On behalf of the entire OpenMRS community, we are thrilled to announce the 2018 OpenMRS Implementers’ Conference (#OMRS18) will be hosted in Nairobi Kenya, in association with HELINA 2018 (#HELINA2018), the biannual meeting of the Pan-African Health Informatics Association. Our hosts, the Kenya Ministry of Health, the Kenya Health Informatics Association (KeHIA – www.kehia.org) […]
Cynthia Antwi joins the OpenMRS Community as Technical Project Manager
Hello OpenMRS community! We are thrilled to introduce Cynthia Antwi as the new Lead Technical Project Manager. Cynthia brings an impressive set of technical project management skills to the community and, with the support of OpenMRS Inc., will have her full time dedicated to serve and oversee the technical project management needs for the OpenMRS […]

One million reasons to celebrate our amazing community…
Happy 2018! As we enter into OpenMRS’ fourteenth year, I am regularly reminded of the amazing power of community. It’s anywhere you look: from the hundreds of new code contributions to our code base by dozens of new contributors each month, to the hundreds of “helping hand” communications on our forums, to the tireless efforts […]
OpenMRS Leadership Growth and Spreading the Word
Dear OpenMRS Community, If you hadn’t already noticed, our community is in a period of unparalleled growth and evolution. I wanted to draw your attention to a couple specific activities, and ask for your input and feedback. Evolving our leadership and governance models At the end of 2014, we held our first annual “OpenMRS Camp” […]
Ebola: A Call to Action for OpenMRS
Friends, The OpenMRS community has long recognized that in many of the countries where our software is used, the public health system is weak. Over the past several months, the world has been faced with the consequences of this weakness in West Africa, as nations struggle to contain the deadly Ebola virus. Without more effective […]