Paul Rodr�guez wrote: > > Hi. I'm in charge of an office database of patient information > currently running on a proprietary system.
Thanks for your questions Paul. First let me address the fact that the name of the application is a bit confusing, and there is a historical reason for that. FreePM is really an EMR with some practice management features. During development it became very apparent that it was not appropriate to build a practice management system then try to glue on an EMR later. All data starts with the patient encounter (well, except for historical stuff like past medical history) so we changed course and built an EMR with the intent of adding full practice management functionality as we go. > Is FreePM right for us? Maybe, maybe not. If the following paragraph is hard fact then no there is a great deal to implementing an EMR. > We are trying to move away from proprietary systems, but our current > company can do all of the above. We have a unique window of opportunity > to transfer the whole system this or next week, as we have a new > computer. But once we start up with it we will probably be locked in > for a long time (3-4 years say). I think you will have a problem transferring to ANY new system if you only have a few days to do it. > So... We need to convert the database, I'm not sure how to find out > what format the database is in. Which practice management system do you have? I know what most of the popular ones are using. > Does FreePM have an electronic appointment book Yes. > and the abillity to send > electronic claims? Not yet. We are working with some billing companies that we can send the data to from the EMR. THe other option is to use what is essentially a superbill display at patient checkout and enter that information into your current practice management application. OR (open source offers so many options <g>) we can contract to write the interface to your current system. HTH, Tim Cook _______________________________________________ FreePM Support List [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freepm-discuss
