PatientOS version 0.21 adds major scheduling functionality. Appointment types can be defined in batches , double or any number of overbooking predefined on the schedule with all appointments defined with a custom color.
Appointments can be rescheduled. Multiple resources viewed by day or week. Custom work schedules, blocking out of schedules.

PatientOS is preparing to go live in December ’07 (scheduling and basic EMR functionality only). To connect to our online demo server in minutes consult this thread http://www.patientos.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?
f=3&t=42

For further information, links to downloads, source and more see http://www.patientos.org

This is just a reminder that the second annual Demonstrating Open Source
Healthcare Solutions conference (DOHCS) is taking place at SCALE 2008
again in Los Angeles, February 8th. Pre-registration for attendees is
now available so please help us publicize the event, https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/reg6/. We would love to
have a talk proposal submitted by a wide variety of contributors on a diverse set of topics. Note that this year we are
offering both a technical and a business oriented tract.

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A group of open source enthusiasts and professionals from various organizations in the academia and industry are presenting a workshop at the AMIA Symposium this November (Nov 10, 2007). The topic is “Open source tools and applications in medical informatics”. We invite all those interested in using, contributing or collaborating to open source to attend.

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PatientOS is a free clinical information management system for hospitals and healthcare office practitioners (GP’s, family physicians, ambulatory). A functional physician practice version will be released March 31st, 2008. A hospital release October 31st, 2008.

Version 0.15 adds core scheduling functionality. Search for a patient and schedule appointments on the day and week views. Multiple user or resource calendars can be viewed side by side.

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eHealthNews.EU Portal is presenting a ‘second age’ of the Google Health Prototype speculations, but two previous announcements are requiring a special attention. Both of them are coming from different sources, from different companies and in a different time interval, nevertheless by a simple aggregation one message could be underlined.

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OpenEMR HQ announced today that it is actively working on a Portable Personal Health-care Record (PPHR) service that it plans to officially launch during the first quarter of 2008. The service announcement comes on the heels of

PatientOS is an open source healthcare information system for physicians, nursing, pharmacy, laboratory and ultimately all departments in a hospital, physician or practice, or any other healthcare facility.

Version 0.14 of PatientOS integrates the Open Source Mirth HL7 Engine with PatientOS. Registering or updating patient information in the demo demonstrates the creation of an outbound HL7 ADT message.

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PatientOS is an open source healthcare information system physicians, nursing, pharmacy, laboratory and ultimately all departments in a hospital, physician practice, or any other healthcare facility. Version 0.12 adds the foundation code to support the creation and maintenance of a formulary. Pharmacists can create medications, and associate rules for dose checking. Medications may be created defining dose and dispense details to build the formulary.

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People are constantly asking my “Why don’t you re-write MirrorMed in python/ruby-on-rails/java?” I get this questions at conferences constantly, Then someone proceeds to tell me how much simpler my life would be if I was using the programing language they they like with the “framework of the day”. almost as often as I get some newbie telling me: “what we should do is re-write VistA in Java..”

Here is a great article from someone who has come full-circle: back to php. As you can imagine, a complex CD store is still much simpler than an full EHR.

Regards,
Fred Trotter

OpenEMR HQ, a consultancy and integration firm focused on the popular OpenEMR medical records software package, has officially began offering service. The company, based near Tulsa, Oklahoma, offers a full range of products and services including installation, customization, and hosting and is primarily focused on small to mid-sized medical offices and clinics.

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