OpenEMR Plus Making the News
Amazon, PwC join campaign to bring open-source EMR to Puerto Rico in wake of Hurricane Maria
The two-phase campaign, rolled out with guidance from PwC and other supporting partners, aims to provide emergency medical response tools, supply chain management and technology infrastructure to Puerto Rico's 20 Federally Qualified Health Centers and 85 affiliated health centers.
–Becker's Health IT & CIO Review
Open Source NHIT/EHR Team to the Rescue in Puerto Rico
The organization is coordinating with teams from HHS to bring a package of satellite phones, pre-loaded laptops, Amazon cloud storage, and an open-source software, OpenEMR+.
–Open Health News
Open Source to the Rescue in Maria Recovery
This week, a collaboration of private sector companies, the government, and not-for-profits hopes to deliver an EHR system to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria.
–Politico
How an open source tool is helping hurricane victims
Local Texas health network uses open source EHR tool to provide relief efforts and healthcare to hurricane victims.
–Opensource.com
Community Health Network in Houston Leverages Open Source Tech to Help Victims of Hurricane Harvey
Undaunted by the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in Houston, the Stephen F. Austin Community Health Network (SFA) responded to the crisis by leveraging open source technology to reach out to their patients and victims of the hurricane in areas of Texas that are virtually inaccessible.
–Open Health News