If you prefer the Spanish version of this site, see OpenEMR.com.ar The Electronic Medical Records issue is quite complex, because there is no standard yet, and thousands of competing applications try to conquer the big clients. Some are Open Source, some are free, many are sold. A few countries and states have decided to implement …
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english description openemr website
OpenEMR is a very complete system for Electronic Medical Records (EMR) or even Electronic Health Records (EHR). It is written in PHP code with Javascript and MySQL database. It is very complete open source code, free, that can be downloaded from the official Oemr site. Anyone can download it, install it and make the modifications …
What OpenEMR usage statistics reveal
Installation of OpenEMR in a medium size clinic in Southern Argentina.
We have installed OpenEMR in a medium size clinic, in the province of Chubut, Argentina, in September 2016. So far, 7 months later, there are 100 registered users and almost 10,000 patients. There were no problems so far. The administration asked us for some reports, beyond those programmed in the OpenEMER system. For example, a …
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How to see X Ray images in the computer
In order to record X rays a Pacs – Dicom server is usually needed. A demo for a DICOM reader is located at: http://medical-records.net/dicom3/ This is a tomography (X Ray in multiple layers), and can be enlarged, reduced, brightened, darkened, and moved around. This is quite a complex issue, the readers usually work together with PACS …
Health Insurance FAQ
How are the health insurance providers already admitted published? First of all, each country has a different health system and denomination, but the most common is Health Insurance. In Argentina there are Obras Sociales (obligatory for all workers) or Prepaid Insurance o Prepagas (of voluntary affiliation). In Administration – Practice – Health insurance companies there …
How EMRs improve medical attention by health personnel
There is growing enthusiasm in the United States about the use of electronic medical records (EMR) in patients. Important sums of money have been allocated to subsidize the adoption of this technology by physicians. The magazine Family Medicine highlights in an article both the promises and the disadvantages of this technology.
History of OpenEMR, unique, full featured EHR system
OpenEMR[1] is a medical data administration program which for Electronic Medical Records (EMR). It is ONC Entire Ambulatory EHR certified and it functions altogether with integrated electronic medical records, administration, scheduling and electronic billing. The code is written in PHP and works under a LAMP, albeit any operating classification with PHP is supported. OpenEMR is …
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Online Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Electronic Health Records (EHR)
The Electronic Medical Records issue is quite complex, because there is no standard yet, and thousands of competing applications try to conquer the big clients. Some are Open Source, some are free, many are sold. A few countries and states have decided to implement a single EMR application, to lower costs and focus all the …
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Medical Advice Online – This site
This site has two faces. Originally started as a forum where I provide free medical advice online, for English-speaking patients. It now incorporated this blog where I discuss eHealth issues, mostly from the business viewpoint.A small advantage of being based in Argentina is that I can do things like this, out of reach for American …