I am a solo Anatomic pathologist and need new BILLING software only for ICD-10 compliance. Will OpenEMR do this? What windows version doe I need and what hardware requirements are ideal. This would be used on 1 computer only without needing a server and networking only for printing.
Thanks,
Bill Blank
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I have OpenEMR running on windows 2008 server, windows 7 pro, windows 7 home, windows 8.0, windows 8.1, windows 2012 server. So any version of windows should do, I have not tried it on win 10 yet. Hardware a good healthy pc 64 bit with 4 to 8 gig of ram and most any hard drive 250 gig and up should fit the bill.
The 4.2.0 XAMPP OpenEMR Package will work with Windows 7 & 8, not 10. Would not recommend installing components separately because it’s too difficult for neophytes.
Our Ophthalmology practice uses the Windows package on a 64 bit laptop with 4GB of RAM & 250 GB hard drive. Fairly easy/inexpensive to add RAM & hard drive capacity in a desktop or laptop.
We have a very slow Internet connection, about half of mbps; but no problem sending e-claims to clearinghouses.
If you are comfortable working in Windows, best to stick with it. Steep learning curve with Linux. There is a learning curve with OpenEMR but nowhere as steep as with Linux.
Perfectly fine to use OpenEMR just for billing. Have a look at the Wiki & Users Guide. If there are unanswered questions about billing, post them in the Help Forum.