background Services and a Background Services Manager Interface
• Automated Installation Script Improvements
• Document Module Engine Improvements
• Upgraded Embedded PhpMyAdmin
• Session Management Improvements
• Numerous Security Fixes and Security Improvements
• Numerous Bug Fixes
• Supported in 20 languages

What is new in version 3.0.1:

• 8 new contributed forms from the mi-squared folks
• fixed some failures to enforce required fields
• added special treatment for medicare in sections 9 and 11 of paper claims
• fixed document embedding bug
• added sex and DOB to new patient form
• added option to skip authorizations of patient notes
• added security check to patient prescriptions
• fix for product lots with no expiration date entered
• some fixes for magic quotes and quote escaping
• several CAMOS fixes
• added link in demographics to create a new appointment
• added Check All and Clear All to patient report form
• added option to skip authorizations of patient notes

What is new in version 2.9.0:

• Electronic billing has been added to the OpenEMR code (FreeB is no longer needed).
• Dutch language support has been added.
• There are multiple upgrades and bugfixes.

Requirements:

• PHP