In the old days that would be classic VAR opportunity. Independents solving local problems. And, while license fees always affect the value proposition of a solution, there’s typically a lot of consulting and implementation labor dominates those contracts.
Today, though, the electronic medical record is a much more regulated with all the government standards. Part of the whole consolidation of smaller practices is just keeping up with the EMR requirements and other systemic parts of the modern health care system.
But where there are great opportunities for things like OpenEMR is internationally in developing countries. There’s a great need for fundamental EMR services and information exchange that open source solutions can be a really good fit.
Today, though, the electronic medical record is a much more regulated with all the government standards. Part of the whole consolidation of smaller practices is just keeping up with the EMR requirements and other systemic parts of the modern health care system.
But where there are great opportunities for things like OpenEMR is internationally in developing countries. There’s a great need for fundamental EMR services and information exchange that open source solutions can be a really good fit.