I hope to link up with those with experience using open source practice management software.

I know of FreeMed GnuHealth OpenEmr Remitt OSCAR CottageMed tkfp

I'm organizing a micro-practice with 1 MD and 1 PT OM (husband) ME!

I'm an IT GURU..... old school Sys3...........SysV.......... BSD......... C....C++
Basic.........Pascal.......Fortran......COBOL........

I'm looking for a patient portal ala MD HQ

INDY

In the United States, at least, your choice of medical practice management software is tightly regulated by laws such a HIPAA.

During the 80s and 90s I ran a successful Systems Engineering Consultancy. My customers were the Fortune 500.

They paid me $100/hr. They paid me that because I knew my stuff!

I am quite aware of HIPAA and it's requirements.

I am seeking the opportunity to chat with folks who have direct experience running medical practices using Open Source Software.......

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Dr. George W. Oprisko, PhD
Executive Director
Public Research Institute
goprisko@publicresearchinstitute.org

"To go where others have gone...........

To see what none have seen............

Hello, I am not sure whether you have stumble on Github.

Here's two Open Source platform for Electronic Health Record.
a. https://github.com/gaiaehr/gaiaehr
b. https://github.com/HospitalRun/hospitalrun-frontend

You can actually clone or fork the whole code and start your own. Of course, you need to share it back to Github.

What is Github?
https://www.howtogeek.com/180167/htg...ks-use-it-for/

Dr. Oprisko, thankfully, you will find neither (those kind of people) nor "trolls" here. LQ has a long and stable history of being self-policing and mature in its treatment of the subjects, and of participants. If you see a reply, you should take it at face value as being sincerely meant – as was mine.

I'm not sure if this will turn out to be the best forum for discussion of such a specialized topic, but Welcome to LQ, anyway.

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The Veterans Administration VISTA software is mostly open source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VistA

There is a Debian Pure Blend called, "Debian Med," that may help.

There is a WikiPedia article on Open-Source Health Software but it is not entirely clear from the article in which countries the software is used.

Articles such as this one about HIPAA Compliance and Windows 10.5 illustrate just how drastic and draconian the situation has become:
And, these concerns are quite legitimate.

There's an entire web-site called http://hipaasurvivalguide.com. (It includes, for instance, this summary of the HITECH Act.)

It is supremely ironic, I think, that the US Government has poured such attention and punishments into the management of health-care related "personally identifiable information," but has done absolutely nothing about data-mining your every comment, and/or putting an electronic eavesdropping device into your home and into your phone. They have no problems with your phone sampling your pulse, exact location, and footsteps. (Yet!) Nevertheless, "you can go to jail for this in the United States." It's not most-important that your practice software is easy to use or, for that matter, open source. What matters most is: "is it certified?"

I was recently approached by a dentist who wanted me to cook something up for him. In years past, I did that sort of thing. Not anymore. He's going to have to use what he doesn't want to use ... because, it is certified. (And you can bet that a very substantial amount of the software's annual subscription price is a liability-insurance premium for the vendor.)

I don't know how that liability would translate to the open-source community. Microsoft says, "It's ultimately the users responsibility to ensure compliance." I think a similar blurb in an open-source license agreement would be effective.

For me, I'd rather the government know my healthcare information than watch me in my living room or listen in on my life! Not that I have anything to hide. But,

"The first administration to successfully deprive the populace of privacy will be the last administration ever to be elected."