OpenEMR version 2.8.3 and its companion FreeB 0.13 release are now available from SourceForge. This release has had a heavy focus on billing improvements, and is a major upgrade. Some highlights are:

• Electronic claims support has been rewritten, is much easier and no longer uses FreeB
• Electronic secondary claims may be generated
• NDC information may now be included in both electronic and paper claims
• Improved support for billing codes with modifiers
• Improved handling of electronic remits (X12 835)
• Improved tracking of claims history
• Added a start date for insurance plans, and logic to reference prior plans when appropriate
• Support for the new HCFA 1500 format
• Experimental support for multiple concurrent login sessions on the same desktop
• Added dates and issues to documents and sorting of documents by date
• Support for individual provider signature images in faxed prescriptions
• Fee Sheet now supports justification and copays
• Option to easily view the patient ID card from the patient summary
• Fixes for known security vulnerabilities
• Many other improvements and fixes

NIH’s National Database for Autism Research Deploys with OpenClinica as Clinical Assesments Component.

(Cambridge, MA) August 16, 2007 Akaza Research, LLC announced today that its OpenClinica product has been deployed as the clinical assessments component of the NIH’s National Database for Autism Research.

The National Database for Autism Research, or NDAR, is a collaborative biomedical informatics system created by the National Institutes of Health to provide a common, nationwide resource to support and accelerate research on autism. NDAR will make it easier and faster for researchers to gather, evaluate, and share autism research data from a variety of sources.

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We are excited to announce the release of Mirth 1.6! This is a significant upgrade which includes both critical bug fixes and new features. The functionality and stability of existing connectors has been improved to fully integrate with even more third-party systems. The user interface has also been enhanced to make channel development and maintenance even easier. Additionally, this release includes NCPDP support, real-time connection monitoring and plug-in functionality.

Dana Blankenhorn has started a new ZDNet healthcare blog with a strong emphasis on open source in healthcare software.

So far he has four articles of note. First he commented on the new Misys open source move. He has commented on the PossiblityForge Java OpenEMR, an article on
What open source can teach medical computing. Most recently he has asked the great question: What is stalling open source in healthcare?

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This release features connectors for MirrorMed, ClearHealth, OpenEMR, and osCMax. XOOPS connector has been enhanced to provide group-module ACL control. Locale-aware monetary figure printing has been added. Sample cheque format has been improved.

Hi, folks,

I have posted a new release, v.0.23.1, of CK-ERP, at SourceForge.Net, http://sourceforge.net/projects/ck-erp .

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Greg Caulton has just announced PatientOS a ‘healthcare information system designed to support hospitals and physician practices software needs.’ It appears to be a .1 release but they already have screenshots and videos

–Fred Trotter

PatientOS is a free healthcare information system released under GPL 3.0. This enterprise wide software is designed for healthcare facility physician, nurses, pharmacy, laboratory and other clinicians and departments.

This release, version 0.1 is a proof of concept of several clinical applications built upon an extensive technical architecture.

For screenshots, video demos and to download the application see http://wwww.patientos.org.

The Linux Expo of Southern California has opened the Call For Papers for the 6th Annual Southern California Linux Expo, to be held February 8th, 9th, & 10th, 2008
The Linux Expo of Southern California has opened the Call For Papers for the 6th Annual Southern California Linux Expo, to be held February 8th, 9th, & 10th, 2008

The Linux Expo of Southern California has opened the Call For Papers for the 6th Annual Southern California Linux Expo, to be held February 8th, 9th, & 10th, 2008. As with SCALE 5x, S6x will be held at the Westin Hotel at Los Angeles International Airport.

If you’re interested in speaking at SCALE, don’t wait to submit your proposal. Over their last couple of events, the Linux Expo has had many more applications than they have had speaker slots available. See the CFP for details on how to apply for a speaking opportunity at SCALE

“British software group Misys is expected to announce a major strategic gamble this week – giving its products away for free.”

“Under new American management, the company is planning to embrace the ‘open source’ movement, releasing a software code that can be copied or modified by other programmers.”

“Two new products are planned in healthcare and financial markets that Misys hopes will become industry standards: one offering a platform for trading carbon credits and the other aimed at harmonising medical records.”

The 2007 business meeting of the IMIA Open Source Working Group will take place as follows:

Sunday, 19 August 2007, from 5:30 – 7:30pm
Venue: Room P3, Brisbane Convention Centre, Australia (in conjunction with medinfo2007)

Agenda to be advised later.

Apologies to colleagues who won’t be at medinfo2007.

All queries to imia.oswg[at]gmail.com

Updates and agenda will be posted on the IMIA OSWG website at www.chirad.info/imiaoswg