Open Source: Health IT Software

Open Source: Health IT Software - This category includes selected 'open source' and 'public domain' health IT software products from around the world specifically designed to meet particular needs of the health care community.

See the following -

Early Aberration Reporting System (EARS)

The Early Aberration Reporting System (EARS) available from the Ceneters for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) was pioneered as a method for monitoring bioterrorism during large-scale events.

Homepage: CDC Surveillane Resource Center

eMOCHA

eMOCHA is a free open-source application, developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education. eMOCHA is designed to assist health programs in developing countries improve provider communication and education, as well as patient care, by coordinating wireless devices with local server-based clinical training and patient care support services.

Epi Info

A set of free, public domain software tools offered by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) that can generate epidemiologic statistics, tables, graphs, and GIS mapping. Read More »

epSOS Project

epSOS [European Patients Smart Open Services] is the main European eHealth interoperability project co-funded by the European Commission and the partners. Read More »

FOSS in the 21st Century

The use of Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) solutions by health care providers and organizations is an increasingly important trend today. The number of FOSS solutions currently available has grown to be quite substantial. The number of new FOSS health care solutions under development is equally impressive.

FreeMed

FreeMed is an open source electronic health record (EHR) and practice management system originally developed in 1999. FreeMed uses an external billing program called REMITT. Work on the FreeMed EHR solution is supported by the FreeMED Software Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, whose primary goal is the betterment of the open source software community around the world.

FreeMedForms

FreeMedForms is free and open source software, available for all current platforms (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and FreeBSD). It is powerful and fully configurable. It can be adapted to many needs: various medical specialties, para-medical specialties and even veterinary profession. Read More »

GaiaEHR System

GaiaEHR is an open source, web-based electronic health record (EHR) software solution for:

  • Medic Practice management
  • Electronic Medical Records
  • Prescription writing and medical billing application

It can be installed on the following systems: Read More »

GIMIAS

Graphical Interface for Medical Image Analysis & Simulation (GIMIAS) is a software framework for fast prototyping of medical applications. Provides a workflow-oriented environment for biomedical image computing and simulation, and it can be extended through the development of problem specific plug-ins. Read More »

Ginkgo CADx

Ginkgo CADx is a multi-platform Open Source Medical Imaging Software which provides a complete DICOM Viewer solution with advanced capabilities and extensions support. Ginkgo CADx can convert conventional image formats like JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and more to DICOM image format. Once imported you can easily calibrate the image and use a ruler tool. Read More »

GiPSi

GiPSi is an open source, open architecture framework for developing organ level surgical simulations. GiPSi provides an attractive framework to address the needs of interfacing models from multiple research groups and the ability to critically examine and validate quantitative biological simulations. Read More »

GNU Health

GNU Health is a project of GNU Solidario.GNU Health has produced a free, open source Health Information System with the following major functionality : Read More »

GNUmed

GNUmed is a free, liberated open source Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software solution available in multiple languages. It is made available at no charge and is capable of running on GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.  It is primarily designed for use in ambulatory care settings, e.g. Read More »

Google Health

Google Health is a free, online personal health record (PHR) system offered by Google for your own use that allows you to enter, organize, store, track, monitor, and act on your health information as needed. [Google recently announced that they would be phasing out this product in 2012.]

GT.M

GT.M is an open source 'M' computer language compiler/interpreter and database engine with scalability proven in the largest real-time core processing systems in production at financial institutions worldwide, as well as in a range of healthcare institutions using EHR systems. It also can scale down for use in small clinics, virtual machines and software appliances.