On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Daniel L. Johnson, MD wrote: > Michael Tiemann, an alert fellow (CTO at Red Hat), sent me this link > telling of a Malaysian effort to create an open source EMR. ... > >http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2002/4/26/technology/26clinic&sec=technology
Thanks for the news! While it clearly runs on Linux, uses MySQL, Apache, and written in PHP, it may or may not actually be an "open source EMR". ----quote start PNS is currently being offered at no cost under the pilot project; PCDOM will decide on its price when its finally launched. According to Dr Cheah, the price will be based on the number of systems sold, the cost of continued development, and the types of support services doctors want. However, she expects that when PNS goes live officially, each clinic will pay less than RM1,000 for a PNS package that would include the Red Hat Linux 7.2 operating system, Apache webserver software, PHP-based scripts, applications and a MySQL database running on the clinics server. ----quote end Firstly, there is no mention of source code availability. The development model appears potentially "closed" - specifically: pricing will be based on *cost of continued development*. Technologically, it would be important to compare/contrast "PNS" with FreeMed (http://freemed.ourexchange.net/), which is also implemented with PHP and mySQL. FreeMed is available under the LGPL and offers downloadable source code plus online demo at http://freemed.ourexchange.net/pages.php?page=demo Maybe if FreeMed and PNS can work together, then PNS can become an open source project? I am copying this message to Dr. Molly Cheah - hopefully she will give us more details. :-) Best regards, Andrew --- Andrew P. Ho, M.D. OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes www.TxOutcome.Org (Hosting OIO Library #1 and OSHCA Mirror #1)
