OpenEMR Features

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OpenEMR Features

Login
Patient Summary Screen
Demographics
Scheduling
Vitals
Prescription
Billing
Clinical Decision Rules
Patient Portal Login
Patient Portal
Greek Screenshot
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