OpenEMR v5.0.1 (opens in new tab)

I am looking for some strong server side programmer volunteers (and volunteers of _all_ types)! Email is in my profile.

Be a force for good in the developing world !

https://open-emr.org/welcome/

-Matthew (OpenEMR Admin)

I'm late to the game but wanted to provide some context for the discussion. The dominant EMR in hospitals is Epic - can't find a cite but the ballpark is that more than 80% of academic medical centers have adopted (ie, paid through the nose for) Epic.

As a clinician, I find Epic to be horribly clunky - it definitely detracts from time with patients and impairs collaboration among clinicians by 'hiding' important details in multiple sections/submenus. It's like a Frankenstein's monster of Windows 3.1 and Atari 2600 Basic.

As a researcher, the very restrictive agreements that Epic insists upon have a profound impact on our ability to a) make good use of health records data for research and b) develop extensions to Epic, for things like decision support and risk stratification. (In the latter case, they essentially 'own' anything that touches their code.)

BUT - like the old saying goes, no one ever got fired for buying IBM.

Moral of the story: Hooray for OpenEMR, VistA, and all the open platforms! This round was lost to Epic, but hopefully the next round we can do better.

(edit: - academic medical centers in the US. Rest of world, you can do better!)

From what I understand the software for EMRs isn't very complicated (message queue + message parsing + encryption). What is an issue is integration with other provides who....

    1. Have the data you need
    2. Charge a huge premium for integration
    3. Don't like giving up their data
    4. Always have their slight twist on message format

This is a huge step forward still. This kind of software is not easy to get right. Soooo many variables and sooooo much demanded customization as well as almost mandatory adherence to incumbent UI designs

I started contributing to OpenEMR 1-2 years ago. Great community! If this is your first foray into open-source I'd highly recommend getting in touch with the admin and getting involved in the many exciting projects happening. We are currently working on integrating OpenEMR with PACS so if you are interested feel free to reach out to me or OP!

Getting a LOT of emails from interested programmers. Woot! Please get in touch for non-programmer roles too (documentation, clinical, infra, ui, design, etc)

OpenEMR 5.0.1 is truly a game changing release for OpenEMR users. The features like Image viewer, Docker integration are really cool and handy. Also looking forward for more exciting features like cTAKES integration.

Archived version, since the site seems to be down.

https://archive.is/GDVO5

really good people are involved with this software project and they make it easy and fun to contribute; there's still a ton of work to do so get involved if you're able

I'm a volunteer that has been contributing to OpenEMR for more than a decade and the last year, which is well represented by this 5.0.1 release, has been by far the funnest and most exciting yet. It's a great community that is open to volunteers of all types; come check us out.