Browser Based EMR's Threaten Software Freedom
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| Prior to all-browser based EMR/EHR's, proprietary vendors of these
| softwares have to at least provide binary executables which are somewhat
| tangible and somewhat owned (depending upon the contract) by the purchaser.
| Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) vendors of EMR/EHR software are ideal
| and preferred because they provide the source code as well.
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| Free and Open Source equivalents quickly appeared and you can now
| easily host your own browser based CRM on your own server. All
| browser-based FOSS EMR/EHR's exist already such as ClearHealth,
| MirrorMed and OpenEMR.
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http://www.linuxmednews.com/1168527667
This paradigm shift could obviate the need for legacy proprietary software,
giving way to thin-clients running virtually any O/S with a Web browser. The
back end will probably be Linux-based, if not the front end as well.
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