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Across the Global Goods industry, there is growing momentum about how to use FHIR to achieve interoperability, or evidence-based content guidance. However, there also seems to be confusion when we just talk about “a FHIR Implementation Guide (IG)” without clarifying the type of IG that we mean. For example: This year we have heard other Global

For years, health care workers spent considerable time and effort navigating various guidelines for patient care coming from their own ministries of health as well as global bodies. At the same time, the OpenMRS community has long sought a solution for Decision Support rule authorship and calculation. SMART Guidelines offer countries and global goods a

At some point, all software undergoes a significant evolution. OpenMRS is no different. Since its inception in 2005, OpenMRS has seen its share of technology shifts and updates. Whether it is an update to core technologies and tooling or new features and functionality, these improvements often find their way to OpenMRS implementations through platform, module,

The OpenMRS Community is committed to being user-driven and has long held community-driven Design Forums. Questions around how we engage users and integrate design into our community processes have periodically surfaced in the community. An entire unconferencing session was dedicated to UI/UX Design Process + Human Centered Design at the 2018 OpenMRS Implementers Meeting.  We’ve

Several years ago, the OpenMRS Community faced a serious challenge: several senior developers were moving on to new adventures in their careers. While the community had a large pool of new talent starting out, the number of experienced OpenMRS developers working on community priorities who could pick up the baton of departing senior developers were

Every two years, the OpenMRS Community holds elections for a Community Representative to serve on the OpenMRS Board of Directors. In late 2021, our community nominated six amazing people for the 2022-2024 term. Four of them chose to run. In January, 285 active OpenMRS community members cast their votes. Their top choice? Gibril Gomez of

The Quality Assurance team has come a long way since its inception in 2019 and the most amazing thing is that we are still growing. In 2021, the QA team experienced tremendous growth and diversification in its work. The team no longer just handles the Reference Application UI tests and comprises at most 4 people.

It’s already a tradition. Every year, when December approaches, a special moment of time occurs. A time of sharing and inspiring. A time of knowledge and ideas. A time of the community. The 2021 OpenMRS Implementers’ Virtual Conference was held on Zoom and lasted for 4 days, from 29th November to 2nd December. During this