octort wrote on Thursday, May 19, 2011:
hi, I will need to connect two facilities, how I supposed to do that? I am using Ubuntu 10.04 and OpenEMR 4.0
thanks!
saleemf wrote on Friday, May 20, 2011:
Hi Octort,
Can you explain the topography, where is the Server located and where are teh two facilities located and what it is that you actually want to achieve.
Without know ing any of the facts, here is the simplest solution that I can think of for your situation.
Install an instance of OpenEMR 4.0 in the clouds.
Once installed, log into it as Administrator and go to the Administration Menu. From here select Facilities and then enter the information on the two facilities.
Then go to Globals ( also from the Administration Menu) and select the tab marked Features. About half way down the list you can tick mark the box against the line where it says Restrict Users To Facilities.
Having done this, you can then add your users and be sure to assign them the correct facility that they belong to. Wehn they log on, they will be logged on the the Facility where they belong.
In this way, you can set up several Facilities without any additional changes being required and as Adminsitrator you can get consolidated Financial and other reports.
I hope this was of some help to you. Please let me know.
God Bless.
Saleem
octort wrote on Monday, May 23, 2011:
That is very good explanation Saleem, I really appreciated. Actually, the 2 locations I am referring to are across the street. I installed OpenEMR 4.0 on a PC running Ubuntu Desktop 10.04, the question is what is the best option to share this setting within 2 facilities?
saleemf wrote on Monday, May 23, 2011:
Hi Octort,
Glad that the explanation was helpful.
If you have a Static IP Address at teh location where the Server is located, then from across the street, you would simply open the browser and type in the URL as
http://xxx.xxxx.xxx.xxx/openemr
In the example given above xxx.xxxx.xxx.xxx is the Static IP address and I am assuming that the folder from where OpenEMR is launched is called openemr. If that is not correct, please replace openemr with the correct folder name.
If you do not have a STATIC IP Address, then i would recommend using a free service such as DYNDNS.ORG
You will need to open an account with DYNDNS and select one the free Domain Names that they have. Next you will have to install a DYNDNS client on the Server. What this client does, is that everytime your IP Changes it notifies DYNDNS. They in turn propogate the change to all the DNS Servers. In this way, you will always have access to the Server regardless of how many times a day the ISP changes your IP address.
The last step that you need to do, is to do port forwarding on the router in the facility where the Server is located. You MUST use a STATIC IP Address on the SERVER for Port Forwarding to work.
I hope that the information provided above is useful and that you are able to achieve your goal.
If you need any additional help/information please let me know
God Bless
Saleem
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octort wrote on Monday, May 23, 2011:
Awesome!, I am curious about having OpenEMR on line all the time, it is secure? How do I install it, it is complicated or slow?
octort wrote on Friday, June 03, 2011:
I got OpenEMR running on line now. Does anyone knows if I install a SSL certificate will be enough to protect ALL patients data? thanks in advance!