That company does want to certify that way, yes - they have a lot of FQRHC specific stuff in their system that they would like to keep using, and they are using allScripts/eRx that’s already there (note that they tried Veradigm and it’s terrible, neither they nor I would recommend that to anyone) - there is no new e-prescribe code being worked on or integrated anywhere. There is also bad blood between them and OpenEMR (kind of as a community) because Tony McCormick? (spelling?) [whom I do not know and have never met and I think he’s also parted ways with the OpenEMR community] originally got them into OpenEMR and then destroyed their system and walked away. If they can’t certify what they’ve been doing they will probably walk away.
Point taken though, while I am just a lowly contractor I should contribute more back to the community - yes. I did write a patient ledger that ended up back in the community and I also did a lot of work for Brent initially when he began using OpenEMR which then got him involved in the community and I believe he’s been a great member, he’s a really great guy. Most of that work was HL7 interfaces, the bulk of which are written in perl but I did a shell of a case management system for him that was just a placeholder for data that got sent to other applications through the interfaces and some clinical forms, all specialized, and all his. It’s not really my stuff but if there was interest or a use for it I’m sure he’d contribute it.
While working my way through this FHIR stuff the last few days I am noticing some things I am going to go suggest on github - I will do that next. I need to read the guidelines and get more involved, check the open issues and projects and pitch in a little. I do have some sms stuff working for a couple of clients but it’s a bit finicky and not polished enough to include as a module yet - but as it gets polished and solid I can contribute that as well.
I (like most here probably) am mostly working on various things to try to pay bills and make the ends meet and only a certain percentage of my work involves OpenEMR and lately it’s been shrinking. As I mentioned though - I live in Thailand and there is some interest here in OpenEMR. I know of two offices now in the Bangkok metro area that are using it. My wife has 3 doctors in her immediate family (she used to work for the CDC herself, took early retirement rather than deal with covid nonsense), and we’re starting to think we may be able to make it a viable business here, which would also then help with having time and resources to contribute back. We could also work on the Thai language translation.
Right now I’m just trying to make a living and I would actually rather be out improving the fence on my chicken/duck coop or putting up some trellises for my beans and gourds, or working on the goat pen, or tending the fruit orchard, maybe working on my new venturi fertilizer injection system for my irrigation - but so it goes. I have been asked to try to run OpenEMR 7.0.0, through the Inferno tests for (g)(10) and so that’s all I am trying to do. It seems like it should work since it’s been certified.
We can (probably should) take this off line here, I do not want to intrude on your personal time either but I do think we have some things in common and it could be interesting to get to know you a bit more.
I will go and enter one FHIR issue I see on github now and how I am fixing it - at least temporarily and then I will go try to find exactly what’s breaking the bulk export login, and then I will start digging through to see why no data comes through (allergies, conditions, smoking, vitals, etc) even though much of that data is populated. I think I understand now how the groups are setup, thank you - and I do appreciate your help. I don’t know if this particular client will ever jump into community involvement, but I am sure others will. In the mean time all the education I am getting in the FHIR interface will probably be useful at some point down the road anyway!
Thanks again, Sa Wa Dee Krap from sunny Thailand