Electronic medical/health recording software

Managing patient records is a major task for any medical
practitioner / hospital, not just for financial reasons, but also to
readily access the medical history of patients, or to identify any
trends in diseases among the population, etc.
Most of the applications in
this category are web services,
which means that the code
needs to be installed on some
webserver before it can be used.
The advantage is that, if installed
on a online webhost, this allows
the data to be accessed with a
browser from any net connected
device.
OpenEMR (www.oemr.org)
OpenEMR is an open source electronic medical record
(EMR) web service. This is written in PHP and requires a
web server such as Apache running mySQL in the back end.
The installation is slightly complex and requires some prior
exposure to installing similar applications on a web server.
However, once done, the application shows potential. Every
aspect of a patient’s health status, and details of the interaction
with the medical service provider can be recorded. Accessing the
details of previous patient visits is easily accomplished. Besides
the typical medical aspects, OpenEMR also tracks the billing/
payment history of patients. OpenEMR also has modules to
keep track of medicines issued and the inventory status in real
time. All the data can also be displayed in different reporting
formats for a bird’s eye view of the practice/business.
To experience this application first hand, go to www.oemr.org/
modules/wiwimod/#Demos for a demo.
FreeMed (http://www.freemed.info/freemed/index.php)
A service similar to OpenEMR in most aspects, FreeMed is a bit
simpler and probably more suited to smaller clinics.

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