OpenEMR

The following is an abstract of the presentation to be given by Dr. Sam Bowen at the Geneva 2012 'Libre Software' Conference on July 11, 2012.

OpenEMR is a state-of-the-art electronic health record that has been fully translated into English (American, Indian), Danish, Dutch, French, Greek, Portuguese (Brazilian, European), Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. The system has been certified for “Meaningful Use” in the United States, has been adopted for international use by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and by the Peace Corp. Read More »

In a presentation entitled, “Moving to EMR; it’s not a matter of IF”, 'HealthIT Kenya', an innovative provider of Healthcare Information Technology (HealthIT) solutions in the African region, presented OpenEMR to members of the Kenya Medical Association during the association’s end-of-year symposium held on 9th December, 2012 in Mombasa Kenya. Read More »

Throughout both Hurricane Maria's initial impact and the rebuilding efforts, Puerto Rico has suffered tremendous infrastructure damage leaving the majority of the islands some 3.4 million people without power, water, communications, and internet access. Despite these challenges, OpenEMR would prove to be vital at multiple healthcare facilities as the island begins the process of rebuilding. During and immediately following the hurricane's devastating wind and rain, the following healthcare providers noted OpenEMR as an essential tool in receiving and assisting a large volume of patients...

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Handling an influx of sick patients can be challenging at any time, but today with the Coronavirus pandemic, it becomes even more crucial to have procedures in place to manage crowded areas and maintain social distancing. To meet the increasing demands of technology for Health Clinics, Urgent Care and Private Practice, HealthTech has launched new solutions that streamline e-Prescribing and Patient Scheduling, increasing the efficiency of the way patients and healthcare providers connect.

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The OpenEMR project participated in the recently completed Google Summer of Code 2020. Google Summer of Code is an international program by Google which sponsors and pairs open-source organizations with students to work on software development projects. Selected students are sponsored by Google to work on an open-source project for three months. For OpenEMR, Google Summer of Code was a resounding success and the OpenEMR community could not be prouder of the participating student's achievements. OpenEMR is appreciative of the 20 mentors who contributed their time and expertise. One of the core OpenEMR mentors, Tyler Wrenn, stated, "Google Summer of Code was a great experience for mentors, students, and OpenEMR, and I look very forward to doing it again next year."

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Senior contributors and leaders from OpenMRS & OpenEMR, the two leading open source Health IT platforms, have announced the formation of LibreHealth, a new initiative to expand on many years of work by those communities’ volunteers through increased focused on needs of its users in critical areas. After many years of growth under the sponsorship of organizations OEMR & OpenMRS Inc., key members of the two communities have joined forces to launch a successor free & open source software community to fulfill their vision of improved health outcomes around the world.

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ZH Healthcare is announcing a new cloud based service which delivers Health IT as a configurable solution. HITaaS manages all aspects of infrastructure, security, runtime, middleware, OS, virtualization, Servers, storage, contracts, and interfaces. Among its components are fully built software modules that can be customized without coding. Key advantages of HITaaS are...

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