I have just completed a preliminary version of a (ClearHealth+CK-ERP) connector. [CK-ERP is a CRM/ERP/MRP/accounting system.] A demo of CK-ERP operating within ClearHealth 1.0RC3-2006-10-24 is available at http://ck-erp.org/clearhealth/ .

I have just completed a preliminary version of a (ClearHealth+CK-ERP) connector. [CK-ERP is a CRM/ERP/MRP/accounting system.] A demo of CK-ERP operating within ClearHealth 1.0RC3-2006-10-24 is available at http://ck-erp.org/clearhealth/ .

At the same time, it is important to note that,

a) There is no integration of ClearHealth and CK-ERP at database level and/or processing logic level. Developers familiar with OpenEMR + SQL-Ledger integration may produce a better result than I do.
b) I am not familiar with HIPAA and/or other medical IT rules and regulations, so I am not sure if the (ClearHealth + CK-ERP) environment would or would not breach any such rules/regulations. However, some earlier comments do seem to indicate that there may be problems if ClearHealth’s patient information is integrated with CK-ERP’s customer contact infrastructure.

So far as I can tell, the main utilities of CK-ERP operating within ClearHealth are the accounting, purchasing and staff management functions. Since ClearHealth already includes a highly customised medical billing engine, CK-ERP’s billing functions pale in terms of usability. However, payroll, purchasing, payment routines would be simplified quite a bit with the aid of CK-ERP.

As always, any criticisms, feedbacks, comments, suggestions are most welcome.