OpenEMR is a free medical practice management, electronic medical records, prescription writing, and medical billing application. These programs are also referred to as electronic health records. OpenEMR is licensed under the General Gnu Public License (General GPL). It is a free open source replacement for medical applications such as Medical Manager, Health Pro, and Misys. It features support for EDI billing to clearing houses such as MedAvant and ZirMED using ANSI X12. Medical claim and accounts receivable are accomplished through SQL-Ledger, which has been customized. Calendar features include categories for appointment types, colors associated with appointment types, repeating appointments, and the ability to restrict appointments based on type. There are customizable medical encounter forms, support for voice recognition software, and electronic or scanned digital document management for records.

The community is dedicated to guarding OpenEMR's status as a free, open source software solution for medical practices. Its members are comprised of software developers, as well as physicians and those with extensive medical and billing knowledge, all with the common goal of making OpenEMR a viable alternative to its proprietary counterparts.

Our mission - Built 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.

Open Source Medical Software (OSMS) is an all volunteer organization that supports OpenEMR. We are always looking for volunteers. If you would like to help with maintaining this site, help with developing software, grant writing, or pro bono legal work, we would love to have your help.

Currently, OpenEMR has approximately 15-20 volunteer developers. Development is coordinated at Source Forge. The Source Forge forums are the fastest way to get on-line help. The biggest need for help is for the non-development (non-programming) aspects of the project. So if you are not a programmer and don't know anything about programming, we can still use your help.