--- description: Review of OpenEMR Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: OpenEMR | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice GB --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Certified EHR Software](/directory/350/onc-atcb-certified-emr-software/software) > [OpenEMR](/software/68077/openemr) # OpenEMR Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/68077/openemr Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/68077/openemr?page=2) > OpenEMR is a cloud-based solution providing electronic medical records (EMR), medical billing and patient scheduling. The EMR functionality offers customizable forms, patient reports based on demographics, notetaking capabilities and digital document management. Voice recognition capability is available for practices using a Windows operating system. OpenEMR's billing capabilities support both electronic medical billing and traditional paper claims and offer a claim management interface. The software's scheduling system helps users find available appointment times, sort appointments into different categories, track repeating appointments and manage appointment restrictions based on their type. All calendar functions are also available on OpenEMR's mobile app, enabling physicians and office staff to keep track of appointments from anywhere on their smartphone. > > Verdict: Rated **4.0/5** by 26 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.0/5** | 26 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 3.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: OpenEMR Foundation ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Please contact OpenEMR Foundation directly for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Activity Dashboard - Alerts/Notifications - Appointment Management - Appointment Scheduling - Billing & Invoicing - Charting - Claims Management - Client Database - Client Portal - Compliance Tracking - Confirmations/Reminders - Customisable Forms - Customisable Templates - Data Import/Export - Decision Support Systems - Diagnostic Reports - Document Management - Document Storage - Drug Reference Database - E-Prescribing ## Support Options - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Certified EHR Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/350/onc-atcb-certified-emr-software/software) ## Related Categories - [Certified EHR Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/350/onc-atcb-certified-emr-software/software) - [Mac EMR & Medical Billing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/426/mac-emr/software) - [Electronic Medical Records Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/8/electronic-medical-record-software/software) - [iPad EMR Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/14/tablet-pc-emr-medical-software/software) - [Web Based Medical Billing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/15/web-based-medical-billing-software/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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This lets us customize the platform for any need the healthcare provider needs and is more accessible to use internationally. > > **Cons**: The code can be a bit complicated to work with and integrating with some plataforms users prefer for acheduling and certain tasks can be a challenge. > > We have used openEMR for over a decade and the software has grown to be an integral part of clinics we service. Thanks to this platform this healthcare providers have been able to go paperless and efficiently work with patient data. ----- ### "being part of system" — 5.0/5 > **Kiran** | *9 July 2024* | Health, Wellness & Fitness | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Everything included in system is good and fine. > > **Cons**: web best system, data centralization and cloud system. ----- ### "Worst Code Bases Ever" — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *7 February 2024* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: Open source and has most of the functionality you'd expect in an EMR > > **Cons**: 1- No support and very poor documentation 2- Poor API (Very few endpoints) 3- One of the worst code bases I have ever come across, Views have SQL queries, no standards, poor database design ----- ### "A very powerful system but some assembly is required" — 4.0/5 > **Ralf** | *23 December 2018* | Medical Practice | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: \* Extremely low cost of ownership. \* Clean, easy to understand user interface and workflow. \* Many functions can be enabled to add features or disabled to simplify the system with a massive but well-organized settings menu. \* Very fast user interface and database when run on appropriate hardware. \* Can be run on extremely fast and scalable Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a hosted system. \* With AWS or another suitably designed and implemented system, you get ultra-reliable and near 100% uptime (100% except for scheduled database or software upgrades). \* With AWS or another suitably designed and implemented system, you get the very best database management tools (such reliable backup and restore functions). You can also potentially access the database with other custom-written software. \* Can be integrated with essentially any other system but often requires developing custom interfaces. \* Infinitely customizable. \* "Free" support from the developers and other power users instead of well-meaning but incompetent technical support staff who waste precious time to identify what the problem is, attempt to mark incidents are repaired when they actually aren't. \* You never have to worry about a 3rd party software vendor holding your patient charts "hostage" as they raise prices or force you to use a crippled system that is not performing well. You have 100% control of your patient data instead of giving the keys to a profit-oriented entity that couldn't care less about your clinic. > > **Cons**: \* Requires either strong inhouse IT staff, staff with significant computer system skills and experience to install and maintain or hiring of an outside consultant. \* The billing system is rudimentary, and we do not use it except to record the patient's insurance information. We enter our coding into our progress notes and then send them to our in-house billing staff. \* The electronic prescribing system either requires cumbersome or expensive 3rd party integration or use of a separate system. I attempted one of the 3rd-party e-prescribing integrations, which is free ... except that I could not get it to work. It also turned out not to be true e-prescribing (uses faxes). Instead, we use stand-alone web-based MDTOOLBOX, which is reasonably priced, extremely powerful, efficient, reliable, and fast. It has an amazing feature that allows the physician to be prompted for expiring prescriptions, which can then be renewed -- saving countless hours dealing with certain faxed refill requests. The system also handles electronic refill requests seamlessly. In our progress notes, we indicate the medications are reviewed and reconciled in MDTOOLBOX. We also tried Allscripts' stand-alone web-based ePrescribe (now Veradigm ePrescribe), which is a decent system, but a little more expensive and more cumbersome/inefficient to set up and work with on a day-to-day basis compared to MDTOOLBOX. \* "Free" support from the developers and other power users who are quite busy so somewhat limit > > We are a relatively new solo Internal Medicine practice with less than 1000 active charts. We replaced NextGen's Office EMR system with this EMR. The migration from the old commercial system was painful, labor-intensive, and time-consuming because we did not have direct read access to the NextGen Office database (proprietary commercial database, which ironically was also on AWS just like our new system but we did not have system administrator or backup access). Everything had to be converted to PDF's. We chose the AWS Hosted Standard version, and we were immediately surprised how much faster and more reliable the hosted OpenEMR system was than our previous commercial system or other cumbersome and extremely unreliable and slow systems we have been forced to use at other clinics and hospitals. Staff required minimal training to use the system and historical records and patient documents can be very quickly uploaded to this system up to about 10 MB in size without changing any of the default configuration on the AWS system (there is probably a timeout setting). We use another database from larger attachments archival. The developers and super-users of this system provide expert support to upgrade issues and critical problems. With minor issues, you are more or less on your own if you want an immediate fix (hire a consultant or figure it out yourself). OpenEMR is being actively developed and new features and improvements are constantly being added. ----- ### "The best EHR solution in the World" — 5.0/5 > **Richard** | *9 July 2023* | Health, Wellness & Fitness | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: This software is ndlessly customizatable > > **Cons**: Does not have an out of box inpatinet module ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/68077/openemr?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/68077/openemr) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data