If you are a small clinic or hospital on a very tight budget, you might consider one of these software tools to help hold your organization accountable.
Health is a delicate subject to be approached from any angle. One of the big problems with healthcare software is the strict privacy laws that govern the industry, which makes it difficult to create and maintain healthcare software over time. For this reason, it is not easy to find solid open source health solutions. Such healthcare software has evolved over the years (most are gone), but some tools have managed to stick around.
Here are five of these available health software tools, four of which are free and open source, and one which is free. These five tools are all cross-platform.
The OpenEMR system offers all the functionality you would need to manage your organization. Image: OpenEMR
Do any research for open source health systems, and OpenEMR will always be at the top or near the top of every list. There is a good reason for this. OpenEMR is not only a solid entry for an open source tool, it is a solid entry for any licensing model.
OpenEMR includes prescribing, CMS reports, lab integration, advanced safety, clinical decision rules, patient demographics, patient portal, document management, community support, a telehealth module and Moreover. OpenEMR is ONC Complete Ambulatory EHR certified and has a very active community of volunteers to support the platform.
OpenEMR offers a fully functional demo and can be run on Linux and Windows as well as through Docker and from AWS Cloud.
OpenEMR
OpenMRS is easy and efficient to use for clinics and other healthcare facilities. Image: OpenMRS
OpenMRS is another open source platform. Unlike OpenEMR, OpenMRS focuses on medical records. The goal of OpenMRS is to improve the delivery of healthcare in resource-constrained environments. OpenMRS is not just an open source medical records system, but a community of developers, users, and implementers working on a foundation of open health information management.
OpenMRS includes patient repository, security and reporting, cohort management, patient workflow management, privilege-based access, multiple identifiers per patient, modular architecture, merge and patient relationships , location, complex data support and personal attributes. One of the most important features of OpenMRS is data interoperability and the ability to add new functions without having to change the main code.
OpenMRS can run on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
OpenMRS
Hospital Run offers a great interface that anyone can use. Image: HospitalRun
One of the main features of HospitalRun is that it has been designed to allow the transport of records from a hospital to remote clients, which means that the platform can work online or offline.
Hospital Run has a very user-friendly interface that simplifies management of inventory, patient information, patient assessments and procedures, appointments, labs, imaging, and medications. HospitalRun is ideal for clinics located in rural areas, where internet connectivity is unreliable (or even available).
This platform focuses on usability as the main requirement, so the UX is top notch. The developers also wanted to make sure that users didn’t have to spend excessive time using the software, so they put a lot of effort into making sure that the most common tasks can be completed quickly.
Hospital Run
Open Hospital is easily installed on Linux, macOS and Windows. Image: Hospital open
Open Hospital is our latest open source platform, designed to facilitate the digitization of hospital data while minimizing the knowledge required to use the system.
By design, Open Hospital enables facilities without skilled resources or support to use a well-designed electronic clinical data platform. Open Hospital has been used in many countries and includes features such as patient registration and admission, outpatient management, service and examination management, pregnancy management, pharmacy management , management of malnutrition control, invoicing and vaccine databases.
Open hospital
Solismed offers a clean and simple user interface. Image: Solismed
Solismed is the only tool on the list that is not open source. However, its use is free.
This platform was designed to automate many daily activities, digitize patient records and facilitate better communication between staff. Solismed includes features like daily dashboard, contact records, schedules, auxiliaries, internal messaging, invoicing, reports, construction operations, payments, templates, and more.
Solismed can be deployed for free for five active users, which means it is only really free for small clinics. If your organization has more than five users, you must pay $ 500 for five additional users. Another problem with Solismed is that while minor upgrades are free, major upgrades will cost you 50% of the license fee. Of course, if you’re only using Solismed for a small clinic with fewer than five users, major upgrades are free.
Solismed
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