Open EMR’s Death, Collaborative Health Record, and Improving EMR

Will Open EMR Die? http://t.co/IuIN84Mn6V – I agree with this post by @drchrono 100% — Nrip Nihalani (@nrip) December 29, 2013 It seems a little ironic that an EMR vendor would write about wanting an open source EMR to die. Although, I couldn’t help but read the irony that this person chose not to be involved in the open EMR community because people weren’t getting involved in the community. A good old chicken and egg problem. Instead of contributing to the community so that it would be more vibrant, they chose to go out and develop EVERYTHING. The reality is that this person just wanted to build an EMR business. They didn’t want a real open source EMR community. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to build an EMR business, but it’s very different than contributing to a great open source EMR community and build a business. As the author mentions, the Open EMR community isn’t going anywhere. In the hospital space, the Vista community isn’t going anywhere either. I will be interested to see how Open EMR handles MU. They did stage 1, but future stages are still a question mark from what I’ve seen. Of course, they could go radical and not worry about meaningful use. It will be interesting to see. .@LiquidHealth @john_chilmark @dsgold @larrychu Collaborative Health Record not based on acronyms, but coordination http://t.co/fWQ2eTdnyJ — Charles Webster, MD (@wareFLO) December 30, 2013 I’ve always l...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Tags: EHR Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR Healthcare HealthCare IT Charles Webster Collaborative Care Record EHR Switching EMR Switching Open EMR Open Source EMR Source Type: blogs