OSCAR McMaster explained

OSCAR McMaster
Developer:McMaster University
Latest Release Version:19
Latest Release Date:2023-07-11
Operating System:Cross-platform
Genre:Medical practice management software
License:GPL v2

OSCAR McMaster is a web-based electronic medical record (EMR) system initially developed for academic primary care clinics. It has grown into a comprehensive EMR and billing system used by many doctor's offices and private medical clinics in Canada and other parts of the world. The name is derived from where it was created and an acronym; OSCAR stands for Open Source Clinical Application and Resource and McMaster refers to McMaster University, where it was developed. It enables the delivery of evidence resources at the point of care.

Since December 1, 2005, OSCAR McMaster has received successive certifications by OntarioMD under the Physician IT Program.[1] OSCAR McMaster version 19 has also achieved ISO 13485:2016 and ISO 27001 certifications,[2] and has met the requirements of the latest OntarioMD Specification 4.1A.[3] On September 30, 2012, OSCAR McMaster v12 product received Pre-implementation Certification for Jurisdiction Class, Laboratory and Clinical Documents, Electronic Medical Record.[4] As of May 3, 2016, OSCAR is the only open-source Clinical Management System (CMS) product (out of a list of fourteen certified products from ten vendors) to meet/exceed the requirements that ensure the product supports defined standards for clinical and practice management software and is currently holding twenty percent of the market share.[5]

Components of OSCAR

OSCAR has many features which computerize and coordinate the important functions of a medical clinic.

Features

Technical Features

Support Resources

Being an open source project, much of the support for OSCAR is obtained from the community, through the OSCAR mailing lists. The most active mailing list is oscarmcmaster-bc-users, with advanced topics happening in oscar-advanced-users.

Commercial support is also offered by office OSCAR Service Providers, or OSPs. Certain OSPs employ full-time development staff to maintain the code and to include proprietary features for their clients so end user physician can be locked into a particular provider although the basic code is open source.

Support Sites

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EMR Offerings . 2016-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160508045035/https://www.ontariomd.ca/portal/server.pt/community/emr_offerings/offering_details/ . 2016-05-08 . dead .
  2. Web site: Get OSCAR. 2021-05-16. oscar-emr.com. en.
  3. Web site: Certified EMR Offerings. 2021-05-16. www.ontariomd.ca.
  4. https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/index.php/about-infoway Canada Health Infoway
  5. Web site: EMR Offerings . 2012-10-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125425/https://www.ontariomd.ca/portal/server.pt/community/emr_offerings/inv0#1 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  6. Web site: 2023-02-07 . OSCAR’s API - OSCAR . 2023-07-12 . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2023-02-06 . About our EMR Integrations - OceanMD . 2023-07-12 . www.oceanmd.com . en-US.
  8. Web site: OSCAR CANADA USERS SOCIETY (historical) — OSCAR Canada Users Society. 2021-05-16. oscarcanada.org.
  9. Web site: World OSCAR – Open Source Clinical Applications and Resources. 2021-05-16. en-US.