OpenVPMS

OpenVPMS is open-source software for managing veterinary practices, maintained by a not-for-profit organisation that shares its name. The body has no shareholders; its members, drawn from vets, developers and others in the veterinary trade, own it, and a board of directors runs it. It is listed in Australia.

What OpenVPMS offers

• Customer and patient management: records for clients and the animals in their care.
• Invoicing and receipts: billing and payment records for the practice.
• Appointments: scheduling for consults and procedures.
• Medical records: clinical notes for each patient.
• Products and suppliers: management of stock items and the firms that supply them.
• Multi-site support: use across more than one practice location.

Customers and markets

The software is meant for veterinary practices. To use it, a practice must hold a current subscription with the organisation, and members of the industry fund further development through subscriptions and donations to specific projects. Practices can pick any provider for set-up and support and can take their data elsewhere freely.

Key facts

• Structure: member-owned not-for-profit
• Latest release: version 2.4, published in August 2024
• Resources: implementation guides, an implementors forum and a user-contributed template library