FOSS Healthcare Software - An eternal source of software code

!!Name\nAMIDE\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://amide.sourceforge.net/\n!!Introduction\nAMIDE is a competely free tool for viewing, analyzing, and registering volumetric medical imaging data sets. It's been developed using GTK+/GNOME, and runs on any system that supports the toolkit (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X with fink, etc.).\n!!License\nGNU GPL\n!!Category\nMedical Imaging\n!!Supported OS\nLinux Windows ~MacOSX\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nGnome GTK in Linux, (X)~MedCon, DCMTK - DICOM Toolkit, ~VolPack, libfame, gsl\n!!Notes:\n# Imports raw data files (8bit,16bit,32bit,float,etc). Also imports Acr/Nema 2.0, Analyze (SPM), DICOM 3.0, ~InterFile3.3, ECAT 6/7, and Gif87a/89a (using the (X)medcon/libmdc library).\n# Imports many clinical DICOM files (using the DCMTK library).

!!Name\nCDMedic\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://cdmedicpacsweb.sourceforge.net/cdmedic_en.html\n\n!!Introduction\nFull featured free PACS based on ctn, dcmtk and mysql,with remote administration using apache mod perl and imaging processing capabilities using ImageMagick, Grevera's dcm2pgm DICOM converter and AFNI, running in a Knoppix based live CD in less than 5 minutes without hard disk installation, with interesting programs CTSim, XMedcon, Amide, FSL and Slicer.\nTen reasons to use this Live CD\nhttp://cdmedicpacsweb.sourceforge.net/10reasons.html\n!!License\nGNU GPL\n!!Category\nMedical Imaging \n!!Supported OS\n\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nLive CD\n!!Notes:\n\n

!!Name\nThe Community Health Information Tracking System\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://chits.mudfish.info/HomePage\n!!Introduction\nCHITS is an extensible, modular, open source information system for rural health units (initially for the Philippines). It collects existing routine health data from vertical programs in the Field Health Service Information System (FHSIS) and integrates them into a unified, comprehensive computerized information system. Through CHITS, community-based health information is made available not only to public health agencies requiring community level information but also to the community itself which generates the information. It enables the community to use this information for local decision-making and health planning. In addition to software, CHITS also includes structured capability-building programs designed to improve the health information systems within local health centers, regardless of the level of automation.\n!!License\n\n!!Category\nepidemiology; public health\n!!Supported OS\nLinux MS Windows\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nApache Web Server; PHP CHITS currently uses PHP4+. A version working on PHP5 is under development; MySQL: Make sure the version of MySQL is at least Version 3.23.58 or later. \n!!Notes:\ndocumrentation URL http://chits.mudfish.info/ChitsDocumentation

http://healthcare.omg.org/Roadmap/corbamed_roadmap.htm\n\nThe OMG (Object Management Group) Healthcare Domain Task Force (HDTF) is actively engaged as part of a joint collaboration with the Health Level 7 (HL7) Standards Group in producing industry healthcare SOA standards. The Healthcare Services Specification Project (HSSP) is the moniker under which these join activities are occurring. All current work, minutes, agendas, and activities are available on a shared wiki site, available at: http://hssp.wikispaces.com\n\nMission \n\n * To improve the quality of care and reduce costs through the use of interoperability technologies throughout the global healthcare community.\n * To utilize the OMG technology adoption process to standardize interfaces for healthcare objects \n * To communicate the requirements of the healthcare industry to the OMG Membership \n * To assist and advise the OMG liaisons regarding the relationship with healthcare standards organizations and consortia. \n\nGoals \n\n * To educate both the system developers and the user community in the health care industry\n * To issue RFIs and RFPs related to the healthcare community \n * To evaluate RFI and RFP responses and RFCs for recommended adoption\n

!!Name\n~Care2X\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.care2x.org/\n!!Introduction\nCare2x integrates data, functions and workflows in a healthcare environment. It is currently composed of four major components. Each of these components can also function individually.\n\n * HIS - Hospital/Healthservice Information System\n * PM - Practice (GP) management - in development\n * CDS - Central Data Server\n * HXP - Health Xchange Protocol - in development\n!!License\nGPL\n!!Category\nHMIS CPM \n!!Supported OS\nLinux Microsoft WIndows Mac OS X Sun OS BSD\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish and many others\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nApache ~MySQL or Postgresql (soon ~DB2) php\n!!Notes:\nThe HIS is used in many countries. CPM module still in development

!!Name\n~ClearHealth\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.clear-health.com/\n!!Introduction\nClearHealth covers the five major areas of practice operations including scheduling, billing, EMR, HIPAA Security and accounts receivable.\n!!License\nGPL\n!!Category\nCPM\n!!Supported OS\nLinuc MS Windows\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\napache; mysql; php\n!!Notes:\nCommercial support is available in the USA by Uversa.

''Clinical Practice Management Software:''\nOSCARMcMaster\n[[ClearHealth]]\n[[FreeMED]]\n[[GNUMED]]\n[[MirrorMed]]\nOpenEMR\nPrimaCare \n[[TK Family Practice]]

!!Name\n\n!!Homepage Location\n\n!!Introduction\n\n!!License\n\n!!Category\n\n!!Supported OS\n\n!!Supported Languages\n\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\n\n!!Notes:

HealthcareSoftware\nDefaultAppDetailer

NetEpi\n[[CHITS]]

!!Name\n~FreeMed\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.freemed.org/\n!!Introduction\nFreeMED is a Free and Open Source Medical Practice Management system and EMR. FreeMED is designed to run a Doctors Office or Clinic. FreeMED uses REMITT for medical billing. REMITT is designed to handle HCFA or X12 medical billing formats.\n\nFreeMED is one of the oldest GPL Practice Management Projects. FreeMED is written in PHP, REMITT is written in Perl.\n\n!!License\nGPL\n!!Category\nCPM EMR EHR\n!!Supported OS\nLinux MS Windows XP\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\napache2; mysql; php4\n!!Notes:\nBilling module is for the USA

!!Name\nGNUMED\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.gnumed.org/\n!!Introduction\nAs of February 2007 ~GNUmed can be used to do the following:\n\n * patient handling\n o manually add new patient\n o import new patient from legacy software\n o import new patient from his German medical card KVK\n o edit patient demographics\n o search for patient\n o disable patient \n\n * progress notes\n o enter progress notes (SOAP)\n o browse progress notes in a tree ordered by\n + health issue\n # episode\n * encounter \n o export to text file\n o search across progress notes in entire EMR \n\n * EMR structure\n o manage health issues\n o manage episodes (standalone or associated to a health issue)\n o move progress notes among episodes \n\n * remote control GNUmed from a legacy application\n o import patient from German-style XDT file (BDT/GDT)\n o make GNUmed select that patient\n o activate a particular plugin for that patient \n\n * Document Management\n o add new documents\n + select files from file system\n + drop files onto GNUmed\n + get data from scanners/cameras \n o associate metadata with selected documents\n o view documents in different sort modes\n o sign off documents as seen-and-considered\n o export documents to files for re-use outside GNUmed \n\n * current medication\n o document current medication using IFAP drug database \n\n * staff functionality\n o manage staff members\n o view per-staff Inbox\n o from inbox message jump to unreviewed documents for this patient \n\n * external appllication links\n o look up drugs in the German ifap Index Praxis drug database\n + works under Windows and Wine \n o display a list of online medical knowledge resources\n o use a DICOM viewer to display CD-ROMs containing X-Rays, MRs, CTs etc \n\n * hooks for custom scripts\n o run script after activating a patient \n\n * database handling\n o installation\n + on RAID/NAS/encrypted devices \n o access\n + from Linux, Windows, and (mostly) MacOSX? \n o backup\n + automated, hands-off, zero downtime, digitally signed \n o lossless\n + loss-less with utmost safety precautions \n\n!!License\n\n!!Category\nCPM\n!!Supported OS\nLinux Microsoft Windows Mac OS X\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nClient software needs to be installed and is platform independent but needs python. The server needs Postgresql server to be configured.\n!!Notes:\nVaccination status and lab results will be possible soon.\n~A Live-CD version is available.

http://www.hl7.org/\nHL7 is one of several American National Standards Institute (ANSI) -accredited Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) operating in the healthcare arena. Most SDOs produce standards (sometimes called specifications or protocols) for a particular healthcare domain such as pharmacy, medical devices, imaging or insurance (claims processing) transactions. Health Level Seven’s domain is clinical and administrative data. Our mission is to: "To provide standards for the exchange, management and integration of data that support clinical patient care and the management, delivery and evaluation of healthcare services. Specifically, to create flexible, cost effective approaches, standards, guidelines, methodologies, and related services for interoperability between healthcare information systems."

//Note: Please move the mouse over this text to see the menus.//\n\nThe OSHCA envisages the working together of project developers of FOSS in the healthcare domain, to work towards interoperability by the use of free open standards.\n\nThe development of a special license for FOSS health applications is also to be considered.\n\nThere are already compiled lists of FOSS healthcare software which are listed below. These lists maybe outdated, and some of the software projects listed may have become inactive. But remember, the source code is available, and therefore FOSS projects never die! Anyone who is capable, is allowed to take over any of these projects and continue developing it. Kindly inform the former author(s) before you do so. Read the FOSS license on which it is developed.\n\nThe categories, seen on the left, are kept simple. The following categories are included in CPM.\n# Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Systems\n# Computer-based Provider Order Entry -- CPOE\n# Clinical Decision Support -- CDS\n# Personal Health Records -- PHR\n\nYou are welcome to make suggestions to this area of the OSHCA website, through the OSCHA mailing list.\n\nThe Spirit Project\nhttp://www.euspirit.org/list.php\n\nLinux Med News List\nhttp://www.linuxmednews.com/LMNProjects\n\nMinoru Development Corporation\nhttp://www.minoru-development.com/en/healthlinks.html\n\n

Hospital Management Information Systems (HMIS)\n\nThis is used in hospitals for the mangement of the administrative part as well as in keeping Electronic Medical Records(EMR)\n\nWorldVista\nCare2X\nHospitalOS

!!Name\nHospital OS\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.hospital-os.com/en/index.php\n!!Introduction\nA client server application for use in Hospital dveloped in Thailand.\nIt has the following modules:\n 1. User Interface\n 2. Workflow Management\n 3. Registration\n 4. Screening\n 5. Diagnosis\n 6. Ordering\n 7. Appointment\n 8. Service History and Order History\n 9. Pharmacy\n 10. Billing\n 11. Lab\n 12. X-ray\n 13. Emergency Room (ER) and Trauma\n 14. In-Patient Department (IPD) \n\n\n!!License\n\n!!Category\nHMIS\n!!Supported OS\nLinux on the server and client on WIndows Linux MacOS\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish Thai\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nServer side needs Postgresql Apache and Java client\n\n!!Notes: \nThe current version is 3.0. English version still unavailable. (February 2007)

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!!Name\n~ImageServer\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.mii.ucla.edu/index.php/MainSite:ImageServerHome\n!!Introduction\nTHis is an open source medical imaging server framework designed to support the routing, processing, and storage of images for medical practice and research. Its extensibility facilitates image routing over multiple protocols including DICOM, HTTP, and TCP/IP, storage in multiple formats including DICOM, Analyze, and raw, and provides a distributed imaging processing framework for arbitrary algorithms executed on parallel machines or a GRID. All interactions with ImageServer are audited, for tracking and also HIPAA purposes.\n\n!!License\n\n!!Category\nMedical imaging\n!!Supported OS\n\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nSoftware\n\n * Java JDK and Java JRE 1.5X or better\n * Java Advanced Imaging API 1.1.2X (JAI) and Imaging I/O API 1.0X\n * Apache Ant 1.6X or better\n * Apache Tomcat 5.5X\n * PostreSQL 8.X \n!!Notes:\n * Extensible routing over multiple protocols \n\n * Configurable across servers for load balancing \n\n * Implemented in Java for cross-platform compatibility \n\n * Deployable in any Servlet or J2EE container (though tested with Tomcat and JBoss) \n\n * Lightweight, using XML over HTTP \n\n * Audits requests

[[Home Page|http://oshca.org/]]\n!Healthcare\n[[Hospital MIS]]\n[[Clinical PM]]\n[[Medical Research]]\n[[Medical Imaging]]\n[[Epidemiology]]\n[[Open Standards]]\n[[Humanitarian]]\n!![[Other]]\n\n

OsiriX\nCDMedicsPACS \n[[dcm4che]]\n[[AMIDE]] \n[[The Visualization Toolkit (VTK)]]\n[[Raynux]]\nOpenSourcePACS\nImageServer\n\n

[[Open Infrastructure for Outcomes]]\nOpenClinica\nR-Statistics\n[[Weft QDA]] -qualitative research tool \n[[TINA]] - medical image research\n[[iPath]] - telemedicine platform

!!Name\n~MirroMed\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.mirrormed.org/\n!!Introduction\nMirrorMed is a free and open source EHR and practice management system written in PHP. MirrorMed is a web-based application that is capable of running a healthcare practice. MirrorMed shares code with FreeMED, and OpenEMR. MirrorMed is primarily sponsored by SynSeer.\nMedical accounts and medical billing available.\n!!License\nGPL\n!!Category\nCPM\n!!Supported OS\nLinux\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nWeb based.\nApache web server; ~MySQL; PHP\n!!Notes:

A semi-government agency specialized in ICT Research and Development under the National Science and Technology Development Agency, Ministry of Science and Technology, Thailand, established a Committee on Open Standards.The Committee is tasked with the objective to promote awareness and use of open standards to achieve an Open ICT Ecosystem.

!!Name\nNetEpi\n!!Homepage Location\nhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/netepi/\n!!Introduction\n\nThis is a network based system having three major components.\n\nNetEpi-Analysis\nNetEpi-CaseMgr \nNetEpi-PHREDSS\n\n# NetEpi Case Manager\nThis is a tool for securely collecting structured information about cases and contacts of diseases (and other conditions) of public health importance, through Web browsers and the Internet. New data collection forms can be designed and deployed quickly by epidemiologists, using a "point-and-click" interface, without the need for knowledge of or training in any programming language. Data can then be collected from users of the system, who can be located anywhere in the world, onto a centralised database. All that is needed by users of the system is a relatively recent Web browser and an Internet connection. In some respects, NetEpi Case Manager is like a Web-enabled version of the data entry facilities in the very popular Epi Info suite of programmes published by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\n# NetEpi Analysis\nThis is a tool for conducting epidemiological analysis of data sets, both large and small, either through a Web browser interface, or via a programmatic interface from the open source Python programming language. In some respects it is similar to the analysis facilities included in Epi Info, except that NetEpi Analysis is designed to be installed on servers and accessed remotely via Web browsers (or other remote procedure call or web service mechanisms), rather than being installed on individual desktop or laptop computers.\n# NetEpi PHREDSS\nThis package contains some infrastructure components of the Public Health Real-time Emergency Department Surveillance System (PHREDSS) which is being established in New South Wales, Australia to provide early warning of potential bioterrorist attacks and other public health emergencies. The components relate primarily to the handling of HL7 messages used to communicate public health surveillance information. These components are made available because they may have some utility to other jurisdictions which are planning to establish similar near real-time public health surveillance systems\n!!License\nHealth Administration Corporation Open Source Licence Version 1.2 (HACOS Licence V1.2)\nMozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL 1.1)\n!!Category\nPublic Health Epidemiology\n!!Supported OS\nLinux MacOS X\n!!Supported Languages\n\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\napache; python; albatross; eGenix Mx tools; Postgresql; ~PyPgSQL; Selenium core; ~ClientForm; ~ClientCookie; ~FastCGI \n!!Notes:\nWeb browser access to server.\nComplicated installation.

http://www.oasis-open.org/home/index.php\n\nOASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a not-for-profit, international consortium that drives the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards. The consortium produces more Web services standards than any other organization along with standards for security, e-business, and standardization efforts in the public sector and for application-specific markets. Founded in 1993, OASIS has more than 3,000 participants representing over 600 organizations and individual members in 100 countries. \n

!!Name\nOSCAR ~McMaster\nOpen Source Clinical Applications & Resources\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.oscarmcmaster.org/\n!!Introduction\nOscar Integrates clinical practice with clinical knowledge and delivers the tools you need right to the desktop.\n\nThere is no other software out there with OSCAR's capabilites and no other Open Source clinical application so advanced.\n\nOffice Automation:\n\n * Appointment Scheduling\n * Billing\n * Referral\n * Secure Messaging\n\nElectronic Patient Record: Cumulative Patient Profile Encounter Record - free text, templates, and digital signature Forms - three design modes - flat file, XML or HTML Clinical Resource Database Electronic Document Management\n\nDecision Support Tools: Evidence-based Antenatal Planner Evidence-based Assessment Records for ~Long-Term Care Link with web search engines\n\nOptional Modules for Future Release: PDA Access Patient Log-in Screen Electronic Prescription Writer Module Diabetic Tracker Interactive Reporting Tool Private Clinical Resources ~Self-Learning Program - web based CME Web Services - inter-server communication, remote backup, IP address redirect, security monitoring\n\nWhat's Coming: oscarCitizen - Citizens's web portal oscarPharm - Web Service for pharmacies and physicians\n\n!!License\n\n!!Category\nCPM\n!!Supported OS\nLinux Windows Mac OS X\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nJakarta Tomcat, Java2 SDK, ~MySQL\n!!Notes:\n

OpenEMPI seeks to provide an open community towards development and critical evaluation of open source solutions for use as a community or enterprise master patient index (”MPI”).\nURL: http://www.openempi.org/home/\n\nKey goals include:\n\n * To articulate an accessible framework for the development of open source MPI solutions in any relevant computing environment (e.g. Java EE, PHP, .NET, etc.)\n * Contribute towards useful open source MPI implementations for any relevant computing platform\n * Seek critical appraisal of existing components and recommendations for a standards based approach toward the community development of an MPI. This should include a structured evaluation process, with meta-analysis, of production open source MPI solutions.\n\n

http://www.eclipse.org/ohf/\nThis project addresses part of an need to improve the levels of interoperability between applications and systems within and across healthcare organizations – corporate and regions.\nThe project will implement extensible frameworks and exemplary tools for implementations of key health informatics standards based component and support the objectives of many government health departments to encourage the use of interoperable open source infrastructure to lower integration barriers.\nThe frameworks, components and tools created by this project will be used by vendors and integrators to build workstation applications, gateways and server applications in healthcare infrastructures.

!!Name\nOpen Infrastructure for Outcomes (OIO)\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.txoutcome.org\n!!Introduction\nThe major components of the OIO system are the web-accessible OIO Server and OIO Library. OIO Server is a highly flexible web-based data management system that manages users, patients, and information about patients. (Of course, the same system can just as easily manage information about customers, invoices, shipments, and accounts.)\n\nOIO Library is a metadata repository that facilitates the sharing of metadata (e.g. plug-and-play web-forms, project descriptions) between users and between OIO Servers. The OIO Library also hosts a public/open content database of open source medical software projects and related documents.\n# Users of the OIO system can use their web-browsers to create and edit "forms" that are immediately capable of collecting data via web-browsers.\n# These web-forms contain Question items that constrain the information that can go on the form. Question items can be "blank", "pickone", "pickmany", "text area", "image", "visual analog scale", "hip range of motion", etc. Validation rules defined by regular expression strings can be used to constrain text input (action="template"). Interactive elements such as visual analog scales and hip range of motion (implemented in Java Applet and/or Javascript) are available for insertion into forms without programming.\n# Once a form is defined, it can be used to collect data. This is as simple as selecting a patient, selecting a form, and filling out the form.\n# Forms can be exported as XML and can be uploaded to a metadata repository such as the OIO Library and re-imported into another OIO Server for re-use.\n# "Workflows" can be defined to automate the activation of forms. Branch_on_condition, send_email, and other workflow_actions provide high-level tools for rapid modeling of medical and clinical research web-application development.\n# "Schedules" use "scheduled_workflow" response actions to support user-definable event types. Year, Month, Week, and day views are available.\n# Once data have been collected, online "Reports" can be generated. This involves the creation of datasets that can combine data from arbitrary forms. Once a dataset is created, it can be queried online via logical operations (and, or, and not).\n# "Live Reports" that organize data into spreadsheet-like tables for statistical analysis and export are also available. [Jump to Summary with Screenshots describing Live Reports]\n# Datasets can also be exported as comma delimited or XML file for off-line analysis in Microsoft Excel, SPSS, SAS, or other statistical software. \n!!License\nGPL\n!!Category\nresearch emr\n!!Supported OS\nLinux MacOS X\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish others\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nZope Python Postgresql or Oracle and adaptors psycopgda \n!!Notes:\nCan be used with Plone and other plone and Zope Products for an excellent clinical platform for CPD/CME and intranets in hospitals.

[[Open Healthcare Framework (OHF) Project]]\n[[eHealth Standardization Coordination Group (World Health Organization)]]\n[[Health Level Seven (commonly HL7)]]\n[[OpenECG]] \n[[openEHR]]\n[[OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards)]]\n[[National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)]]\n[[Open EMPI]]\n[[OpenHRE]]\n[[CORBAmed]]

!!Name\nOpenClinica\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.openclinica.org\n!!Introduction\nOpenClinica is a web-based Clinical Data Management Software (CDMS) platform developed by Akaza Research for managing multi-site clinical research studies. OpenClinica facilitates clinical trial protocol configuration, design of Case Report Forms (CRFs), Electronic Data Capture (EDC), retrieval, and clinical data management. OpenClinica supports HIPAA guidelines, and is designed as a standards-based extensible, modular and open source platform.\n!!License\nGNU LGPL\n!!Category\nmedical research\n!!Supported OS\nLinux\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nJava Tomcat MySQL\n!!Notes:

http://www.OpenECG.net\n\nOpenECG The mission of the project is to promote the consistent use of format and communication standards for computerised ECGs and to pave the way towards developing similar standards for stress ECG, Holter ECG, and real-time monitoring. OpenECG, coordinated by an interdisciplinary, highly motivated consortium, will attract membership from healthcare authorities, cardiologists, integrators, engineers, standardisation bodies, manufacturers, and the public. \nIts specific goals with regard to computerised ECG standards are:\nto raise the level of awareness; \nto organize information days, workshops, and a programming contest; \nto consolidate expertise, assist integration and support correct implementations; \nto provide feedback to standardisation bodies; \nto prepare the ground for interoperability in other ECG-related examinations.

!!Name\n~OpenEMR\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.oemr.org/\n!!Introduction\nBuilt on a tradition of continuously sharing, changing and improving, the OpenEMR community strives to work together to create a high-quality electronic medical record and practice management system. Through open collaboration, the community is molding a stable, yet continuously improving product, thanks to the efforts of developers across the globe, brought together by their tenacity and the connectivity of the Internet.\n!!License\n\n!!Category\nCPM\n!!Supported OS\nLinux Windows ~MacOSX\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nApache ~MySQL PHP\n!!Notes:\nWith the additional features like billing, accounting and inventory, it require the following\n\n 1. Apache (2.0.54), ~MySQL (4.1.12), and PHP (4.4.0)\n 2. ~OpenEMR (2.8.1)\n 3. ~FreeB (0.11) – Insurance billing software\n 4. ~PostgreSQL (8.0.3) – Database program required by SQL-ledger\n 5. ~SQL-Ledger (2.6.3) – Billing, Accounting, and Inventory software\n 6. php-GACL (3.3.6) – Access Control software \n\n\n

http://www.openhre.org/\nMission:\n\n * to foster development, distribution and support of standard Record Locater, Health Record Exchange and Access Control services held as Free/Open Source Software\n * to build a community to this aim\n * to realize this goal via a self-sustaining business model and open collaboration among all stakeholders \n\nGoal:\n\n * To accelerate implementation of the National Health Information Network (NHIN) by providing Health Stakeholders an affordable means toestablish the secure and interoperable exchange of health records between existing Health Information systems.\n\n

!!Name\n~OpenSource PACS\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.mii.ucla.edu/index.php/MainSite:OpenSourcePacsHome\n!!Introduction\nOpenSourcePACS is a free, open source image referral, archiving, routing and viewing system. It adds functionality beyond conventional PACS by integrating wet read functions, implemented through DICOM Presentation State and Structured Reporting standards.\n\nIn its first release, OpenSourcePACS delivers a complete wet read system, enabling an imaging clinic or hospital to offer its services over the web to physicians within or outside the institution. In future releases, we hope to incorporate more RIS (dictation, transcription, and reporting) functionality. \n!!License\nLesser GNU Public License.\n!!Category\nMedical Imaging\n!!Supported OS\n\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nServer\n\n * Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.4.x - link\n * Java Advanced Imaging API - link\n * JBoss 4.0.0 - link (see documentation for portabiliity details)\n * Apache Ant 1.6.* - link\n * PostgreSQL 7.4 or higher\n\nClient\n\n * Web Browser: we recommend Firefox or Internet Explorer\n * Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.4.x - link\n * Java Advanced Imaging API - link\n * Java Web Start for JDK 1.4 - This comes with the JDK but you may have problems if you have multiple JDK versions on your machine. Be sure you're running the correct one. \n\n\n\n\n!!Notes:\n\nLots of good documentation

!!Name\n~OsiriX - DICOM and PACS viewer for ~MacOSX\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://homepage.mac.com/rossetantoine/osirix/Index2.html\n!!Introduction\n~OsiriX is an image processing software dedicated to DICOM images (".dcm" / ".DCM" extension) produced by medical equipment (MRI, CT, PET, PET-CT, ...) and confocal microscopy (LSM and ~BioRAD-PIC format). It can also read many other file formats: TIFF (8,16, 32 bits), JPEG, PDF, AVI, MPEG and Quicktime. It is fully compliant with the DICOM standard for image comunication and image file formats. ~OsiriX is able to receive images transferred by DICOM communication protocol from any PACS or medical imaging modality (STORE SCP - Service Class Provider, STORE SCU - Service Class User, and Query/Retrieve) .\n\n~OsiriX has been specifically designed for navigation and visualization of multimodality and multidimensional images: 2D Viewer, 3D Viewer, 4D Viewer (3D series with temporal dimension, for example: ~Cardiac-CT) and 5D Viewer (3D series with temporal and functional dimensions, for example: ~Cardiac-PET-CT). The 3D Viewer offers all modern rendering modes: Multiplanar reconstruction (MPR), Surface Rendering, Volume Rendering and Maximum Intensity Projection (MIP). All these modes support 4D data and are able to produce image fusion between two different series (for example: PET-CT).\n\n''Osiris'' is not open source, but is free to download. The source code is available but restricted.\nOsiris is a viewer for Papyrus / DICOM images (the actual standard for viewing, storing acquiring, communicating radiological and non-radiological medical images). It has been developped at the Digital Imaging Unit (UIN) of the Service for Medical Computing (SIM) of the Radiology department of the University Hospitals of Geneva (Switzerland).\n\nOsiris is a multi-plateform tool that exists for the PC/Windows (Windows 98 and up) and the Macintosh (Osiris for ~MacOS 9, ~OsiriX for ~MacOS X).\n\nThe source code for Osiris is not available for free download but can be got by request. ~OsiriX for ~MacOSX source is freely available.\n\n\n!!License\nGNU GPL\n!!Category\nMedical Imaging\n!!Supported OS\nMacOSX\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish other\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\n\n!!Notes:\nOsiriX 2.6 and higher REQUIRES MacOS 10.4\nand a minimum of 1GB of RAM - 2GB recommended\n\n

''Other open source software that maybe useful in healthcare are included here.''\n\n!!!!wikis\n\nA wiki is a software that works through a browser that allows many people to collaborate and edit and add content. It makes use of the hypertext feature to create and link new pages with ease. This program is itself a wiki!\n\nThere are many open source wiki software to choose from. Some popular ones are:\nMediawiki\nTwiki\nKwiki\nphpwiki\n\n!!!Content Management Systems (CMS)\nThere are quite a few. \nhttp://www.opensourcecms.com/\n\nSome of the most popular are: \n\nDrupal http://drupal.org/\ne107 http://e107.org/\nJoomla http://www.joomla.org/\nPlone http://plone.org\nTextpattern http://www.textpattern.com/\n\n!!!!Forum\nFUDforum is a highly customizable forum package, with a large feature set. The easy to use administration control panel allows the administrator to easily configure and control the many features available. The forum also includes an interactive help package, which helps to familiarize users with the full potential of FUDforum.\nhttp://fudforum.org/features.php\n\n!!!!Mind Mapping and Concept Mapping\n~FreeMind\nMind Mapping Software\nhttp://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page\n\nCompendium\nConcept Mapping Software\nhttp://www.compendiuminstitute.org/download/license.htm\n\n!!!!Encryption\n\nEncryption is a way of keeping data safe and secure. \n\n''Trucrypt''\nFree Open Source disk encryption software.\nAll platforms\nhttp://www.truecrypt.org/\n\n!!!!Project Managment Systems\n\nProject Management Systems are useful for collaboration. They are versatile systems that can be used for many purposes.\n\n''Trac''\nTrac is a web-based software project management and bug/issue tracking system. It provides an interface to Subversion and an integrated wiki.\nhttp://trac.edgewall.org/\n\n''Openbravo''\nOpenbravo is a fully functional integrated web-based open source enterprise management system, commonly known as ERP, that is much more at a cost that is far less.\nThrough a combination of well known standards such as MVC (Model, View, Control) and MDD (Model Driven Development) an abstraction layer has been created that provides the automation of code generation.\nhttp://www.openbravo.com/\n\n''~ActionApps''\nVery poppular community building collaboration software. LAMP.\nhttp://www.actionapps.org\n\n!!!!Surveys\nPHP ESP\nAutomatic graphical tool. Widely used.\nhttp://phpesp.sourceforge.net\n\n!!!!Data Recovery\nRecovering lost data is undoubtedly necessary for everyone.\n\n~TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting your Partition Table). Partition table recovery using ~TestDisk is really easy.\nAll platforms supported.\nhttp://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

!!Name\nPCDOM ~PrimaCare\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://pcdom.org.my/\nalso see:\nhttp://www.sharingthefuture.org/organization_detail.php?id_organisme=85\n!!Introduction\nThe development of PrimaCare had gone through a major re- engineering process to provide for the ability to internationalise. We are proud to announce that version 4 is now available. PrimaCare is an integrated web-based cross-platform application using open source resources. The system consists of nine modules:\n\n 1. Patient Management\n 2. Clinic Management\n 3. Pharmacy Management\n 4. Schedule Management\n 5. Medical Resources Management\n 6. Billing Management\n 7. Financial Management\n 8. Asset & Supply Management\n 9. System Administration\n\nAs PrimaCare is a clinical and clinic management system, it can be used as an alternative to the current paper-based records system in a clinic. Its add-on values include the decision support system that incorporates clinical practice guidelines into the patient management work flows. It can also be used as a tool to monitor patients, particularly those with risk factors so as to achieve desired outcomes, thus contributing to the Health Millennium Goals' indicators and targets.\n\nThey are currently working on an enhancement for PrimaCare by developing a "Generic Engine for Modules in PrimaCare". This is a project which is funded by UNDP-APDIP ICT R&D Grant Programme for the ~Asia-Pacific Region.\n\n!!License\nUnconfirmed\n!!Category\nCPM\n!!Supported OS\nLinux Microsoft Windows MAC OSX\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nLinux Apache Postgresql\n!!Notes:\nDeveloped by the Primary Care Doctors Organization Malaysia. Not available for free download.

!!Name\nR Project for statistical computing\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.r-project.org/\n!!Introduction\n R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment which was developed at Bell Laboratories (formerly AT&T, now Lucent Technologies) by John Chambers and colleagues. R can be considered as a different implementation of S. There are some important differences, but much code written for S runs unaltered under R.\n\nR provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modelling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, ...) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible. The S language is often the vehicle of choice for research in statistical methodology, and R provides an Open Source route to participation in that activity.\n\nOne of R's strengths is the ease with which well-designed publication-quality plots can be produced, including mathematical symbols and formulae where needed. Great care has been taken over the defaults for the minor design choices in graphics, but the user retains full control. \n!!License\nGNU GPL\n!!Category\nmedical research\n!!Supported OS\nAll\n!!Supported Languages\n\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nNA\n!!Notes:

!!Name\nRaynux\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.rad.unipd.it/progetti/raynux/rayUK.php3\n!!Introduction\nThe project goal is to realize a wide radiologic software laboratory which is completely free and Opensource, without any commercial limitation. Everyone can partecipate as user, tester or developer; you can register yourselt in the Register Section.\n\nYou can find at now a RIS software (ESO), image & report distribution software, an Audit Record Repository (see IHE Technical Framework), a HL7 Message Browser, that are developed at The University of Padova, Dept. of Medical & Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies.\n\n\n!!License\n\n!!Category\nMedical Imaging\n!!Supported OS\nLinux\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\n\n!!Notes:\nAudit Record Repository (ARR) Raynux\nHL7 browser\nESO

!!Name\nSahana\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.sahana.lk\n!!Introduction\nSahana is an integrated set of pluggable, web based disaster management applications that provide solutions to large-scale humanitarian problems in the aftermath of a disaster.\nSahana is a Free and Open Source Disaster Management system. It is a web based collaboration tool that addresses the common coordination problems during a disaster from finding missing people, managing aid, managing volunteers, tracking camps effectively between Government groups, the civil society (NGOs) and the victims themselves.\n!!License\nGPL\n!!Category\nHumanitarian\n!!Supported OS\nLinux MS Windows MAC OS X\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\napache;~MySQL; PHP\n!!Notes:

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!!Name\nTINA\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.tina-vision.net/\n!!Introduction\nTINA (TINA Is No Acronym) is an open source environment developed to accelerate the process of image analysis research. TINA provides functionality to assist in all areas of image analysis including handling of image, image feature and geometrical data; statistical and numerical analysis of data; GUI development as well as transmission and containment of data. TINA also provides a range of high-level analysis techniques for both machine vision (3D object location, 2D object recognition, temporal-stereo depth estimation, etc) and medical image analysis (MR tissue segmentation, blood flow analysis, etc).\n!!License\n\n!!Category\nmedical research\n!!Supported OS\nGNU/Linux MacOS X Solaris MS Windows\n!!Supported Languages\n\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\n\n!!Notes:

!!Name\nTK Family Practice\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://tkfp.sourceforge.net/\n!!Introduction\nA program for a simple family practice. Data is stored in a flat file database. Each GUI in the notebook is a separate program running in it's own interpreter. The programs communicate by sending messages using the Tk "send" command which is somewhat analgous to a remote procedure call "comm" or even a bit like CORBA. It works with the window manager and allows the separate Tk interpreters to communicate, exchange data and call procedures in each other.\n!!License\nGNU GPL\n!!Category\nEMR\n!!Supported OS\nAll Posix like Linux; Microsoft Windows\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nTcl/TK; python; perl; ~ImageMagick; apsfilter; mgetty+sendfax; PYTHON imaging library; reportlab;Viavoice for Linux;java;TclBlend \n!!Notes:\nLive CD version available (http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=647958). This is the best way to use and install it.\nThe tkfp program also connects to and uses other programs like the Multum lexicon drug database.

!!Name\nThe Visualization Toolkit (VTK)\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://public.kitware.com/VTK/\n!!Introduction\nThis is an open source, freely available software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization used by thousands of researchers and developers around the world. Professional support and products for VTK are provided by Kitware, Inc.\nVTK supports a wide variety of visualization algorithms including scalar, vector, tensor, texture, and volumetric methods; and advanced modeling techniques such as implicit modelling, polygon reduction, mesh smoothing, cutting, contouring, and Delaunay triangulation. In addition, dozens of imaging algorithms have been directly integrated to allow the user to mix 2D imaging / 3D graphics algorithms and data. The design and implementation of the library has been strongly influenced by object-oriented principles\nhttp://ima.udg.es/~frederic/ResearchInterest/onIPinMedicalImaging.html\n!!License\ncustomised open source copyright licence\nAs the copyright mentions there are some patents used in VTK. If you use any code in the Patented/ directory for commercial application you should contact the patent holder and obtain a license.\n!!Category\nImaging\n!!Supported OS\nLinux and Unix-based, Windows, MacOSX\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\ntcl/tk, python, ~OpenGL\n!!Notes:\nFAQ\nhttp://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ

!!Name\nWeft QDA\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.pressure.to/qda/\n!!Introduction\nQualitative analysis tool.\nWeft QDA is an easy-to-use tool to assist in the analysis of textual data such as interview transcripts, written texts and fieldnotes. It includes a number of fairly standard CAQDAS features (follow links to see screenshots):\n\n * Import documents from plain text or PDF\n * Character-level coding using categories organised in a tree structure\n * Category and document memos\n * Retrieval of coded text and "coding-on"\n * Simple coding statistics\n * Fast free-text search\n * Combine coding and searches using boolean queries: AND, OR, AND NOT\n * "Code Review" to compare the coding of multiple categories\n * Export to HTML and CSV formats\n * Single-file (*.qdp) project format\n * Available FREE on Windows & Linux, under a public domain licence\n\n\n!!License\n\n!!Category\nmedical research\n!!Supported OS\nLinux MS Windows\n!!Supported Languages\n\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nEasy in Windows. In Linux the following need to be installed first.\nRuby SQLite Ruby libraries WxWidgets GTK 1.2 WxRuby PDFtoText\n(Ruby gems can be used to install it)\n!!Notes:\nUses Ruby programming language.

!!Name\n~WorldVistA\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.worldvista.org\n!!Introduction\nFOSS version of ~VistA, the well known software developed by The Veteran Affairs in the USA using the MUMPS language. GT.M is the Open Source version of the language. \n\n~WorldVistA seeks to make healthcare information technology more affordable and more widely available worldwide. In particular, WorldVistA is focused on further developing and supporting the growing global VistA community.\n\n~WorldVistA was formed to extend and improve the VistA health information system for use outside of its original setting. The system was developed by the U.S. government for use in its veterans' hospitals and outpatient clinics. WorldVistA has a number of development efforts aimed at adding new software modules such as pediatrics, obstetrics, and other functions not used in the veterans' healthcare setting.\nWorldVistA seeks to help those who choose to adopt the VistA system to successfully master, install, and maintain the software for their own use. WorldVistA will strive to guide VistA adopters and programmers towards developing a community based on principles of open, collaborative, peer review software development and dissemination.\n\n!!License\nGPL\n!!Category\nHMIS and EMR\n!!Supported OS\nWindows;Linux;~MacOSX\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish other\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\n GT.M\n!!Notes\nThe component nature of VistA is also it's complexity, as parts of it are proprietary and has patents.

!!Name\ndcm4che\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.dcm4che.org/\n!!Introduction\n dcm4che is a collection of open source applications and utilities for the healthcare enterprise. These applications have been developed in the Java programming language for performance and portability, supporting deployment on JDK 1.4 and up.\n\nAt the core of the dcm4che project is a robust implementation of the DICOM standard. The dcm4che-1.x DICOM toolkit is used in many production applications across the world, while the current (2.x) version of the toolkit has been re-architected for high performance and flexibility.\n\nAlso contained within the dcm4che project is dcm4chee (the extra 'e' stands for 'enterprise'). dcm4chee is an Image Manager/Image Archive (according to IHE). The application contains the DICOM, HL7 services and interfaces that are required to provide storage, retrieval, and workflow to a healthcare environment. dcm4chee is pre-packaged and deployed within the JBoss application server. By taking advantage of many JBoss features (JMS, EJB, Servlet Engine, etc.), and assuming the role of several IHE actors for the sake of interoperability, the application provides many robust and scalable services: \n!!License\n\n!!Category\nMedical Imaging\n!!Supported OS\n\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\nJava\n!!Notes:

http://www.who.int/ehscg/en/\n\nThis is a platform to promote stronger coordination amongst the key players in all technical areas of e-health standardization. The group is a place for exchange of information and will work towards the creation of cooperation mechanisms to:\nIdentify areas where further standardization is required and try to identify responsibilities for such activities;\nProvide guidance for implementations and case studies;\nConsider the requirements for appropriate development paths for health profiles of existing standards from different sources in order to provide functional sets for key health applications;\nSupport activities to increase user awareness of the existing standards, and case studies.\n

!!Name\niPath\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://ipath.sourceforge.net/\n!!Introduction\niPath is a truely modular platform for many different telemedicine applications ranging from distance teaching and joint research over case discussions to real-time remote diagnostics.\n!!License\n\n!!Category\nMedical Research\n!!Supported OS\nLinux Windows MacOSX\n!!Supported Languages\nEnglish other\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\n~MySQL Apache \n!!Notes:\n''Installation on Linux - documentation:''\nhttp://csd.ssvl.kth.se/~csd2006-team6/files/weeklyreport/w16/a.pdf\n''User manual''\nhttp://ipath.ch/site/book/manual

!!Name\nOpenEHR (Open Electronic Health Record)\n!!Homepage Location\nhttp://www.openehr.org/\n!!Introduction\nA Health Computing Platform for the future.\n openEHR is an international not-for-profit Foundation, working towards:\n\n * Making the interoperable, life-long electronic health record a reality\n * Improving health care in the information society.\nopenEHR aims\n\n * promote and publish the formal specification of requirements for representing and communicating electronic health record information, based on implementation experience, and evolving over time as health care and medical knowledge develop;\n * promote and publish EHR information architectures, models and data dictionaries, tested in implementations, which meet these requirements;\n * manage the sequential validation of the EHR architectures through comprehensive implementation and clinical evaluation;\n * maintain open source "reference" implementations, available under licence, to enhance the pool of available tools to support clinical systems; and\n * collaborate with other groups working towards high quality, requirements-based and interoperable health information systems, in related fields of health informatics.\n\nThe openEHR approach\n\nopenEHR formalises the Electronic Health Record in terms of:\n\n 1. Reference model (RM)\n This is the model that describes the health record itself - not the clinical data that is contained within it. The reference model deals with containers such as Folders and Compositions. Compositions are a broader concept than documents - but include documents. Examples of Compositions are an ECG report, a progress note, a laboratory report and a referral. The Composition is the minimum unit of communication and committal to the EHR. The openEHR Reference Model specifications are here.\n\n 2. Archetype Model (AM)\n Archetypes are descriptions of valid Entries, Sections and Compositions. These are expressed in a formal manner which enables them to be shared between systems. A blood pressure archetype represents a description of all the information a clinician might want to report about a blood pressure measurement, and may include some aspects which are mandatory. A 'SOAP' archetype describes the sections of a problem oriented health note and which entries are valid under each section - for example only diagnoses may be allowed under the 'A' section. Templates are logical models of user forms - and are described in terms of choices of archetypes whose data are captured on a particular form. See the Archetypes and Templates FAQ.\n\n 3. Service Model (SM)\n This is the computational viewpoint of the openEHR architecture. The service model consists of service definitions for the major services in the EHR computing environment. These are largely derived from existing work in OMG Corbamed, CEN HISA and implementation experience.\n\n 4. Terminology and other Ontologies\n Underpinning archetype-enabled health record systems are knowledge resources such as vocabularies, terminologies and ontologies, which define the semantics of terms and concepts referenced in the health record. Archetypes enable multiple terminologies to be used, and in any natural language in which they are available.\n\n!!License\n\n!!Category\nStandards\n!!Supported OS\nIndependent\n!!Supported Languages\n\n!!Supported Platform/Dependencies\n\n!!Notes: