Can You Run a Practice On Free (OPEN SOURCE) Software?

Michael Piplani, MD

mapmd1 (-at-) gmail (-dot-) com

6’th Regional Family Medicine Conference

September 15, 2007

OpenOffice Software Suite (Word processor, Spreadsheet, Database, Presentation program and more!)

www.OpenOffice.org

Firefox Internet Browser

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Thunderbird E-mail program

www.mozilla.com/thunderbird

Pidgin Instant Messenger

http://www.pidgin.im/

GIMP- GNU Image Manipulation Program

www.gimp.org

EMR links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open _source_healthcare_software

Linux -UBUNTU

1. Download cd image from: www.ubuntu.org
2. Burn file to CD with Nero recorder or download burner from: http://tinyurl.com/5p2m

Linux- other Distros

Google or look up their names on Wikipedia for good background info

Names to look up:

Fedora Core

Knoppix

Contact me via e-mail, I would be happy to discuss any issues or concerns with you.