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OpenMRS Receives Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit

INDIANAPOLIS AND BOSTON, MARCH 23 — OpenMRS, an Indianapolis-based free software platform for Health IT in the developing world, has received the 2012 Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit. The award was announced on March 23 at the Free Software Foundation’s annual LibrePlanet conference held at Harvard University, and is presented each year

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March 2013 Contributor of the Month: Lluis Martinez

Every month the OpenMRS community highlights one of its contributors in the OpenMRS so you have the chance to learn to learn more about the people involved in the project. This month, OpenMRS community manager Michael Downey introduces you to Lluis Martinez from Spain. More information about the Contributor of the Month program is available

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9 Years of OpenMRS

In 2004, work began to build OpenMRS at the AMPATH program Western Kenya. The system would later be switched on in the year 2006 as OpenMRS evolved from a solution at a single clinic to a worldwide collaboration. As we grew, we found that the best ideas come from people with different backgrounds and talents, so

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February 2013 Contributor of the Month: Roger Friedman

Each month, we highlight one of the contributors in the OpenMRS community, giving you the opportunity to learn more about the people involved in the project. This month, we’re featuring Roger Friedman, a long-time contributor to the project from the United States. OpenMRS community manager Michael Downey had a chat with Roger to talk about

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January 2013 Contributor of the Month: Saptarshi Purkayastha

Editor’s Note: Starting in 2013, we will be highlighting an OpenMRS contributor every month, giving you the opportunity to learn more about the people building the OpenMRS software and community. More information about the Contributor of the Month program is available on the OpenMRS wiki. We welcome your feedback about the program and your nominations

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OpenMRS 1.9.2 released!

I am pleased to announce a maintenance release of OpenMRS 1.9.2. See release notes for changes and download details: OpenMRS 1.9.2 Thank you to all our contributors! We are looking forward to your continued support. Rafał Korytkowski 

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OpenMRS Migration to GitHub

At a glance: OpenMRS is moving the code from our SVN server to a new Git repository on GitHub. If you have the openmrs code checked out on your machine, you will have to make the switch! See Using Git. OpenMRS code has been self-hosted on a Subversion server for the last 7 years. That

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OpenMRS 1.9.1, 1.8.4, 1.7.4 and 1.6.6 released!

I am pleased to announce maintenance releases of all OpenMRS versions: 1.9.1, 1.8.4, 1.7.4, 1.6.6. OpenMRS 1.6.6 is the last release of the 1.6.x line, which is no longer supported by us. See release notes for changes and download details: OpenMRS 1.9.1 OpenMRS 1.8.4 OpenMRS 1.7.4 OpenMRS 1.6.6 Thank you to all our contributors! We

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The Pursuit of Happiness … and Code

Jordan Kellerstrass is a 2012 Google Summer of Code student for OpenMRS. This entry is cross-posted from her blog: http://jquerencia.wordpress.com/ Monday morning, my Google Summer of Code mentors at OpenMRS and I had a Skype meeting to reflect on the summer so far and talk about what should be happening over the next six weeks.

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OpenMRS 1.9.0 Released

Finally, the long awaited final release of OpenMRS 1.9.0 is now, and can be downloaded from this page. If you’d like to try it out first, take a look at our online demo. Please see the release notes for a complete list of changes, but below are the highlights: New Features: Grouping encounters into visits.

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