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The OpenEMR Documentation Wiki

Overview of OpenEMR

  • Frequently Asked Questions go here.
  • The OpenEMR project website can be found at open-emr.org.
  • The OEMR 501(c)(3) organization formed to promote and advance OpenEMR can be found at OEMR.ORG
    • Note: the original non-profit organization OSMS (Open Source Medical Software) was unable to get 501(c)(3) status. A new more focused organization was created and has been granted full 501(c)(3) charitable status by the IRS effective July 14 2010. All donations are tax deductible. Thanks to Greg Neuman Law Firm for their assistance.
  • Have a question to ask?
  • Ask Here at the official OpenEMR forums.
  • Or try our new 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.

After being tested in the ICSA Labs ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 EHR Certification Program, OpenEMR 4.1 attained Complete Ambulatory EHR Certification, satisfying the requirements for the following criteria per the ONC Approved Test Procedures v1.1:

General Domain Criteria (170.302)

  • 170.302 (a) Drug-drug, drug-allergy interaction checks
  • 170.302 (b) Drug formulary checks
  • 170.302 (c) Maintain up-to-date problem list
  • 170.302 (d) Maintain active medication list
  • 170.302 (e) Maintain active medication allergy list
  • 170.302 (f) Record and chart vital signs (1. Vital signs, 2. BMI, and 3. Growth charts)
  • 170.302 (g) Smoking status
  • 170.302 (h) incorporate laboratory test results
  • 170.302 (i) Generate patient lists
  • 170.302 (j) Medication reconciliation
  • 170.302 (k) Submission to immunization registries
  • 170.302 (l) Public health surveillance
  • 170.302 (m) Patient specific education resources
  • 170.302 (n) Automated measure calculation
  • 170.302 (o) Access control
  • 170.302 (p) Emergency access
  • 170.302 (q) Automatic log-off
  • 170.302 (r) Audit log
  • 170.302 (s) Integrity
  • 170.302 (t) Authentication
  • 170.302 (u) General encryption
  • 170.302 (v) Encryption when exchanging electronic health information
  • 170.302 (w) Accounting of disclosures (optional)

Ambulatory Domain Criteria (170.304)

  • 170.304 (a) Computerized provider order entry
  • 170.304 (b) Electronic prescribing
  • 170.304 (c) Record demographics
  • 170.304 (d) Patient reminders
  • 170.304 (e) Clinical decision support
  • 170.304 (f) Electronic copy of health information
  • 170.304 (g) Timely accesses
  • 170.304 (h) Clinical summaries
  • 170.304 (i) Exchange clinical information and patient summary record
  • 170.304 (j) Calculate and submit clinical quality measures
  • NQF 0013 Hypertension: Blood Pressure Measurement
  • NQF 0024 Youth Weight Assessment
  • NQF 0028 Preventive Care: Tobacco Use Assessment and Cessation
  • NQF 0038 Childhood Immunization Status
  • NQF 0041 Influenza Immunization
  • NQF 0043 Pneumonia Vaccination
  • NQF 0059 Diabetes Control: Hemoglobin A1C >9.0%
  • NQF 0064 Diabetes Control: LDL < 100mg/dl
  • NQF 0421 Adult Weight Screening

Certification for OpenEMR 4.1 was officially achieved on August 19th, 2011.

See this page for details: OpenEMR 4.1 ONC Complete Ambulatory EHR Certification

Commercial and Professional Support

The OEMR.ORG and OpenEMR project are pleased to get contributions to the project from many of the the following vendors and individuals who offer their services supporting, installing, hosting and customizing OpenEMR. Please support these vendors with your patronage.

Commercial Help: Professional OpenEMR installation and support

Demos

Official Demos

Pre-Release/Testing Demo

Development Demos

Downloads

  • OpenEMR Downloads : This is the main OpenEMR download page.
  • Patches : Most recent patch for OpenEMR versions 4.0.0, 3.2.0, and 3.1.0 can be found here.
  • Contributed Forms : A new place for contributed forms to be shared

Installation and Upgrade Manuals

Configuration Manuals

Configuring Modules

User Manuals

Feature Requests and Active Projects

Developer Manuals

Main

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

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

Release Process

Package Development

Troubleshooting

Virtual Appliances

Documents on the Web

Open Source Medical Software

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. Most of the current effort has been focused on oemr.org and the OpenEMR project.

OEMR a 501(c)(3)

Building Awareness of OpenEMR

  • OSCON Presentation by Tony and Sam
  • Dr Sam Bowen and Tony McCormick were speakers at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Portland. I have attached the presentation.
  • Slide Show PDF + notes, Taking OpenEMR, a GPL EMR to ARRA Meaningful Use Certification and beyond Presentation:
  • It was recorded for video and is available on YouTube:
  • Blog Posts:
  • POSSCON Videos of a speech Dr Sam Bowen and Tony McCormick presented at a South Carolina Open Source Convention.

Other Affiliated Projects

Wiki Instructions

Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.