List of open-source health software

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The following is a list of notable software packages and applications licensed under an open-source license or in the public domain for use in the health care industry.

Public health and biosurveillance

Electronic records and medical practice management

Name Maintainer License Programming language/
Software stack
Operating System
Features Target setting
EHR/EMR HIS? Practice management? Other
ClearHealth ClearHealth Inc.[4] GNU GPL[4] PHP, JavaScript[5] ? EMR ? Scheduling & billing
HIPAA
security
ERPNext Frappe Technologies GNU GPL[6] Python; JavaScript ? EMR Yes Yes
GaiaEHR ? GNU GPL[7] PHP & Ext JS ? EHR ? ?
GNUmed GNUmed GNU GPL[8] Python (wxPython); PostgreSQL[8]
Cross-platform[8]
Yes[8] No ?
GNU Health GNU Health (GNU Project) GNU GPL[9] Python; PostgreSQL
Cross-platform
EMR[9] Yes[9] Yes[9]
Hospital OS ? GNU GPL[10] Java[10]
Windows[10]
? Yes ? Small Thai hospitals[10]
HOSxP ? Public domain[11]
Delphi/Kylix[11]
Windows[11]
EHR Yes[11] Financial[11] Thai hospitals[11]
MedinTux MedinTux team[12] CeCILL[12] C++[13]
Cross-platform[14]
? ? Yes Modular design; web[15] & desktop interfaces French hospital emergency departments & smaller practices
OpenEMR ? GNU GPL[16] PHP, JavaScript; MySQL[17]
Cross-platform[16]
Yes[16] ? Yes[16] Patient portal & prescriptions[16]
Open Dental Open Dental Software[18] GNU GPL[18] ? ? Dental record No Yes Dentistry
OpenHospital Informatici Senza Frontiere[19] GNU GPL[19] Java[19]
Cross-platform[19]
EMR Yes Yes Small rural hospitals
OpenMRS OpenMRS Inc.[20] MPL with Healthcare Disclaimer[20] Java, JavaScript
Cross-platform
EMR ? ? Extensible & scalable Clinic, Hospital System, Country Level Health System
OSCAR McMaster ? GNU GPL[21] Java ? EMR[21] ? Billing Web interface; PHR[21] Canadian healthcare providers
Spinnaker Dental IT Ltd[22] GNU GPL[22] ? ? Dental record ? Yes Open Dental fork[23] UK dental practices[23]
THIRRA ? MPL[24] PHP5 (CodeIgniter), JavaScript (jQuery);[24] PostgreSQL ? EHR[24] ? ? Disease surveillance;[24] web interface Ambulatory care & public health[24]
VistA US Department of Veterans Affairs Free[25]
MUMPS
? EHR ? ? Veterans Health Administration facilities
ZEPRS Zcore Research Triangle Institute[26] Apache[26] Java[26] ? Yes ? ? Web interface

Health system management

Disease management

  • Breathing Games is a series of research-backed, co-created games to prevent, diagnose and treat chronic respiratory diseases. They are released under the Peer Production licence.[30]
  • BSD licenses.[35]
  • Tidepool makes open-source tools to help people better manage diabetes. They have received FDA clearance for their Loop insulin dosing app.[36][37]

Imaging/visualization

Medical information systems

Research

  • Galaxy is a web platform for data-intensive biology using geographically-distributed supercomputers.[56]
  • Apache license.[57]

Out-of-the-box distributions

Interoperability[62]

  • HL7 interface engine that enables bi-directional sending of HL7 messages between systems and applications over multiple transports. It is available under the Mozilla Public License.[63]

Specifications

  • Continuity of Care Document
  • API.[64][65] It is available under the CC0 license.[66]
  • openEHR is an open standard specification in health informatics that describes the management and storage, retrieval and exchange of health data in electronic health records (EHRs) following a two-level modeling paradigm. The OpenEHR base specification is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license.[67]

See also

References

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  42. ^ "Ginkgo CADx". Retrieved 30 June 2017.
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  65. ^ "Foundation Module". FHIR. HL7. 19 April 2017.
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  67. ^ "specifications-BASE/LICENSE". GitHub. 29 July 2015.

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