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Revision as of 19:09, 1 October 2011
The OpenEMR Documentation Wiki
Overview of OpenEMR
OpenEMR is a Free and Open Source electronic health records and medical practice management application. It is ONC Complete Ambulatory EHR Certified and it features fully integrated electronic health records, practice management, scheduling, electronic billing, internationalization, free support, a vibrant community, and a whole lot more. It can run on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and many other platforms.
- Official OpenEMR Website
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
- Have a question to ask?
- Ask at the Official OpenEMR Forums.
- Or try our IRC channel at #openemr
Complete Ambulatory EHR Certification
This Complete EHR is 2011/2012 compliant and has been certified by an ONC-ATCB in accordance with the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. This certification does not represent an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or guarantee the receipt of incentive payments.
- Information on how eligible provider should register can be found here:
- After being tested in the ICSA Labs ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 EHR Certification Program, OpenEMR 4.1 attained Complete Ambulatory EHR Certification on August 19th, 2011, satisfying the requirements for the following criteria per the ONC Approved Test Procedures v1.1:
- See this page for more details:
Commercial and Professional Support
The OpenEMR project has a large number of vendors and individuals who offer their services supporting, installing, hosting and customizing OpenEMR.
Commercial Help: Professional OpenEMR installation and support
Demos
Official Demos
- OpenEMR Version 4.1.0 Demo -- This demo is the current stable release of OpenEMR.
- OpenEMR Version 4.0.0 Demo -- This demo is the previous stable release of OpenEMR.
Development Demos
- OpenEMR Version 4.2.x Development Demo -- This demo is of the newest development version of OpenEMR, and may contain features known not to work yet.
- OpenEMR Version 4.1.x Development Demo -- This demo is of the current stable release of OpenEMR with latest patch applied (there is no sample data).
- OpenEMR Version 4.0.x Development Demo -- This demo is of the previous stable release of OpenEMR with latest patch applied (there is no sample data).
Downloads
- OpenEMR Downloads : Main OpenEMR download page.
- Patches : Patches for OpenEMR versions 4.1.0, 4.0.0, 3.2.0, and 3.1.0 .
- Contributed Forms : A place for sharing contributed forms.
Installation Manuals
Upgrade Manuals
User Manuals
Main
- 4.1 User Manual (Current stable release of OpenEMR)
- 4.0 User Manual
- OpenEMR 3.2 Users Guide in PDF
- OpenEMR 3.1 Users Guide in PDF
- OpenEMR 3.0 Users Guide in PDF
- 2.8.0 User Manual
Supplementary
- CAMOS module: CAMOS (Computer Aided Medical Ordering System) is, on the surface, just a fancy interface for organizing and choosing pieces of text to insert into a patient's chart. It is designed to be intuitive and easy to use. It can be turned on in OpenEMR via the admin->forms menu.
- Clinical Decision Rules
- Patient Portal
- Import RxNorm and SNOMED Tables
- Cross Reference of Radio Button Menu and Tree View
- Pharmacy Dispensary
- Simple Note Templates
- Credit Card Processing Inside OpenEMR
- Previews of Forms Distributed with OpenEMR
- Find - Search HowTos: Finding Things in OpenEMR - The Various Search Methods Used
Configuration Manuals
General
- Forms - Form Creation Tools: Tools for editing existing forms, and creating new forms in OpenEMR.
- Backup - Backup Tools: Backup Methods and Scripts in OpenEMR - Protecting Your Data
- Database - Database Conversion Tools: Changing Data For Use in OpenEMR
- Language Translation Configuration: OpenEMR has a thriving translation community with languages already available. If you have an interest in translating OpenEMR into your native language, please let us know.
- Patient Statement Printing/Configuration Howtos
- Layout Selection: OpenEMR now has three visual layouts to choose from. These instruction show how to configure this along with comparison screenshots.
- SSL Install Howtos
- UTF-8 Upgrade Howto
Modules
- Billing - Billing Setup Howtos: How To Configure and Use OpenEMR For Billing
- Calendar - Using The Calendar As A Tool: Using The Calendar As A Tool in OpenEMR
- Pharmacy Dispensary Module Configuration
- Sms/Email Notification Howtos
Developer Manuals
Main
- Information For New Developers: If you are a developer looking to contribute to the project, check this page for details on how to get started.
- Policies for Developers: Agreed upon policies developers must observe (or provide a good reason not to).
- Active Projects: Listing of currently active projects.
- Language Translation Development: A HOWTO on helping with translation of OpenEMR in your native language.
- Typical Work Flow in a Medical Clinic: A guide for developers who need to improve their knowledge of the work flow in an ambulatory clinic
- Architecture Overview: Overview of OpenEMR's system architecture.
- Automated Testing: OpenEMR has an automated test suite designed to help ensure that the code does what it's supposed to and that new features do not break existing features.
- How to Document Code: A guide for developers to document their code properly.
- PhpXref: For those of you familiar with PhpXref, here is a parsed copy of 4.0.0. It needs more documentation
Repository
- Our git Repository structure, work flow, and developer roles: This describes our current git repository structure, work flow, and current developer/contributor roles.
- git For Dummies: This is a quick, practical OpenEMR walk through with the goal of getting new developers up and working with git as quick as possible.
- Using Git with OpenEMR: Example workflow for preparing patches for OpenEMR with Git.
- Git Migration: Documentation of the migration from the cvs repository to the git repository.
Modules and Modular Interfaces
- The Forms API: an interface for adding additional encounter and non-encounter based forms.
- Lists and Layouts: built-in List editing, and simple form layout editor.
- Sending Email: Preferred mechanism of sending email(s).
- Prescribing Module: Walk-through of the prescribing module.
- Code Types: Explains the current scheme for containing code types (such as ICD9, CPT) etc.
Development Guides
- Smarty: Using OpenEMR's embedded Smarty templating engine.
- LBV_Forms: Creating Layout Based forms
- OpenEMR_Xml_Form_Generator : XML based forms (generates php)
- Image Based Forms: Using MI2's new image based forms interface. IN PROGRESS, NOT YET IN TREE!
Embedded Components
- Jquery: a javascript toolkit, that makes writing javascript easier.
- PhpGacl: OpenEMR's embedded php-GACL (access controls).
- PhpMyAdmin: OpenEMR's embedded phpMyAdmin (database administration tool).
File Formats Used
- X12 837p Reference: A reference for the X12 billing files OpenEMR generates.
Release Process
- Steps for an official release: Documented the steps for an official full release.
- OpenEMR Copyright Notice: Contributors (testers, bug fixers, developers, etc.) can enter their information here if they want to by included in the Copyright Notice.
- New Features in Each Release: New features in each release (starting from version 4.0).
- Status of an ongoing new release process: Listing of active bugs and planned features with status for an ongoing release.
Package Development
- Appliance Developers Page: Page for Appliance development.
- Ubuntu-Debian Package Developers Page: Page for ubuntu-debian package development.
- Windows Installer
Project Tools
- OpenEMR Website: OpenEMR website description and development
- OpenEMR Wiki: OpenEMR wiki description and development
- OpenEMR Forum: OpenEMR forum description and developmen
Troubleshooting
- Common Installation Problems -- problems people have experienced installing OpenEMR, and (hopefully) their solutions.
- Take advantage of the free community support. If you have a question to ask?
- Ask at the Official OpenEMR Forums.
- Or try our IRC channel at #openemr
Virtual Appliances
- Virtual Appliances Overview
- OpenEMR 4.1.0 Virtual Appliance
- OpenEMR Developer Virtual Appliance: Only for OpenEMR Developers and Testers; configures with most current development version of OpenEMR.
- Appliance Developers Page: Page for Appliance development.
OpenEMR Articles and Presentations
Articles
- OpenEMR on Wikipedia (Current Article)
- OpenEMR 4.1 Achieves Full 'Meaningful Use' Certification (2011)
- Taking medical records into the digital age (2010)
- OpenEMR - At a glance (2010)
- FPAI conducts training on OpenEMR (2010)
- OpenEMR Success Story (2009)
- Guest Article: Open Source EMRs for free clinics (2009)
- Open Source Electronic Health Records: In Public Policy. Bob Hoyt (2009)
- Open Source Electronic Health Records: in Practice. Bob Hoyt (2009)
- Open Source EMR and Practice Management Software Appliance (2007)
- Using OpenEMR in Family Practice (2006)
- Technical Aspects of OpenEMR. Julia Weatherby (2006)
- OpenEMR Architecture. T. Simbini (2006)
- The OpenEMR Community. Margaret Donahue (2006)
Videos and Presentations
- Ohio LinuxFest Presentation (2011)
- Taking OpenEMR to Meaningful Use Certification and Beyond By Dr Samuel Bowen.
- AWAITING AUDIO/VIDEO TO BE RELEASED
- Portland Linux/Unix Group Presentation (2011)
- Introduction to OpenEMR By Tony McCormick
- POSSCON Presentation (2011)
- The Development & Growth of the OpenEMR Project By Dr Samuel Bowen and Tony McCormick
- OSCON Presentation (2010)
- Taking OpenEMR, a GPL EMR to ARRA Meaningful Use Certification and beyond Presentation By Dr Samuel Bowen and Tony McCormick
- Related Blog Posts:
Ongoing Projects
- General Marketing of OpenEMR: General articles describing the OpenEMR project and discussing features of OpenEMR.
- Define open source software and describe why open source EMR's are better than proprietary EMR's.
Organizations Supporting OpenEMR
- OEMR wiki: OEMR is a non project 501(c)(3) organization that supports the OpenEMR project.
- Open Source Medical Software Wiki: Open Source Medical Software is a not-for-profit company whose charter is to support all forms of FLOSS EHR/EMR and Health care related software projects.
- Sourceforge provides the OpenEMR project with free tools, including project management, file release repository, bug tracker, forums, and web space/server for the OpenEMR project web page and web tools.
Other Affiliated Projects
- International Planned Parenthood Foundation
- Liberty Health Software Foundation http://www.libertyhsf.org/
- Tomorrow's Bread Today http://www.tbt.org
- Patient Physician Cooperatives http://www.patientphysiciancoop.com
- Women's Health Services of Sante Fe, New Mexico (it is not clear whether this are still an active project)
Wiki Instructions
- Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.
- Configuration settings list
- MediaWiki FAQ
- MediaWiki release mailing list
- Help - Formatting tips and other user assistance
