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It's hard to argue marketing to giant health care systems is difficult when you go up against corporations like Epic, Cerner, or Athena Health. We simply lack the funding to do so (just thinking about Cerner's marketing budget is mind-spinning). But outside the U.S. I find that marketing is substantially easier. Many developing nations and low-resource clinics seek out ways to be financially stable with next to no funding (compared to U.S. providers). While hard to track, we estimate most of the installs are outside the U.S. helping build healthcare in areas that could never dream of a 9 figure IT install. Being a free and open-source platform is our greatest "sales pitch."


I think it is easy to use, and yes it has the potential to nearly (if not completely) eliminate all paperwork in your clinic.

As far as safety, openEMR is fully HIPPA compliant as well as 2014 ONC Complete Ambulatory EHR certified (a/k/a Meaningful Use 2).


Yes, openEMR allows for de-identification of patient data!


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