Welcome to OpenEMR. Please note that you do not need to be a developer to contribute to the project. Potential activities to help out the project include development, testing, translating, documentation, support and many more. We encourage all skill levels to participate and we are dedicated to maintaining a spirit of openness, kindness and cooperation. To get started, feel free to introduce yourself at the forums (https://community.open-emr.org/) or email the administrators, Rod Roark (rod at sunsetsystems dot com) and Brady Miller (brady.g.miller@gmail.com).

If you are interesting in developing for OpenEMR, then recommend reading the following wiki page: http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/New_Developer_Information

If you are interested in translating for OpenEMR, then recommend reading the following wiki page: http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Internationalization_Translator_Guide

If you are interested in providing support for OpenEMR, then simply start participating in the OpenEMR Forums at: https://community.open-emr.org/

A large amount of documentation can be found on the OpenEMR wiki at: http://www.open-emr.org/wiki

And the main OpenEMR website can be found at: http://www.open-emr.org/

We would love to have your help. The best thing to do is download the developers virtual appliance or one of the developer installations from the website and use that to learn the system. That version is the very most current stuff, updated daily, so it's bleeding edge.

You will need a sourceforge.net login so you can post to the forum. Let me know your ID and I can add you to the project when you feel ready to tackle it. At first you are going to want to post your questions on the HELP forum until you figure out what is a bug and what is a feature :-)
The forums are on sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/
The main project page is: www.oemr.org
and the most information can be found at: wiki.oemr.org

We use git so when you start coding you will need to install git on your development environment (unless you use the appliance which already has it and you will need a github.com account to post your code for review.

See the wiki entries at http://wiki.oemr.org/wiki/Main_Page#Developer_Manuals and our Git kick starter: http://wiki.oemr.org/wiki/Git_for_dummies

We have a currently under used IRC channel on freenode.net #openemr

You have the ability to translate OpenEMR into any language, and a list of languages currently being translated can be found on the following page: http://github.com/openemr/translations_development_openemr/raw/master/stats.txt

If you are interested in translating for OpenEMR, then recommend reading the following wiki page: http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Internationalization_Translator_Guide

Our user documentation is being migrated to our wiki and we would love to have some help with that. Both the migration and writing new FAQ and user guides for specific topics. Training videos would be welcome as well.

Testing is always good. Testing new functionality and reporting bugs as well as looking at old bugs and see if they are still a problem

If you want to help translate (a new or current language), you will need editing privileges to our Google Docs translation spreadsheet. Please contact Brady Miller ( brady at sparmy dot com )so he can invite you to the Google doc spreadsheet(we also will give you access to the translator roster spreadsheet to allow collaboration with other translators).

See: http://wiki.oemr.org/wiki/OpenEMR_Internationalization_Development

SF bug id: 3311709
A feature of OpenEMR appears to be that the patient name is printed on page one of printed output. I have to enter it by hand on subsequent pages, along with birth dates.

OpenEMR maintains a Active Patient and Active Encounter for quick access back to those screens. However, there is no way to close that record except to select a new patient, which is not always what desired.