> eCIPL wrote: > > Hello Tim, > > We have been testing freePM for last few days. > > We have following queries. > > 1. What is the current installation base fo the software.
I know there are *some* installations but do not have a firm number since it is opensource. Official *supported* sites are currently in beta and will be kept to a small number until we release the final 1.0 version. > 2. Who else is distributing this software? No one that I know of. > 3. What about HIPAA compliance? AFAIK FreePM is the most HIPAA compliant EMR available. > 4. what kind of support services are available? Customization, interfacing with existing practice management applications, additional report writing, CPT codes, drug-drug & drug-food interaction checking. > 5. What platform does it run on? It has been installed on everything from a Windows 95 laptop to an IBM S/390. I do not know of anyone running it on Mac OSX yet. Basically; MS 9x/ME/2K/NT, Solaris, Linux. We suggest Linux on an IBM Intel server. > 6. Does it have X12 interfaces? No. But that is not to say that it can't/won't be done. > Also who else is supporting FreePM, apart from freePM.com. No one that I know of. > Does it have claim module, or any plans for claim module? Currently it generates a HCFA1500. Since the penetration in the market for practice management software is so high and the ease of integrating FreePM with existing packages we have chosen to concentrate on the EMR and then develop interfaces to existing PM applications. FreePM will eventually contain a complete PM system with accounting. This decision was not made for just selfish reasons however. The transition from paper to electronic medical records is a major undertaking in itself. In offices where there is an existing PM application it makes no sense to interfere with the workflow of the office staff at the same time the physicians are learning to use the EMR. The way FreePM works now (I still need to finish some use case documents) you can begin using the EMR and instead of the checkout staff receiving a paper list of charges they will review them from FreePM and still enter them into the existing system. Hope this answers most of your questions. If not please feel free to ask more. Also I Cc:'d the discussion list since they seem to be questions that many people would like answered. ____________________________________________________ Tim Cook, President - Free Practice Management, Inc. http://www.FreePM.com Office: (731) 884-4126 ONLINE DEMO: http://www.freepm.org:8080/FreePM _______________________________________________ FreePM Support List [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freepm-discuss
