[needs-packaging] OpenEMR

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URL:
www.oemr.org
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/
http://directory.fsf.org/project/openemr/

Description:
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. Medical claim and accounts receivable are accomplished through SQL-Ledger, which has been customized. Calendar features include categories for appointment types, colors associated with appointment types, repeating appointments, and the ability to restrict appointments based on type. There are customizable medical encounter forms, support for voice recognition software, electronic or scanned digital document management for records, and support for HL7 messages.
The community is dedicated to guarding OpenEMR's status as a free, open source software solution for medical practices. Its members are comprised of software developers, as well as physicians and those with extensive medical and billing knowledge, all with the common goal of making OpenEMR a viable alternative to its proprietary counterparts.

Our mission - Built on a tradition of continuously sharing, changing and improving, the OpenEMR community strives to work together to create a high-quality electronic medical record and practice management system. Through open collaboration, the community is molding a stable, yet continuously improving product, thanks to the efforts of developers across the globe, brought together by their tenacity and the connectivity of the Internet.
OpenEMR is one of the most popular free electronic medical records in use today. SourceForge has recorded over 34,626 downloads to date. In fact Brady Miller's Virtual Appliance and the PennFirm version are all versions of OpenEMR.

OpenEMR is one of the most versatile electronic medical records and operates in Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS X and MS Windows.

OpenEMR enjoys some of the broadest user support and developer support. Currently there are practitioners in the United States, Puerto Rico, Australia, Sweden, Holland, Israel, India, Malaysia, Nepal, and Kenya that are either testing or actively using OpenEMR for use as a free electronic medical records program. The development group has professional developers, security specialists, and physicians involved in the development process. Open Source Medical Software is a not-for-profit company that supports OpenEMR and its development.

Please e-mail me at drbowen at charter dot net. if you have questions or problems with the site.
Sam Bowen, MD
www.oemr.org

License: GNU GPL