OpenEMR

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OpenEMR
Initial releaseAugust 13, 2002; 23 years ago (2002-08-13)
Stable release
7.0.3.4[1] / 18 May 2025; 8 months ago (18 May 2025)
Operating systemLinux, Unix-like, macOS, Windows
Available in34 languages
TypeMedical practice management software, Electronic Medical Records
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitewww.open-emr.org
Repository

OpenEMR is a medical practice management software founded in 2001. The software is written in PHP and licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Features

History

OpenEMR was originally developed by Synitech and version 1.0 was released in June 2001 as MedicalPractice Professional (MP Pro).[2] Much of the code was then reworked to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and to improve security, and the product was reintroduced as OpenEMR version 1.3 a year later, in July 2002.[3] On 13 August 2002 OpenEMR was released to the public under the GNU General Public License (GPL) on SourceForge.[4][failed verification] The project evolved through version 2.0 and the Pennington Firm (Pennfirm) took over as its primary maintainer in 2003.[2] Walt Pennington transferred the OpenEMR software repository to SourceForge in March 2005.[5] Mr. Pennington also established Rod Roark, Andres Paglayan and James Perry Jr. as administrators of the project.[2] Walt Pennington, Andres Paglayan and James Perry eventually took other directions and were replaced by Brady Miller in August 2009.[6] Robert Down became an administrator of the project in March 2017.[6] Matthew Vita was an administrator of the project from July 2017 until February 2020.[6] Jerry Padgett was an administrator of the project from June 2019 until February 2026.[6] Stephen Waite became an administrator of the project in February 2020.[6] Stephen Nielson became an administrator of the project in January 2022. Asher Densmore-Lynn became an administrator of the project in January 2024. Michael Smith became an administrator of the project in February 2026. So at this time Rod Roark, Brady Miller, Robert Down, Stephen Waite, Stephen Nielson, Asher Densmore-Lynn and Michael Smith are the project's co-administrators.[6]

In 2018 Project Insecurity found almost 30 security flaws in the system, which were all disclosed in a coordinated fashion.[7]

The OpenEMR Foundation is a nonprofit entity that was organized April, 2019 to support the OpenEMR project. The OpenEMR Foundation is the entity that holds the ONC EHR Certification with SLI Compliance.[8] OEMR[9] was a nonprofit entity that was organized in July, 2010 to support the OpenEMR project.[10] OEMR was the former entity that held the ONC EHR Certifications with ICSA and InfoGard Labs.[8][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Release 7.0.3.4". 18 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Donahue, Margaret (2006-02-16). "The OpenEMR Community". Retrieved 2012-02-25.
  3. ↑ Stack, Matthew (2002-07-05). "OpenEMR Released". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  4. ↑ "OpenEMR on Sourceforge". Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  5. ↑ "OpenEMR First Sourceforge Commit". Retrieved 2012-01-28.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Sourceforge OpenEMR Project". Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  7. ↑ "Health records 'put at risk by security bugs'". www.bbc.com. BBC. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  8. 1 2 Maduro, Roger (2011-08-22). "OpenEMR 4.1 Achieves Full 'Meaningful Use' Certification". Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  9. ↑ "OEMR Organization Website". Archived from the original on 2012-12-01. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  10. ↑ "OEMR Organization Meeting Minutes (2012-07-22)" (PDF). 2010-07-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  11. ↑ "ICSA Labs Website". Archived from the original on 2020-04-11. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  12. ↑ "InfoGard Laboratories Website". Retrieved 2014-12-29.