In 2003 david became ceo of clearhealth and created the clearhealth system based on vista that was originally developed by the veterans health administration. Clearhealths software is open source gpl and powers more than 1,000 sites from small offices to megainstitutions servicing. From 2006 on, i was the ceo and then the chairman, of clearhealth. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover david s. Common legal challenges that arise in medical practice. I think its a good first step, said david uhlman, ceo of clearhealth, a developer of opensource systems. So we would use those extra monies to develop the clearhealth system. Clearhealth practice management and electronic medical records. It underlies a major federal incentives program for medical offices and hospitals. Clearhealth project compiles vista to mumpsless web. David riley federal health architecture, office of the national coordinator for health it, department of health and human services, brian behlendorf federal health architecture fha program in the office of national coordinator for health information technology within the department of. David uhlman clearhealth chief executive officer speaking topic. David has a long background with open source software and medical software in particular freepm, openemr, freeb.
The software offers electronic medical records emr, medical billing, medical accounts receivable, scheduling, and access control. For billing management please contact your account representative directly at optum. In 2003 david became ceo of clearhealth and created theclearhealth system based on vista that was originally developed by the veterans health administration. View david uhlman s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Clearhealth has been acquired for operations accounts please contact your onsite project manager for updated corporate information. David uhlman author david is ceo of clearhealth inc. Along with clearhealth ceo and chief happiness guru david uhlman, bringas worked for two years to develop a customized program that would handle scheduling and patient information.
A medical software suite isnt much here in the us without support for. The first is david uhlman, who is well known in the openemr community. As david uhlman of clearhealth pointed out, nearly everything in the meaningful use criteria was done thirty years ago by the va using vista. David uhlman, chief executive officer of clearhealth inc. The software offers electronic medical records emr, medical billing, medical accounts receivable, scheduling, and. Fred trotter and david uhlman were heavily involved in creating fred and revising david the freeb billing system which was the first open source software to implement the. Uversa has hired several of the key players to work on clearhealth. David uhlman is customer happiness guru and ceo of uversa a leading open source development firm located in phoenix, az. He is a frequent speaker and contributor including previous talks at oscon, scale, and others clearhealth inc is the company associated with the clearhealth open source project, a practice. Clearhealth is an open source practice management and electronic medical records system designed by clinics and hospitals. Clearhealth project compiles vista to mumpsless web interface. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read hacking healthcare. Well wait and see if it ends up in a bigdoor opening. In fact, much more than a mess, its a catastrophe unfolding on a daily basis.
Foss software gains adopters competing against commercial actors by giving away their code, while musicians gain an audience by giving away their music. David has a long background with open source software and the business of open source. David uhlman address, phone number, public records radaris. Introducing clearhealth, an electronic medical record emr software designed by clinics and hospitals and powered by open source software. He is a frequent speaker and contributor including previous talks at oscon, scale, and others and author of beyond meaningful use and hacking healthcare from oreilly. Opening panel discussion with in order of appearance fred trotter intro then ben mehling from medsphere, david uhlman from clearhealth, gerald bortis from webreach and ben baumann from akaza research. Coming from a background of supply chain systems and big business erp. A guide to standards, workflows, and meaningful use ebook written by fred trotter, david uhlman. About health 365 a blog by clearhealth ceo david uhlman we all know that american health care is a mess. You can browse for and follow blogs, read recent entries, see what others are viewing or recommending, and request your own blog. It is meaningful use certified hit product certified by the u. Clearhealth has its origins in both the vista software system originally developed by the veterans health administration and the openehr project, specifically through the efforts of clearhealths ceo david uhlman and his colleagues uhlman worked as cto for the openehr project from 2001 to 2003, moving to clearhealth as its ceo in 2003. Liss professor from practice, the director of the environmental law and policy program, and a distinguished faculty fellow in sustainability. Before working directly on health software, trotter passed the cissp certification and consulted for verisign on hipaa security for major hospitals and health institutions.
Hacking healthcare by fred trotter overdrive rakuten. It supports demographics, scheduling, full medical billing, disease management, decision support, eprescribing, hl7, and web services. About health 365 a blog by clearhealth ceo david uhlman. Clearhealth clearhealth is a young project funded by uversa, inc. Clearhealth medical freelibre and open source software. Legal issues in open source today from annual symposium.
In 2006, the tides foundation provided a grant which funded the development of a set of feature additions to support the specialized needs of federally qualified health centers fqhc and other chcrnc facilities. David uhlman consultant healthcare it sales executive. Trotter was originally trained on information security at the air force information warfare center. Software patents and opensource software, including how opensource licenses can be used as strategic and tactical weapons in patent litigation. David uhlman developed the clearhealth ehr in 2003 when he served as the ceo of a business software firm named uversa consulting inc. Vista scenarios, and other controversies at the open. Southern california linux exposition speakers david uhlman.
Performed health it, software design and data analysis as a consultant. Clearhealth emr software covers the five major areas of practice operations including scheduling, billing, emr, hipaa security and accounts receivable. Its limited to a few pockets of useat least in the united statesbut if you look at it a bit, you start to wonder why any health care institution uses any proprietary software at all. Report from open source convention health track, 2011. I just found address, phone, and public records for david uhlman on radaris. His research and advocacy interests include corporate crime, criminal and civil enforcement of environmental laws, and climate change and sustainability. Foss app eases the pain for san diego community clinic. Analysis of 2018s 14 separate billiondollar disaster events in context. The clearhealth guys were so anxious to brag on their iphone customer story they didnt even wait on the press release. Va paperless claims system shuts down on a weekly basis. Explore the clearhealth inc business page in chandler, az. David uhlman is customer happiness guru and ceo of uversa a.
Report from open source convention health track, 2011 o. Software patents and opensource software, including how opensource licenses can be used. A practical, specific and sometimes controversial ideaaday from clearhealth ceo david uhlman until its fixed. I would say that david uhlman or some of the clear health guys will hopefully provide some more details. Robert kolodner, the outgoing head of the office of the national coordinator, was given a standing ovation by several hundred attendees of a session on federal it programs. Open source licensing practitioners speak on todays issues. Clearhealth is a next generation practice management and emr. I am happy to report a little late that clearhealth is now the first commercial open source ehr product to be meaningful use certified. A guide to standards, workflows, and meaningful use. This project holds a special place in my heart, since david uhlman and i started it years ago as next generation phpbased open source ehr. Opensource pacs software offers viable alternative. Clearhealth began when the core developers of several other open source healthcare software systems including openemr and freemed.
Clearhealths software is open source gpl and powers more than 1,000 sites from small offices to. The va even goes through periods of refusing bug fixes and improvements from the. Clearhealth practice management and electronic medical. The history of clearhealth has its beginnings starting with the core developers of several other open source healthcare software systems including openemr and freemed. Clearhealths software is open source gpl and powers more than 1,000 sites from small offices to megainstitutions servicing millions of patients per year.