OpenEMR Features

Features

Login

Patient Summary Screen

Demographics

Scheduling

Vitals

Prescription

Billing

Clinical Decision Rules

Patient Portal Login

Patient Portal

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Access Controls

Free

• Freely available
• Free to download, use, modify, and upgrade
• Free documentation
• Free support forum
• Open source
• Released under the 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

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
  • Print
  • Fax
  • Email
• 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