Open source EHRs offer free, flexible options

Anne Zieger | EHR Outlook | September 20, 2011

These days, open source software has become entrenched in most industries. For example, the open source Linux operating system is an accepted corporate workhorse, and other open source tools run everything from Web sites to massive database efforts. Over the next year or two, as practices wrestle with the cost of installing and managing EHRs, expect some savvy physicians and practice managers to give open source technology a try.

To read the full article which includes brief summaries of open source EHR systems like VistA, OpenEMR, and FreeMed go to EHR Outlook.

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Other Open Source EHR Solutions

There are several other great open source EHR systems not mentioned in the article. They include: OSCAR, RPMS, OpenMRS and more. See the Open Health News (OHN) resource database of EHR applications/systems.