How OpenEMR is developed, what skills I need to customize this software

Management and Administration
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danstar wrote on Friday, April 01, 2016:

I am new to OpenEMR, I need to know more technical details of this appllication.

  1. is this developed in PHP
  2. Which framework used to develope it.
  3. Is this app customizable - I can add / remove features of this app or not?
  4. how difficult it is to customize this application.

please help me.

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visolveemr wrote on Friday, April 01, 2016:

Hi Dan,

Greetings from ViSolve !

To be crisp and answer you questions:

  1. Yes, this is developed in PHP (version 5.4 and higher)
  2. Core PHP - No Framework
  3. Yes, this is completely customizable
  4. Once the interaction with the application is initiated, the customization should not be a concern on the go.

Thanks
OpenEMR Customization/Support Team,
ViSolve Inc
services@visolve.com | Phone: 408-850-2243
Demo’s @ ViSolve Demo Library

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danstar wrote on Friday, April 01, 2016:

Hey ViSolve

Thanks a lot for quick reply.

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danstar wrote on Friday, April 01, 2016:

What about integration with HL7, is it possible?

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visolveemr wrote on Friday, April 01, 2016:

Yes it is possible. But by default openemr doesn’t provide HL7 parsing functionality.
You may need to use a separate interface engine like MIRTH to build a HL7 interface between OpenEMR and any healthcare information systems like PMS,Lab.

Thanks
OpenEMR Customization/Support Team,
ViSolve Inc
services@visolve.com | Phone: 408-850-2243
Demo’s @ ViSolve Demo Library

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danstar wrote on Friday, April 01, 2016:

Thanks for info.

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tmccormi wrote on Friday, April 01, 2016:

As I have posted in other places we are in progress on an HL7 FHIR based API Module for OpenEMR. You can see the current code here: GitHub - kchapple/emr_api

We are getting assitance and contributions from members of the the FHIR community. Other contributions gladly accepted.

–Tony