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.

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iHRIS Suite

The iHRIS suite of open source software supplies health organization leaders with information to track, manage, and plan the health workforce. The software is open source and can be downloaded for free and customized for local needs. Various modules address specific health workforce leadership issue: Read More »

ImageJ

ImageJ is a free, public domain image processing program written in Java and runs on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. It can display, edit, analyze, process, save and print 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit images in many image formats including TIFF, GIF, JPEG, BMP, DICOM, FITS, etc.

Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE)

The Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) is a state-of-the-art open-source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations (CDSi), commonly referred to as “immunization forecasting.” ICE has two major components: The ICE Web Service evaluates a patient’s immunization history and generates the appropriate immunization recommendations for the patient. The Clinical Decision Support Administration Tool (CAT) is a web-based GUI tool that enables subject matter experts to manage ICE rules and configuration without the intervention of software developers.

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Immunization Information Systems (IIS)

Immunization Information Systems (IIS) is both a process and series of tools initially put in place by the Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) to increase and sustain high vaccination coverage by consolidating vaccination records of children from multiple providers, generating reminder and recall vaccination notices, and providing vaccination coverage assessments. Read More »

Indivo

Indivo is an evolving open source PHR system originally developed for use in Children's Hospital in Boston. It enables an individual to own and manage a complete, secure, digital copy of her health and wellness information.

Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit (ITK)

Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit (ITK) is an open-source, cross-platform system that provides developers with an extensive suite of software tools for image analysis. Read More »

iPath

iPath is an open source, web based telemedicine platform for case-based collaboration, especially designed to support simple and sustainable telemedicine  projects in developing countries. It was originally developed at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Read More »

JANUS

Janus is a graphical user interface (GUI) and a front-end web application that enables DoD and VA providers to exchange critical patient information through a common real-time data view of patient information from the separate and distinct EMR systems of the two departments, i.e. AHLTA & VistA. Read More »

JavaROSA

JavaROSA is an open source mHealth application currently in use in sub-Saharan Africa that has substantial code contributions from multiple institutions, including for-profit, non-profit, and academic institutions. JavaROSA’s framework architecture is flexible and modular, allowing the development of wholly new applications with minimal new code. Read More »

JunoEMR

JunoEMR is a Cloud-based EMR solution developed from the open-source software OSCAR with a focus on stability, cloud hosting, 3rd party integrations, new User Interface improvements and many quality of life updates. JunoEMR is fully integrated with provincial Medical billing and Labs systems in Canada as well as PHR, patient engagement, eFaxing Telehealth systems and much more. Read More »

Laika

Laika is an open source tool that analyzes and reports on the interoperability capabilities of EHR systems. This includes the testing for certification of EHR software products and networks. Laika is designed to verify the input and output of EHR data against the standards and criteria identified by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT).

LibreHealth

LibreHealth is an independent self-governing free & open source software community founded by leading members of the OpenMRS & OpenEMR projects. It builds on a decade of dedication and hard work by contributors to those earlier projects and was created to expand the communities’ impact to all types of Health IT, leveraging its values of active user engagement & radically open transparency. Participation in the LibreHealth community is open to all individuals who support our core values and contribute to our activities.

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LiverTox

LiverTox, a National Institues of Health (NIH) web site, provides up-to-date, accurate, and easily accessed information on the diagnosis, cause, frequency, patterns, and management of liver injury attributable to prescription and nonprescription medications, herbals and dietary supplements.  LiverTox also includes a case registry that will enable scientific analysis and better characteriza Read More »

LOINC

Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) was developed to provide a definitive standard for identifying clinical information in electronic reports. Regenstrief Institute distributes LOINC free of charge.

LUNA & STARLiMS

Laboratory User Network Application (LUNA) is a free, secure, user-friendly, web-based interface that requires only an internet connection and an SDN Digital Certificate to allow state and local agencies to communicate electronic test requests to the Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Read More »