Care2x is a browser-based hospital information system designed for hospitals, clinics and other healthcare organisations. It provides a common interface for staff working across administrative and clinical services, rather than requiring separate desktop applications for each department.
The system follows a modular approach, with departments using shared information while retaining their own workflows. A central database helps reduce repeated entry of patient details when people move between services. Staff access the application through a web browser, and administrators can control permissions for individual functions.
Care2x can serve a single institution or a network of healthcare facilities. Its scope extends beyond clinical records to the everyday organisational tasks involved in running a hospital.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Register patients, manage admissions, search records and print patient identification labels with barcodes.
- Maintain medical documentation and patient histories for inpatient and outpatient departments.
- Administer nursing wards, patient folders and nursing duty schedules.
- Record surgical procedures, anaesthesia, medicines and operating-room materials.
- Enter, retrieve and display medical laboratory examination results.
- Manage pharmacy orders, medicine catalogues and searchable product records.
- Handle medical-depot requests and orders for equipment and other supplies.
- Plan physicians’ duties, surgical schedules and patient appointments.
- Assign explicit access rights to individual functions and log access attempts.
- Use internal messaging, a hospital directory and technical maintenance requests.
- Validate data entered into forms and apply shortcuts for common date and time entries.
- Choose from multiple interface languages and personalise display settings.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: sourceforge.net/projects/care2002
Support:
Developer: Care2x Team
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Care2x is written in PHP. Learn PHP with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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