OpenMRS at Summer of Code 2007

OpenMRS

Google Health Take

Connecting the Dots…Google Health Promises to Create AND Dominate Next Generation PHRs

Top Health IT Innovators

Source:

The top 10 companies shaking up Health IT
(that you haven't heard of...yet)

The Top Health IT Innovators are:

1. Enhanced Medical Decisions (Cambridge, MA)
2. Practice Fusion (San Francisco, CA)
3. QlikTech (Radnor, PA)
4. Devon IT (King of Prussia, PA)
5. athenahealth (Watertown, MA)
6. MedApps (Scottsdale, AZ)
7. Get Well Networks (Bethesda, MD)
8. MDVIP (Boca Raton, FL)
9. PatientsLikeMe (Cambridge, MA)
10. NaviMedix (Cambridge, MA)

HL7 Resources for Developers

HL7 Tools, Utilities and Resources

What's Wrong with EMR?

What's Wrong with EMR? (congnitively untidy)

Readings: Why Web EHR?

1. No large upfront costs.
2. No expensive or stringent hardware requirements.
3. Centralized install, upgrade and maintenance.
4. Centralized notification of changes and new features.
5. Group hospitals central data.
6. Standard compliant interface for data exchange.
7. Providing constant backup of data.
8. Possible support for offline continuity.