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| − | '''FreeMed''' is one of the longest running opensource electronic medical record and practice management systems. | + | '''FreeMed''' is one of the longest running opensource [[EHR|electronic medical record and practice management systems]]. <ref name="freemed">Freemed website http://freemedsoftware.org/</ref> <ref name="freemed wiki">Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeMED</ref> |
| − | == | + | == History == |
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| − | == | + | It was founded in 1999 by Jeffrey Buchbinder in Connecticut, United States. FreeMED Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation. <ref name="freemed wiki"></ref> |
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| + | == Medical Specialties == | ||
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| + | The ability to easily access patient data is one of an EMR’s most important requirements. FreeMED facilitates this process by allowing physicians to dividing the content based on their perspective specialty, thereby providing physicians with the option to view only the medical content they perceive to be relevant to their practice. <ref name="emr consultant freemed"></ref> | ||
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| + | The following list of specialties can be found in FreeMED: | ||
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| + | *Allergy | ||
*Family Medicine | *Family Medicine | ||
*Gastroenterology | *Gastroenterology | ||
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*Urology | *Urology | ||
| − | == | + | ==Medical Office Environment == |
| − | *It is based on LAMP or LAMPS (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) | + | |
| + | FreeMED is an open source EMR, as a result, it has the possibility to be updated often, and improve through the efforts of the groups which provide support. <ref name="emr consultant freemed">EMR Consultant Website http://www.emrconsultant.com/emr/freemed/</ref> In addition, the large number of members within a support community gives FreeMED the stability and support that other traditional EMR systems lack. | ||
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| + | The various capabilities are: <ref name="emr consultant freemed"></ref> | ||
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| + | *Integrated Scheduling | ||
| + | *Document Management | ||
| + | *Prescription Writing | ||
| + | *Faxing & Printing | ||
| + | *Modular EMR | ||
| + | *HL7 Interface | ||
| + | *Reporting Services | ||
| + | *Internal Messaging Facilities | ||
| + | *Full Billing Capabilities through REMITT | ||
| + | *Claims Management & Accounts Receivable Functionalities | ||
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| + | == Technical Specifications == | ||
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| + | *It is based on LAMP or LAMPS (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) <ref name="freemed wiki"></ref> | ||
*GWT-based “web 2.0″ user interface | *GWT-based “web 2.0″ user interface | ||
*Data relay for remote services | *Data relay for remote services | ||
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*XML-RPC interface | *XML-RPC interface | ||
| + | ==Related articles== | ||
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| + | [[Open source EMR software: Profiling, insights, and hands-on analysis]] | ||
| − | == | + | == References == |
| − | + | <references/> | |
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Latest revision as of 20:10, 3 October 2015
FreeMed is one of the longest running opensource electronic medical record and practice management systems. [1] [2]
Contents
History
It was founded in 1999 by Jeffrey Buchbinder in Connecticut, United States. FreeMED Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation. [2]
Medical Specialties
The ability to easily access patient data is one of an EMR’s most important requirements. FreeMED facilitates this process by allowing physicians to dividing the content based on their perspective specialty, thereby providing physicians with the option to view only the medical content they perceive to be relevant to their practice. [3]
The following list of specialties can be found in FreeMED:
- Allergy
- Family Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- Internal Medicine
- Mental & Behavioral Health/Physiology
- Occ Med/Physiatry/Pain Mgmt
- Podiatry
- Psychiatry
- Surgery &Surgical Specialties
- Urology
Medical Office Environment
FreeMED is an open source EMR, as a result, it has the possibility to be updated often, and improve through the efforts of the groups which provide support. [3] In addition, the large number of members within a support community gives FreeMED the stability and support that other traditional EMR systems lack.
The various capabilities are: [3]
- Integrated Scheduling
- Document Management
- Prescription Writing
- Faxing & Printing
- Modular EMR
- HL7 Interface
- Reporting Services
- Internal Messaging Facilities
- Full Billing Capabilities through REMITT
- Claims Management & Accounts Receivable Functionalities
Technical Specifications
- It is based on LAMP or LAMPS (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) [2]
- GWT-based “web 2.0″ user interface
- Data relay for remote services
- REMITT external billing system
- XML-RPC interface
Related articles
Open source EMR software: Profiling, insights, and hands-on analysis
References
- ↑ Freemed website http://freemedsoftware.org/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeMED
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 EMR Consultant Website http://www.emrconsultant.com/emr/freemed/
