<s>
OpenEMR	B-Application
is	O
a	O
medical	B-Application
practice	I-Application
management	I-Application
software	I-Application
which	O
also	O
supports	O
Electronic	B-Application
Medical	I-Application
Records	I-Application
(	O
EMR	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
ONC	O
Complete	O
Ambulatory	O
EHR	O
certified	O
and	O
features	O
fully	O
integrated	O
electronic	B-Application
medical	I-Application
records	I-Application
,	O
practice	O
management	O
for	O
a	O
medical	O
practice	O
,	O
scheduling	O
,	O
and	O
electronic	B-Application
billing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	O
side	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
can	O
be	O
employed	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
a	O
LAMP	B-Application
"	I-Application
stack	I-Application
"	I-Application
,	O
though	O
any	O
operating	O
system	O
with	O
PHP	B-Application
support	O
is	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenEMR	B-Application
is	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
subject	O
to	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
actively	O
internationalized	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
localized	I-General_Concept
in	O
multiple	O
languages	O
,	O
and	O
free	O
support	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
online	B-Application
forums	I-Application
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
estimated	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
more	O
than	O
5,000	O
installations	O
of	O
OpenEMR	B-Application
in	O
physician	O
offices	O
and	O
other	O
small	O
healthcare	O
facilities	O
serving	O
more	O
than	O
30	O
million	O
patients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internationally	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
estimated	O
that	O
OpenEMR	B-Application
is	O
installed	O
in	O
over	O
15,000	O
healthcare	O
facilities	O
,	O
translating	O
into	O
more	O
than	O
45,000	O
practitioners	O
using	O
the	O
system	O
which	O
are	O
serving	O
greater	O
than	O
90	O
million	O
patients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Peace	O
Corps	O
plan	O
to	O
incorporate	O
OpenEMR	B-Application
into	O
their	O
EHR	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Siaya	O
District	O
Hospital	O
,	O
a	O
220-bed	O
hospital	O
in	O
rural	O
Kenya	O
,	O
is	O
using	O
OpenEMR	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	O
India	O
is	O
planning	O
to	O
utilize	O
OpenEMR	B-Application
for	O
their	O
Mobile	O
Health	O
Centre	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internationally	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
known	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
practitioners	O
in	O
Pakistan	O
,	O
Puerto	O
Rico	O
,	O
Australia	O
,	O
Sweden	O
,	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
,	O
Israel	O
,	O
India	O
,	O
Malaysia	O
,	O
Nepal	O
,	O
Indonesia	O
,	O
Bermuda	O
,	O
Armenia	O
,	O
Kenya	O
,	O
and	O
Greece	O
that	O
are	O
either	O
testing	O
or	O
actively	O
using	O
OpenEMR	B-Application
for	O
use	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
electronic	B-Application
medical	I-Application
records	I-Application
program	O
in	O
the	O
respective	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenEMR	B-Application
has	O
received	O
a	O
Bossie	O
Award	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Best	O
Open	O
Source	O
Applications	O
"	O
category	O
in	O
both	O
2012	O
and	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
OpenEMR	B-Application
code	O
repository	O
was	O
migrated	O
from	O
CVS	B-Application
to	O
git	B-Application
on	O
20	O
October	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
official	O
mirrored	O
code	O
repositories	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
Google	O
Code	O
,	O
Gitorious	O
,	O
Bitbucket	O
,	O
Assembla	O
,	O
CodePlex	O
and	O
Repo.or.cz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OEMR	O
is	O
a	O
nonprofit	O
entity	O
that	O
was	O
organized	O
in	O
July	O
,	O
2010	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
OpenEMR	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenEMR	B-Application
versions	O
4.1.0	O
(	O
released	O
on	O
9/23/2011	O
)	O
,	O
4.1.1	O
(	O
released	O
on	O
8/31/2012	O
)	O
and	O
4.1.2	O
(	O
released	O
on	O
8/17/2013	O
)	O
have	O
2011	O
ONC	O
Complete	O
Ambulatory	O
EHR	O
Certification	O
by	O
ICSA	O
Labs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenEMR	B-Application
version	O
4.2.0	O
(	O
released	O
12/28/2014	O
)	O
,	O
4.2.1	O
(	O
released	O
3/25/2016	O
)	O
and	O
4.2.2	O
(	O
released	O
on	O
5/19/2016	O
)	O
have	O
2014	O
ONC	O
Modular	O
Ambulatory	O
EHR	O
Certification	O
by	O
InfoGard	O
Laboratories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenEMR	B-Application
version	O
5.0.0	O
(	O
released	O
2/15/2017	O
)	O
,	O
5.0.1	O
(	O
released	O
4/23/2018	O
)	O
,	O
5.0.2	O
(	O
released	O
8/4/2019	O
)	O
has	O
2014	O
ONC	O
Complete	O
Ambulatory	O
EHR	O
Certification	O
by	O
InfoGard	O
Laboratories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenEMR	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Synitech	O
and	O
version	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2001	O
as	O
MP	O
Pro	O
(	O
MedicalPractice	O
Professional	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
was	O
then	O
reworked	O
to	O
comply	O
with	O
the	O
Health	O
Insurance	O
Portability	O
and	O
Accountability	O
Act	O
(	O
HIPAA	O
)	O
and	O
to	O
improve	O
security	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
reintroduced	O
as	O
OpenEMR	B-Application
version	O
1.3	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
July	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
13	O
August	O
2002	O
OpenEMR	B-Application
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
it	O
became	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
project	O
and	O
was	O
registered	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Walt	O
Pennington	O
transferred	O
the	O
OpenEMR	B-Application
software	O
repository	O
to	O
SourceForge	B-Application
in	O
March	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
