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  • Improving Estimates for Web Projects at OSBridge

    Jun 22, 2011

    I'll be speaking today at 4:45 at Open Source Bridge on the topic of "Improving Estimates for Web Projects".

    How many times have you received an email or phone call from a potential client who describes their project in a few sentences and expects a formal proposal the next day? This session will address this seemingly impossible task by going over the method we have created at OpenSourcery to estimate web projects. This method has helped us work with clients to prioritize functionality, set realistic schedules, and has improved our ability to close sales.

    In this session you will learn:

    * Alternatives to delivering a fixed hours estimate
    * A simple method for quickly estimating projects from vague requirements
    * How to work with developers, designers, and sales people to quickly deliver estimates
    * Improving your estimation ability over time

    Here's the link to the session:
    http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/580

  • emC Hosted Released

    Feb 27, 2009

    1. ELEMENTALCLINIC HOSTED: On February 15th we launched emC Hosted. For $175/month/per clinician you get a private instance of our open source practice management software set up at yourclinicname.elementalclinic.com. Included in the price is unlimited support through phone and email from a company that cares, regular software updates, and secure hosting in our data center.

    This is the future of health care application delivery and we are excited to give smaller clinics the ability to use an application that was previously only available to larger organizations with big IT budgets.

    2. ELECTRONIC CLAIMS SUBMISSION: We are happy to be working with Valia Health Resources and phTech to bring electronic claims submissions into elementalClinic. Electronic Claims Submission (ECS) allows you to spend less time with a mountain of paperwork and more time delivering care to your patients.

    Give us a call and ask how we can customize elementalClinic to work with your submission provider of choice.

    3. SCHEDULING: Dieter and Stacy have been hard at work at putting the final touches on emC's scheduling system. This has been one of our most requested features and has been in beta testing with one of our biggest clients for the past 2 years. Once scheduling is released emC will handle the entire patient life cycle from scheduling the first appointment to the payment of the final bill.

  • Patient scheduling in elementalClinic

    Jan 23, 2009

    Dieter has been spending the past few weeks getting patient scheduling up and running for elementalClinic, our open source electronic health system for mental health.

    Stacy is going through the last few bits of QA right now and everything is looking really nice.

    Here's a sneak peak:

    scheduling_1.gif

    Our patient scheduling software allows you to quickly create an appointment. Each appointment allows you to pick a specific patient, doctor, and add any relevant notes that will smooth the intake process.

    The scheduling tab allows you to see all of the appointments that are currently in the system.

    all_schedule.gif