What are the most important features of OEMR?

drbowen wrote on Friday, April 03, 2009:

I am about to refurbish the front page of our public web page www.oemr.org.  I would like to list the most important features of OpenEMR.  Would you post your personal choice of most important features (to you and your organization)?

1) Free

2) Open Source

3) Free Upgrades

4) Free online support

5) Electronic Billing (includes Medicare)

6) Document management

7) Integrated practice management

8) E-Prescribing

9) Prescriptions by printed script, fax or email

9) Insurance tracking (3 insurances)

10) Multilanguage

11) Easy to customize

12) Easy Installation (Thank You! Brady Miller and Obinna Amalu.)

13) Voice recognition ready

14) Internet accessible

15) Integration with external general accounting program SQL-Ledger

In Development:

Interoperability

Laboratory Module

Security enhancements

National Ceritification

Please add to my list to your hearts content!

Sam Bowen, MD

cfapress wrote on Friday, April 03, 2009:

I think we should mention:

* Built in Scheduler

* Web Based   (instead of Internet accessible)

* Multi-facility capable

Jason

dlee5400 wrote on Wednesday, February 24, 2010:

Has anyone created a feature list that is more comprehensible? AND is the SQL-Ledger something I should look to install if I have a large clinic?

tmccormi wrote on Thursday, February 25, 2010:

Open Source
Easy to use
Easy to customize
Commercial support widely available
Updated frequently by community

-Tony

bradymiller wrote on Thursday, February 25, 2010:

hey,
I’d rec staying away from sql-ledger; for what reason do you plan on installing sql-ledger for?
Here’s a list of features in a prettier format on the OpenEMR wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenEMR
-brady

dlee5400 wrote on Thursday, February 25, 2010:

I only ask because it is referred to alot in the materail on the web, so i thought if I am learning this system I’d better understand the interface points…