Description

Defines the lowest level privileges that can be assigned within the system. Users and/or external programs accessing the OpenMRS system (and thereby the data within the system) must authenticate and have appropriate privileges to access any data or services within the system. For example, only users or programs that have been assigned the View Patient privilege will be allowed to view or read patient data. Administrators can assign the privileges to individuals or to roles in order to allow access to various parts of the system.

There are many privileges that are built into the OpenMRS system. Modules may add additional privileges to the system.

Attributes

	Column Name	Type	Default	Description
	privilege	varchar(50)		Name of the privilege — e.g., View Patient
	description	varchar(250)		A brief description of the privilege — e.g. "View patient-related data"
primary key, required