Ehr

OpenEMR Development
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vnguyen1999 wrote on Thursday, March 26, 2009:

Guys,

How is OpenEMR prepared for EHR? We need a middleware component to communicate MySQL database with other databases which might become a standard in EHR world? I look forward to your comments. I’m working on the committee where people are trying to come up with a standard where EMR can communicate in a common language. My thought always is XML data format in which the data can be uploaded to a centralized database in which other health providers access. If this OpenEMR come up with one component, I think that OpenEMR will be a very vital organization.  Any comments are appreciated.

VN

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cfapress wrote on Friday, March 27, 2009:

VN,

Right now, in Connecticut, there is a movement for a Health Information Exchange, HIE. It cuts right to the root of your question; how will data be exchanged between disparate systems.

So far, in my research, I’ve found that HL7 is the standard for the data exchange in the USA:
http://www.hl7.org

I encourage everyone to learn more:

As long as OpenEMR can communicate using such a standard I think it’s well positioned to be a strong alternative to commercial EMR/EHR products.

Jason

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andres_paglayan wrote on Friday, March 27, 2009:

indeed,
and there’s no much to wonder about, the tool is this,
http://www.mirthproject.org/

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vnguyen1999 wrote on Friday, March 27, 2009:

Thanks for ideas. Now this is a dilemma. for instance, a provider already has EMR and ready to exchange his/her data with common standard which will be enforced by EHR community. the cost of setup and on-going support for his and hers is about $10,000 per yr. On the other hand, some physicians never have EMR, but EHR standard might have a light EMR built within EHR as a whole, and the cost of using this light EMR is very minimal, such as $50 for month for this service. Why the physician who already has EMR is more benefitial than the ones without it in term of cost.

I’m working for a company which eventually will set the standard for EHR, and this is exact scenario which we preliminary discussed about.

I really like the OpenEMR and don’t want this OpenEMR losing sight of this new coming which potentially cause OpenEMR obsolete. As matter of fact, I like to get into this business of setting up and development and support OpenEMR.

Also, does anyone know the percentage of providers using this OpenEMR?

Thanks for inputs and opinions.

VN