popHealth
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| Developer(s) | The MITRE Corporation |
|---|---|
| Initial release | February 5, 2010 (0.2)[1] |
| Stable release |
6.2.2 (December 6, 2022) [±] |
| Preview release | 6.1.0 Beta (December 17, 2020) [±] |
| Written in | Ruby (on Rails) |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Healthcare reporting software |
| License(s) | Apache License v2.0 |
| Website | projectpophealth.org |
popHealth is free open-source healthcare reporting software, described as such:
"popHealth is an open source reference implementation software service that automates the reporting of Meaningful Use quality measures. popHealth integrates with a healthcare provider's electronic health record (EHR) system using continuity of care records. popHealth streamlines the automated generation of summary quality measure reports on the provider's patient population."[2]
Product history
On September 21, 2009, the popHealth open-source project was approved for funding by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).[1] The MITRE Corporation would act as the primary developer of the software, which would be designed to be compatible with ONC-certified electronic health record systems.[2] The software would use Health Level 7's Continuity of Care Document and Continuity of Care Record standards to allow healthcare providers to extract quality data from patients' records.[3]
The first commit to the associated GitHub project occurred on October 5[4], and a stable prototype version 0.2 of popHealth was made finally available to the public on February 25 and 26, 2010.[1][3] Version 1.0 of the software was released on April 7, 2011.[5]
On January 21, 2014, members of the popHealth community attended a stakeholder meeting to discuss the transition of popHealth to the open source community. The ONC stated:
"[T]here is a large and diverse user group that is utilizing the application (and/or parts of the technology) for a variety of use cases. These uses of the technology will set the stage for the application’s long-term utility. Ultimately, the governance and development of popHealth will be transitioned from being a government-supported piece of software to one that is supported by the open source community."[6]
In March 2014, tentative dates were set for the transition process: April 1, 2014 – July 1, 2014.[7] At the end of July, a transition plan was published, indicating[8]:
- a source code freeze on GitHub in mid-September 2014;
- a transfer/fork of the source code to an open-source development team;
- the take-down of the ONC popHealth website;
- a continuation of the associated listserv; and
- a discontinuation of the old popHealth logo.
By late 2015, popHealth became "part of the 'Population Health Analytics Suite' stewarded by the Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance."[9] The first open-source community release from the Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance (OSEHRA) arrived as version 4.0.0 on November 17, 2015.[10]
Features
Features of popHealth include[11]:
- view quality measure results by patient demographics or provider characteristics
- view quality measure parameters
- view patient lists and single patients
- customize the reporting period
- manually exclude patients from patient lists
- manage provider records
Hardware/software requirements
Installation requirements for popHealth include:
- an NLM VSAC account
- Ubuntu
- Git
- RVM and Ruby 2.1.1
- MongoDB
Consult the installation guide for more information.
Videos, screenshots, and other media
Entities using popHealth
Further reading
- Oram, Andy (11 July 2011). "popHealth open source software permits viewing and reporting of quality measures in health care". O'Reilly Radar. O'Reilly Media, Inc. http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/07/pophealth-open-source-software.html.
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "popHealth - An Open Source Population Health Reporting Prototype". The MITRE Corporation. Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100315154916/http://projectpophealth.org/. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "popHealth - Frequently Asked Questions". The MITRE Corporation. http://projectpophealth.org/faq.html. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mosquera, Mary (26 February 2010). "ONC unveils "popHealth' for EHR-based quality reporting". Government Health IT. HIMSS Media. http://www.govhealthit.com/news/onc-unveils-%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%CB%9Cpophealth-ehr-based-quality-reporting. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ↑ "intitial commit". GitHub. 5 October 2009. https://github.com/pophealth/popHealth/commit/86eaee96d9ead5c353f36a851390b50e2b444e30. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ↑ "popHealth - An Open Source Quality Measure Reference Implementation". The MITRE Corporation. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727185610/http://projectpophealth.org/. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ↑ "popHealth – Overview of Plan to Transition Governance to the Open Source Community" (PDF). National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. 2013. http://projectpophealth.org/documents/pophealth_overview_governance_transition_plan.pdf. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ↑ "popHealth Stakeholder Meeting Summary 3/20/14" (PDF). National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 03 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140603010157/http://projectpophealth.org/documents/popHealth_stakeholder_mar_mtg_summary_draft.pdf. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ↑ Office of the National Coordinator (31 July 2014). "Process for 2014 Transition of popHealth to Open Source Community" (PDF). Archived from the original on 01 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160401191754/http://projectpophealth.org/documents/popHealth%20Transition%20memo%207-31-14%20(FINAL).pdf. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ↑ Center for Healthcare Transparency (9 November 2015). "Increasing transparency on the relative cost and quality of healthcare" (PDF). Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement. http://www.nrhi.org/uploads/grcinci-proposal-cht-innovation-pilot-rfp-2014-07-v10-final-draft.pdf. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ↑ OSEHRA (17 November 2015). "OSEHRA/popHealth - v4.0.0". GitHub. https://github.com/OSEHRA/popHealth/releases/tag/v4.0.0. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ↑ "popHealth Windows User Instructions" (PDF). The MITRE Corporation. http://projectpophealth.org/documents/pophealth_instructions_04172012.pdf. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
