OpenEMR Community News
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OpenEMR v.4.1.2 - Planned Release
OpenEMR is finalizing plans for the upcoming release of version 4.1.2 of their award winning electronic medical record (EMR) software solution by September 2013. It has been estimated that there are more than 5,000 installations of OpenEMR in physician offices and other small healthcare facilities across the U.S. serving more than 30 million patients. Read More »
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Siaya District Hospital in Kenya Goes Live With OpenEMR
The Siaya District Hospital in Kenya has just implemented the 'open source' electronic medical record (EMR) system called OpenEMR with the help of Medigrail, a small privately held California-based health information technology (IT) company. According to a recent update posted on the OpenEMR wiki, an implementation team composed of Medigrail and Siaya District Hospital staff worked closely together on this project for over six months to ensure its success. Initial installation of the computer servers, network technology, and the OpenEMR software system began back in late 2011. The system finally went live in early April 2012.
The Growing OpenEMR Business Community
The OpenEMR community has been very active over this past year. This 'open source' electronic medical record (EMR) system continues to be enhanced by developers around the globe, the number of healthcare providers that have installed and begun using the system (over 15,000 sites world-wide) continues to grow, and a fairly robust business community of companies offering services and support is now in place. Read More »
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U.S. Peace Corps Adopts OpenEMR for use in 77 Countries World-wide
The U.S. Peace Corps recently awarded a five-year contract to EnSoftek to implement OpenEMR in its field offices around the world. OpenEMR is one of the most widely implemented electronic medical record (EMR) systems in the world with more than 15,000 installs around the globe and translations into 19 languages. The total solution will also includes Dynamics CRM, SharePoint, BizTalk, SQL Server, and other software applications and will be known collectively as PCMEDICS. Read More »
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POSSCON 2012: Overview of the OpenEMR Project
POSSCON 2012 starts tomorrow. If you get the chance to attend the Palmetto Open Source Software Conference (POSSCON 2012) this month in Columbia, SC, make sure you see the presentation on OpenEMR by Dr. Sam Bowen, President, Open Source Medical Software. Read More »