Features
  • FREE, but donations are needed to keep our software in development
  • Open Source license
  • Compatible with Mac. PC, and Linux (via web browser intranet) all on the same network
  • Worldwide Distribution and Support
  • Quick Training by our team - proven 1 hour for office staff and 2 hours for doctors and nurses
  • Easily customized, reprogrammed and changed by users with no programming experience
  • Appointment Scheduling is easy and flexible at home and office
  • Patient Registration with 2 quick and simple screens
  • Paper Billing with option to convert to electronic claims
  • Basic Accounting functions built in
  • Patient Tracking and recall in a near infinite number of ways
  • Full and Flexible Access to all data fields
  • Strong and Flexible Reporting
  • Powerful Search functions on any and all fields
  • Integrates with other applications of your choice
  • ASP option
  • Wireless and PDA support
  • All Hardware supported from 1997 to 2004 using Filemaker 5/6; hardware from 2004 to present runs better with FM 7-10+
  • Prescription Writing fully automated
  • Epidemiology data mining extensively supported
  • Scalable to many separate offices and 120 simultaneous users
  • Flexible note writing - you can enter information any way you want or need
  • Handwritten notes supported
  • Dictation of notes directly into chart with Dragon© Naturally Speaking
  • Clinical Photographs placed in each note when needed
  • Video, Radiology, and Echocardiography studies in common formats can be stored and viewed directly in CottageMed with QuickTime translators included

There are hundreds of additional features, tools, shortcuts and abilities in the Filemaker user manual...
further documentation pending free time after the children go to bed... but then again, they never do...

So please see Filemaker's documentation on their website for the full scoop at www.Filemaker.com...