GNU Health

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GNU Health is an open source electronic medical record (EMR) and Hospital Information System developed by Luis Falcon in 2008 with funding from GNU Solidario. It is currently in use in clinics in Nigeria, Ghana, Indonesia and Argentina. Its primary mission is to "contribute with health professionals around the world to improve the lives of the underprivileged, providing a free system that optimizes health promotion and disease prevention" [1].


Features

GNU Health's features are the following (taken from GNU Health website):

  • Strong focus in family medicine and Primary Health Care
  • Major interest in Socio-economics (housing conditions, substance abuse, education...)
  • Diseases and Medical procedures standards (ICD-10 / ICD-10-PCS)
  • Prescription writing
  • Billing
  • Patient Genetic and Hereditary risks : Over 4200 genes related to diseases (NCBI / Genecards)
  • Epidemiological and other statistical reports
  • 100% paperless patient examination and history taking
  • Patient Administration (creation, evaluations / consultations, history ... )
  • Doctor Administration
  • Lab Administration
  • Medicine / Drugs information (vademécum)
  • Medical stock and supply chain management
  • Hospital Financial Administration
  • Designed with industry standards in mind


External Links

GNU Health


References

1. http://www.gnuhealth.org/index.html