Has anyone used OpenEMR for Assisted Living, LTC, ro SNF's?

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news2me wrote on Tuesday, December 06, 2016:

I’m new to HIT and am looking for a solution for a Long-Term Care / Skilled Nursing facility. Is there functionality that I’m overlooking for eMAR (Medication Administration Rec), MDS Assessment, ADL Management?
Are there more appropriate opensource projects for this area?
Thanks

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teryhill wrote on Tuesday, December 06, 2016:

You can create forms to accomplish most of what you are looking for. If it is too complicated for the forms you will need to seek the assistance of a developer.

Terry

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news2me wrote on Wednesday, December 07, 2016:

Thanks Terry… I’m a dev looking for the best match before extending what’s existing. Seems hard to believe that more people havn’t gone down this road.

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teryhill wrote on Wednesday, December 07, 2016:

I am sure some folks have, They just do not see the need or want to return it back to the community. Let me know what you find or decide. If I can help let me know.

Best to you.

Terry

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I know it was a long time ago that you asked this question, but I’m just curious if you ever came across any others that have worked with OpenEMR in a post-acute setting. I’m very interested in extending OpenEMR functionality to facilitate the needs of post-acute providers in the US.

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Hi @yeluapyeroc -
The LTC/ SNF use cases you ask about would probably have a lot in common with inpatient hospital activities, wouldn’t they? Even though the acuity is different, they’re still doing similar activities.

Adapting OpenEMR to Inpatient is a popular topic of discussion around here,
https://community.open-emr.org/search?q=inpatient
but hasn’t caught on as an active project.

That’s too bad; an inpatient OpenEMR would be a tremendous boon to FOSS healthcare and a direct benefit to a lot of patients, too.

  • Harley