Software & Information Technology (IT)

Major 'open source' and public domain health information technologies (IT), software suites, and/or applications that have a vibrant support community composed of developers, users, vendors, etc.

See the following -

Mobile MIM

Mobile MIM is a remote diagnostic imaging tool for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. It is intended for use by medical professionals, not patients. This mobile health (mHealth) app is free to download and includes sample images to demonstrate its functionality. Read More »

Mobile Technology for Community Health (MOTECH)

Mobile Technology for Community Health (MOTECH) initiative is a collaboration between Grameen Foundation, Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and the Ghana Health Service. Read More »

MobileTopSoft Health Apps

MobileTopSoft maintains a comprehensive web site of free and low cost mobile health (mHealth) apps for consumers that run on various brands of smartphones. Go to MobileTopSoft.

Mood Tracker

T2 Mood Tracker is a free mobile app that allows users to monitor their moods on six pre-loaded scales - anxiety, stress, depression, brain injury, post-traumatic stress, general well-being. Custom scales can also be built. Users rate their moods by swiping a small bar to the left or to the right. The ratings are displayed on graphs to help users track their moods over time. Read More »

Mozilla & FireFox

The Mozilla 'open' development community has developed and released a wide range of high quality open source software products used by millions of users around the world. These products include the FireFox web browser, Thunderbird email system,  Lightning calendar & scheduling system, Sunbird and more.

MS HealthVault

MS HealthVault is a free, online personal health record (PHR) system offered by Microsoft for your use that also connects with a wealth of online health information and tools to help you manage your family's health. Read More »

My Family Health Portrait

My Family Health Portrait - This public domain web-based tool distributed by the U.S. Surgeon General's office helps users organize family history information, save it to their personal computer,  and then print it out for presentation to their family doctor.

My HealtheVet

My HealtheVet is the VA's Personal Health Record. It was designed for Veterans, active duty Servicemembers, their dependents and caregivers. My HealtheVet helps you partner with your health care team. It provides you opportunities and tools to make informed decisions. Read More »

MyOSCAR

MyOSCAR is an online, personal healthcare management tool originally launched in 2007. The MyOSCAR personal health record (PHR) facilitates sharing of patient information from the Open Source Clinical Applications & Resources (OSCAR) system. OSCAR is an 'open source' electronic health record (EHR) system developed in Canada. Read More »

MySQL

MySQL is an open source database management system (DBMS) that offers the full functionality of similar commercial products such as MS SQL, DB2, Oracle, etc.

National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS)

National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) is an Internet-based infrastructure for public health surveillance and data exchange developed and maintained by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Many states have used in-house resources to develop NEDSS compatible applications. Read More »

National Environmental Health Tracking Network

The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Tracking Network) is a system of integrated health, exposure, and hazard information and data from a variety of national, state, and city sources developed and maintained by the U.S. Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).

On the Environmental Tracking Network, you can view maps, tables, and charts with data about: Read More »

National Vital Statistics System

The National Vital Statistics System is the oldest and most successful example of inter-governmental data sharing in Public Health and the shared relationships, standards, and procedures form the mechanism by which NCHS collects and disseminates the Nation's official vital statistics. Read More »

NCBI Genome Workbench

NCBI Genome Workbench is an integrated application for viewing and analyzing sequence data. With Genome Workbench, you can view data in publically available sequence databases at NCBI, and mix this data with your own private data. Genome Workbench runs natively on Windows 2000/XP, Linux, MacOS X, and various flavors of Unix. Read More »

NeuroVR

NeuroVR is a cost-free virtual reality platform based on open-source software, that provides the clinical professional with a cost-free Virtual Reality (VR) editor to easily modify a virtual scene, to best suit the needs of the behavioural setting. Read More »