We are looking at various hospital information systems for a 120 bed hospital in Uganda, including OP, Pediatrics, Adult in-patient, and Maternity. They are currently only using paper records. Many of the staff lack extensive computer experience, so they may not be comfortable making the switch.
OpenEMR is one possible software solution. Another one is GNU Health, which is also licensed under GNU. It seems like these two software products may be designed for similar types of medical facilities. What are the advantages / disadvantages of using OpenEMR compared to GNU Health?
Justin,
OpenEMR is primarily targeted for the outpatient/office setting. GNU Health looks like it is designed for the hospital setting. Thus based on your brief description of goals GNU Health seems like it would be a better fit.
OpenEMR has no capabilities out of box to assign patients to beds within units or something similar which would be appropriate for the in-patient setting. Patient workflow is driven primarily by the appointment calendar.