OpenEMR Features

OpenEMR is a Free and Open Source electronic health records and medical practice management application. It is ONC Certified and it features fully integrated electronic health records, practice management, scheduling, electronic billing, internationalization, free support, a vibrant community, and a whole lot more. It can run on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and many other platforms. Features supported are listed below:

Free

ONC Certified

  • ONC Certified as a Complete EHR

Patient Demographics

  • Track patient demographics
    • Primary information (name, date of birth, sex, identification)
    • Marital status
    • Contact information of patient and patient's employer
    • Primary provider
    • HIPAA information
    • Language and ethnicity
    • Insurance coverage
    • Deceased Tracking
  • Fully Customizable

Patient Scheduling

Electronic Medical Records

  • Interoperability
  • CCDA
  • Basic FHIR Support
  • Encounters
  • Medical Issues
  • Medications
  • Immunizations
  • Forms and clinical notes:
  • Group Therapy
  • Graphical Charting
  • Labs
  • Procedures
  • Patient Reports
  • Referrals
  • Patient Notes
  • Disclosures
  • Electronic digital document management
  • Voice recognition ready (MS Windows Operating Systems)
  • Paper Chart Tracking
  • Electronic Syndrome Surveillance reporting
  • Clinic Messaging
  • Send and Receive Medical Records via Direct Messaging
  • Dated Reminders
  • Medical Image Viewer (DICOM)

Prescriptions

  • Online drug search
  • Track patient prescriptions and medications
  • Create and send prescriptions
  • Customizable layout including options for DEA, NPI and state license numbers.
  • In-house pharmacy dispensary support

Medical Billing

  • Flexible system of coding including CPT, HCPCS, ICD9, ICD10 and SNOMED codes, and the ability to add others
  • Support for 5010 standards
  • Support for Institutional Billing Standards (UB-04)
  • Support for electronic billing to clearing houses such as Office Ally and ZirMED using ANSI X12
  • Support for paper claims
  • Medical claim management interface
  • Insurance Eligibility Queries
  • Insurance Tracking Interface
  • Accounts Receivable Interface
  • EOB Entry Interface
  • Customizable to work with a clearing house for automated 835 or ERA entry

Clinical Decision Rules

  • Physician Reminders
  • Patient Reminders
  • Clinical Quality Measure Calculations
  • Automated Meaningful Use Measurement Calculations
  • Fully Customizable and Flexible

Patient Portal

  • Modern User Interface
  • Scheduling and Appointments
  • Secure Messaging and Chat
  • Online Payments
  • Send Records via Direct Messaging
  • Customized Forms
  • New Patient Registration
  • CCDA Support
  • Reports
  • Labs
  • Medical Problems
  • Medications
  • Allergies
  • Appointments
  • Secure API that Supports Third Party Patient Portals

Reports

Multilanguage Support

  • Supports use of multiple languages within the same clinic
  • Currently Supported Languages:
    • English (American)
    • English (Indian)
    • Albanian
    • Arabic
    • Armenian
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Chinese (Simplified)
    • Chinese (Traditional)
    • Czech
    • Danish
    • Dutch
    • Finnish
    • French (Canadian)
    • French (Standard)
    • German
    • Greek
    • Hebrew
    • Hindi
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Marathi
    • Persian
    • Polish
    • Portuguese (Brazilian)
    • Portuguese (European)
    • Romanian
    • Russian
    • Spanish (Latin American)
    • Spanish (Spain)
    • Swedish
    • Tamil
    • Turkish
    • Ukrainian
    • Vietnamese
  • Any language can be added and translated in a Collaborative Google Docs Spreadsheet maintained by the OpenEMR community
  • Fully supports UTF-8 encoding
  • Supports RTL

Security

Support

Community