Open Source Business
Applications

Open Source Medical Applications

Open Source CRM Applications

Consulting Services for Open Source Business Applications

Pennington Firm, LLC

Consulting Company Focused on Open Source Applications

Not a Software Company - Services Company

Assist Local Consultants in Deploying OpenEMR and with Complex Medical Projects

Other Linux Services

Broadband Telephone

Walt Pennington

Attorney – California, DC, Maryland and Texas

CPA - Maryland

Open Source Medical Projects

OpenEMR (PM & EMR)

PhoenixPM (PM)

OpenHRE (HRE), OSCAR (EMR), FreeMED (PM, EMR & Patents)

Care2x (HIS)

CareWare (AIDS), CHLCare (EMR), PHIELD (Lab)

OpenEMR

Open Source - GPL

Practice Management

Prescription Writing

Electronic and Paper Medical Billing

Customized Version of SQL-Ledger for EOB and A/R

Electronic Medical Records

National Goal – EMR by 2014

Nation-Richman Bill – EMR by 2012

Limitations of OpenEMR

Electronic Billing Limitations

Ugly Interface

No EMR Form Generation Tool

Easier Reporting Needed

Obstacles for Open Source
Medical Projects

Success of Existing Proprietary Medical Software

Complexity of Medical Billing

Third Party Payer

Multiple Consecutive Payers

Unnecessarily Complex Billing Requirements

Large Entrenched Medical Systems

Client Expectations –
Opportunities for Open Source Medical

Lack of Functionality with Existing Software

Forced Migration (Misys on SCO, Alteer, Health Pro)

Loss of Local Support (Centricity, Medical Manager)

100% Feature Need

Consulting Opportunities -
(Making Money with Free SW)

Competitors – Medical Manager, Misys, Health Pro

Customization Freedom

Mistakes by Open Source Consultants

Lack of Longevity

Focus on Building Features

No Physical Address

No Telephone

No Sales Staff

No Marketing Materials

Open Source Customer
Relationship management (CRM)

XRMS

SugarCRM

XRMS

Competing in the Low and Middle Tier CRM Applications

Focused to Sales Organizations

XRMS Features

Companies and Contacts

Opportunities

Campaigns (Mail, Telephone, Seminar)

Activities (Notes Related to Actions)

Follow-up

Color Identification

XRMS - Additional Customization

Integrate with Email

Integrate with Broadband Telephone (cti plugin)

Plugins

News

Maps

Web Calendar (very limited)

Features Under Development
or Consideration

Active

Access Control

Users Limited to Their Contacts and Companies

Advanced Searching for Contacts, Companies

Marketing Emails to Search Result Groups – Adding Activities

Future

Integration with Billing

Consulting Services

Products or E-Commerce

Missing from XRMS

Better Searching

Search for Activities within a Date Range

Search Text in Attached Digital Document

Free Form Text Entry and Search

Search on Multiple Categories Simultaneously

Standard Integration with Email Systems

XRMS Consulting

Integrate with Email

XRMS and Broadband Telephone

Hosted Service Offering

Conclusion

Open Source Medical and CRM

Viable Solutions to Existing Proprietary

Offers Consulting Service Opportunties

Focus is Feature

Avoid Advocacy of Open Source

Focus on Client's Pain

Ability to Deliver 100% Clinic Solution

Keep Application and Change Service Providers

Thank You For Attending

Walt Pennington

Pennington Firm, LLC

402 West Broadway

4th Floor

San Diego, CA 92101

(619) 696-5050

(888) 480-5050

wpennington@pennfirm.com

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