Thank you! - Freemed looks promising. Will check out the demo. Would welcome input from other subscribers as well on their experience with open source EMRs.
Many thanks, Andrew On 4/17/06, Tim Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Andrew Schamess wrote: > > I'm new to this listserve. I'm an internist, planning to leave a group > > practice and open my own solo pratice in western Massachusetts. I would > > like to use an electronic medical record. I was wondering if others > here > > could advise or share their experience. > > > > The features most important to me are: > > > > - Assist in meeting Medicare DOQ guidelines. > > - Track preventive screening - know which patients are overdue for > > Pap, etc. > > - Templates, reminders, reports etc. configurable by MD. > > - Improve documentation and coding. > > - Integrated practice management (scheduling and billing software). > > - If possible... patient interface that allows patient > self-scheduling > > for appointments, patient access to own health info, secure email and > > messaging. > > > > I've looked into VISTA office a bit (thanks to Joseph Dal Molin for the > > tip). It looks promising, since it's based on the VAMC system which I > know > > works brilliantly; but I see it was put out for beta testing, and the > > sign-up period ended in 11/05. I've written to the companies listed on > the > > website just the same. Anyone know if it's available at all outside > > beta-testing, or if they're still signing up testers? > > > > Joseph also suggested Oscar McMaster. Wondering if it handles U.S. cpt > and > > diagnosis codes? Or can they be obtained and installed? > > > > I saw the MirrorMed (OP/EN) link that just came over... also looks good. > > > > I'd really welcome any advice at all. I've looked at commercial > products > > too, but I have a bias toward open source and I'd rather participate in > > testing and building something for public use than buy a license from a > > private company if it's possible. > > > > Thanks very much to all in advance for any responses! > > > > Andrew Schamess > > Lenox, MA > > > Andrew, > > I suggest talking with these folks: > > http://freemedsoftware.org/ > > or just reply to Irv (see the Cc above). > > Cheers, > Tim > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3rc2 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFEQxNTMOzvb7luwR0RAuj/AKC+dCACfW8AuO7O7FzZaE342Fe2zACgrRpI > 8u8+C6kIaHUuVpWxC/9upW0= > =/oWI > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openhealth/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
