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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openEHR

openEHR Foundation is an international not-for-profit organization working to make the interoperable, life-long electronic health record (EHR) a reality and to improve health care in this Information Age.  It does this by developing open specifications, open-source software and knowledge resources; engaging in clinical implementation projects; participating in international standa Read More »

OpenELIS

OpenELIS is a robust Enterprise Laboratory Information System built around an extensible and scalable framework. OpenELIS is designed and developed through the collaborative efforts of Public Health Laboratories to accommodate business processes that are common to all public health laboratories; encompassing clinical, environmental, newborn screening, and animal testing.

OpenEMed

OpenEMed is a set of distributed health care information service components built around the OMG distributed object specifications, HL7 and other data standards, and is written in Java for platform portability. OpenEMed includes sample implementations of the Person Identification Service, Clinical Observation Access Service, Resource Access Decision, and Terminology Query Service.

OpenEMPI

Open Enterprise Master Patient Index (OpenEMPI) is an open source implementation of an Enterprise Master Patient (EMPI) which is a repository that maintains a registry of all patients across a distributed enterprise. Read More »

OpenEMR

OpenEMR is an electronic health record (EHR) system that was originally developed in 2002 by physicians to help them run their practices. As an open-source project, it is maintained and supported by a vibrant community of volunteers and professionals that includes several hundred contributors and is supported by more than 40 companies.

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OpenEMR/Plus

OpenEMR/Plus is an enhanced version of OpenEMR, an open source electronic medical record software. Williams Medical Technologies, Inc. (WMT) has radically changed and enhanced the core software over the past 5 years to create a system that not only competes with other EMR software, but surpasses it in every manner. OpenEMR/Plus is a hybrid software solution, which harvests the cost effectiveness and flexibility of an open source project combined with state of the art workflow and functionality.

OpenExchange

OpenExchange platform, also referred to as Open ATNA,  provides standards based core infrastructure to exchange patient health information in a secure and timely manner, to advance the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare delivery. The platform is a critical element of HIE infrastructure.

OpenEyes Project

OpenEyes is a collaborative, open source software development project led by Moorfields Eye Hospital. The initial focus of the project is on Ophthalmology, but the design is sufficiently flexible to eventually be used for any clinical specialty. Ophthalmic units of any size, from a single practitioner to a large eye hospital, should be able to make use of the structure, design, and code. Read More »

OpenHRE

Browsersoft’s Open Health Record Exchange (OpenHRE) solution offers secure technology to enable health care communities to exchange data from disparate health information systems.

OpenInfoButton

OpenInfobutton is  a standards-based, 'open source' web service designed to disseminate InfoButton capabilities for use in any EHR systems. Read More »

OpenMedSpel

OpenMedSpel is a free and open source English medical spelling word list that is released under a GPL license. It includes nearly 50,000 medical terms.

OpenMRS

OpenMRS is a community of people working to apply health information technologies to solve problems, primarily in resource-poor environments.  It is  a proud community of developers, implementers, funders, and users all trying to make the world a better place by using our expertise to improve the health and wellness of the planet. OpenMRS is a free, open-source electronic medical record (EMR) system.  All of the core resources that make up the system are open source and freely available. OpenMRS is programmed in Java and the core application works through a web-browser. The back end database is currently in MySQL.

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OpenSourcePACS

OpenSourcePACS is a free, open source image referral, archiving, routing and viewing system. It delivers a complete wet read system, enabling an imaging clinic or hospital to offer its services over the web to physicians within or outside the institution.

OpenTrials

OpenTrials was designed as a multilingual 'open source' application suitable to any country or region willing to operate a clinical trials registry. In Latin America and the Caribbean, national and regional instances of this platform are under consideration, under the supervision of PAHO/WHO. Read More »

OpenVistA

OpenVista is an open source electronic health record (EHR) system developed by MedSphere Systems Corporation, based on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) VistA system. OpenVista supports the clinical workflow of hospitals and ambulatory care facilities through seven foundational applications

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