OpenEMR Features
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OpenEMR Features
Free
- Freely available
- Free to download, use, modify, and upgrade
- Free documentation
- Free support forum
- [wikipedia:Open source|Open source]
- Released under the [wikipedia:GNU General Public License|GNU General Public License]
ONC certified
- ONC Complete Ambulatory EHR Certified
Patient Demographics
- Track patient demographics
- Primary information (name, date of birth, sex, identification)
- Marital status
- Contact information of patient and patient's employer
- Primary provider
- HIPAA information
- Language and ethnicity
- Insurance coverage
- Deceased Tracking
- Fully Customizable
- Track patient demographics
Patient Scheduling
- Supports multiple facilities
- Patient appointment notification via email and sms
- Compact and flexible appointment calendar
- Calendar features include:
- Find open appointment slots
- Categories for appointment types
- Colors associated with appointment types and facility
- Repeating appointments
- Restricting appointments based on type
Electronic Medical Records
- Encounters
- Medical Issues
- Medications
- Immunizations
- Forms and clinical notes:
- Vitals (growth charts included)
- SOAP note
- Review of systems
- Template Driven Forms
- CAMOS (Computer Aided Medical Ordering System)
- Nation Notes (WYSIWYG editor)
- Ability to create and customize forms
- Graphical Charting
- Labs
- Procedures
- Patient Reports
- Referrals
- Patient Notes
- Disclosures
- Electronic digital document management
- Voice recognition ready (MS Windows Operating Systems)
- Paper chart tracking
- Electronic Syndrome Surveillance reporting
Prescriptions
- Online drug search
- Track patient prescriptions and medications
- Create and send prescriptions
- E-Prescribe
- Fax
- In-house pharmacy dispensary support
Medical Billing
- Flexible system of coding including CPT, HCPCS and ICD codes and the ability to add others
- Support for electronic billing to clearing houses such as Medavant/Capario and ZirMED using ANSI X12
- Support for paper claims
- Medical claim management interface
- Insurance Eligibility Queries
- Insurance Tracking Interface
- Accounts Receivable Interface
- EOB Entry Interface
- Customizable to work with a clearing house for automated 835 or ERA entry
Clinical Decision Rules
- Physician Reminders
- Patient Reminders
- Clinical Quality Measure Calculations
- Automated Meaningful Use Measurement Calculations
- Fully Customizable and Flexible
Patient Portal
- Reports
- Labs
- Medical Problems
- Medications
- Allergies
- Appointments
- Secure API that Supports Third Party Patient Portals
Multilanguage Support
- Supports use of multiple languages within the same clinic
- Currently Supported Languages:
- English (American)
- English (Indian)
- Danish
- Dutch
- French
- Greek
- Portuguese (Brazilian)
- Portuguese (European)
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Turkish
- Any language can be added and translated in a collaborative Google Docs spreadsheet maintained by the OpenEMR community
- Fully supports UTF-8 encoding
Security
- Ability to Encrypt Patient Documents
- Supports fine-grained per-user access controls
- Remotely accessible from any modern web browser with a suitable security certificate installed
Support
- Free online support
- Vast online documentation
