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Open Source EMRs in Developing Countries

We've recently been looking at Open Source EMRs in developing countries.

Anyone using Open Source software for running EMRs? Which products do you use? How are you finding them?

Any issues regarding, training, support, etc?

Tags: countries, developing, emr, open, source

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Permalink Reply by Muzaffar Malik on April 28, 2008 at 4:34pm: Hi Shelby - I am interested in collaborating on an evaluation - that is the area my PhD research is in too.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Farhad Fatehi on April 29, 2008 at 6:29am: Hi Shelby,
Dr. Nicolette de Keizer (n.f.keizer@amc.uva.nl) from AMC, Amsterdam has done a lot in this field. She may be of a good help.

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Permalink Reply by Sarita Falcao on May 10, 2008 at 12:13am: Hi All,

I work for eHEALTH magazine in India. We are following developments in this area closely and would like to cover best practices, interesting initiatives and the like, especially in developing countries.
Articles/insightful stories are welcome!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sarah Stewart on June 21, 2008 at 7:02pm: I'm going to show my ignorance - what is 'EMR'?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chris on June 21, 2008 at 7:03pm: Hi Sarah,

EMR stands for Electronic Medical Records - i.e. the computer systems used by hospitals and clinics for storing patients records.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Peter Murray on June 23, 2008 at 12:03am: I am not using it, but OpenMRS (www.openmrs.org) seems to be increasingly widely used in many African countries. They have been participating in the HISA2008 South African Health Informatics Association conference in Durban this past week, and while I could not get to many of the sessions, there does seem to be an increasing amount of use, interest and development.
At present it is not fully open source, but there seems to have been a lot of work this week on identifying new modules to be added and ways of moving more of it to fully open source.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mathias Lin on September 7, 2008 at 7:03am: A quite complete list of open source medical software, including EMRs, can be found here:
http://www.apfelkraut.org/freemedsw/

BTW: I am wondering if there's anyone in this forum who's dealing with PHR/EMRs in China? I am interesting to meet people who are based in China and work in the health IT field.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sarita Falcao on September 8, 2008 at 6:25pm: At eHEALTH magazine, we would like to give greater coverage to EMR use in China. Can anybody suggest an expert in this domain who could write an article for us?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Benjamin Littenberg on September 9, 2008 at 7:49am: This article may be a helpful starting place:

Medical information systems: A foundation for healthcare technologies in developing countries

Gari D Clifford email, Joaquin A Blaya email, Rachel Hall-Clifford email and Hamish SF Fraser email

BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2008, 7:18doi:10.1186/1475-925X-7-18

http://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com/content/7/1/18/citation

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Permalink Reply by Abbas Shojaee on September 10, 2008 at 6:46am: Let me know more about your especial focus. Perhaps we can help.
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Permalink Reply by Sandy Rosado on September 13, 2008 at 7:15pm

hi,

Please go through www.healthonclick.com. its an online application. They charge very less to use the services (half a $). No need to install in local system. you can access anywhere in the world if you have internet.
These are the Features

 Complete Hospital Automation
 Online Appointment
 Insurance Claim
 Search Engine: Hospitals/Doctors/Blood Banks/Ambulatory
 Services/Diagnostic Centers/HealthCare Products
 Electronic Medical Record(EMR)
 Health Care Jobs
 Forum for healthcare professionals
 Virtual Doctor
 Patient Follow up
 Messaging Center
 Total Paperless Automation
 Automated Reception
 Wizard for Doctor/Nurse/Management/Admin/Pharmacy/Lab etc.
 Most Economical & Secure Configuration
 Supports Medical Tourism
 Populate your Healthcare Packages
 RSS News.

for clarification mail me at sandyrosado@gmail.com

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Permalink Reply by health informatician on October 6, 2008 at 5:59pm: hi
i just want to ask a question? it might seem unreasonable question but i am new in this field
so i just want to ask what is an Open Source Software
Thank you
regards
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