Abstract

 Maduro, Roger    Open Source Solutions for Medical Practices   

Open Source Solutions for Medical Practices

Abstract

Open source software can provide an ideal solution to meet the information technology needs of medical practices. Medical practices in the U.S. face major challenges today including; higher cost of operations every year, lower rates of reimbursement from insurance companies, IT systems that are generally outdated and have proprietary data formats and interfaces, as well as having to meet new government regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPPA   medical records  ). This presentation will be divided into two parts: 1) A high-level overview of efforts to develop open source practice management and electronic software; 2) A more detailed presentation on how open source software can we used to address some of the challenges faced by medical practices by providing a high-value/lower cost IT solution for the security, network, and client/server requirements. The proposed solutions can help medical practices meet the Privacy and Security requirements of HIPAA at a much lower cost than Microsoft-based solutions and with a greater degree of security and reliability.