List of freeware health software
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The following is a list of freeware
software packages and applications for use in the health industry. This is not to be confused with free software
. If the software is licensed under an open source license or in the public domain
, do not list it here - put it in the List of open source healthcare software.
Freeware
Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee, but usually with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the...
software packages and applications for use in the health industry. This is not to be confused with free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
. If the software is licensed under an open source license or in the public domain
Public domain
Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...
, do not list it here - put it in the List of open source healthcare software.
Imaging/Visualization
- 3DimViewer a lightweight truly 3D DICOM viewer
- Ambivu 3D WorkstationAmbivu 3D WorkstationAmbiVU 3D is a commercial medical imaging workstation that is compliant with the DICOM imaging and communications format. It is designed for high speed volume rendering of MRI, CT, PET, PET-CT and dual PET-CT datasets....
PC and Mac fast DICOM 3D/2D workstation - IVUSAngio Tool is an integrated tool that enables a complete analysis of both angiography and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) image sequences, either in DICOM video or JPEG format.
- MedINRIA free DICOM viewer and medical image processing software for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.
- MicroDicom is application for primary processing and preservation of medical images in DICOM format. Free DICOM viewer for Windows.
- PaxeraView is application for Diagnostic and Visualization of 2D Imaging.
- SMIViewer is a free (soon to be open source) DICOM volume analyzer for research/teaching on Windows.
- VistA imagingVista imagingVistA Imaging is an FDA-approved Image Management system used in the Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare facilities nationwide. It is one of the most widely used image management systems in routine healthcare use, and is used to manage many different varieties of images associated with a...
http://www1.va.gov/imaging/page.cfm?pg=3 Public domain fully integrated PACS, image, and scanned document information system. One of the most widely used in the world, but incorporates proprietary modules not available outside the VA. - Agnosco DICOM viewer a free DICOM viewer.
- Flagship HIS an efficient hospital information system.
- RadiAnt DICOM Viewer a simple, efficient and intuitive DICOM medical image viewer for Windows.
Diabetes
- CareLogger a Paid, online logbook for Diabetes. Tracks glucose levels, blood pressure and medication intake. It offers only 10 logs as a trial.
Health Information Technology Messaging
- Mirth Connect Specifically designed for HL7, NCPDP, DICOM and X12 healthcare related message integration, Mirth Connect provides the necessary tools for developing, testing, deploying, and monitoring interfaces.
Mobile / Handheld Devices
- EpiSurveyor Mobile data collection: the EpiSurveyor system is a product of DataDyne composed of a web application at www.episurveyor.org allowing rapid form creation (as well as basic data analysis, mapping, and export) and a mobile app available for standard ("non-smart") phones, Blackberry, and Android. Programmed entirely in Nairobi, Kenya by DataDyne's Kenyan team, EpiSurveyor has more than 6000 users in more than 170 countries worldwide, and those users have filled out more than 250,000 forms and uploaded them to the site (the most current statistics are updated live at the site). EpiSurveyor is used for data collection in health, conservation, management, economics, and a variety of other fields. User organizations include the CDC, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the African Conservation Centre, TulaSalud, the US and Canadian governments, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, John Snow Inc, Abt Associates, and Management Sciences for Health, as well as many ministries of health. EpiSurveyor won the 2009 Wall Street Journal Award for Innovation in Healthcare (the first time an African-programmed software had won that distinction) and the 2009 Lemelson-MIT award for sustainable invention, as well as the Stockholm Challenge and Tech Museum Award. As reported on by Wired, the Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Voice of America, and BBC's Digital Planet. Most recently, EpiSurveyor was covered extensively in an Economist white paper on healthcare innovation (p 13) and a World Bank study noting a 71% decrease in evaluation cost by using EpiSurveyor compared with paper.
- FrontlineSMS enables users to send and receive text messages with large groups of people through mobile phones.
See also
- eHealthEHealtheHealth is a relatively recent term for healthcare practice supported by electronic processes and communication, dating back to at least 1999...
- Health InformaticsHealth informatics.Health informatics is a discipline at the intersection of information science, computer science, and health care...
- List of open source healthcare software
- List of open source bioinformatics software