OpenMRS is an open source medical records system or EMR with a global community.
As COVID-19 nears pandemic status and strains the existing health care systems, many of us in digital health are asking how our electronic systems can help slow or prevent the spread of this disease, and ultimately save lives. For those of us who serve in global health, in environments with limited healthcare systems, we are
In recognition of the long awaited OpenMRS Platform 2.3.0 release, special thanks goes to the community contributors who offered their time and commitment tirelessly towards this achievement. Contributing to this cause has been an exiting and challenging experience for many contributors. To some contributors, there was zero knowledge about development, yet they are now quite
From hackathon sessions focused on expanding OpenMRS developers’ skills to apply new microservice technologies to discussions on OpenMRS implementation successes and challenges, 2019’s OpenMRS Implementer’s Meeting in Maputo, Mozambique offered opportunities for 170 people from 22 countries to explore ways to strengthen and harmonize the OpenMRS ecosystem. Attendees from 22 countries began arriving on December
“Collaborating does not just happen accidentally; it requires time, planning and dedicating resources to look for and develop opportunities.” – Digital Principles for Development. When it comes to working together on a shared pain point, having a supportive climate for collaboration can help smooth the way for OpenMRS implementations to re-use existing solutions or work
This month, Christine Gichuki joined OpenMRS as our Quality Assurance Technical Project Manager. Her core passions are in digital health interventions, communities of practice, and advancements in technology. Christine’s academic background is in computer science and she specialized in health informatics, working in different roles in implementation, quality assurance, and capacity building on a number
We are looking for a talented web designer/developer to do a major overhaul of our global community website. We need someone who can work with our Community Director and Documentation Team to lead us through the process of developing a new branded website to tell our amazing story and clearly relay our mission with a
At OMRS18, How might we…? sparked incredible ideas for taking OpenMRS into the future, with a few people continuing the discussion into the new year. By March, a Talk post about the amazing future for OpenMRS shared the vision of a common modular application framework that could be used by different implementations, much in the
For many OpenMRS implementations, intermittent or limited internet connectivity can present a challenge to keeping patient medical records up to date. Using the new Sync 2.0 module, health workers can plan when to send their data, know when data was not properly sent, and have duplicate patient records resolved. In 2017, Soldevelo and the OpenMRS
OpenMRS is excited to be a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code™ 2019! Congratulations and a great warm welcome to the 13 students who have been selected for Google Summer of Code 2019, and extended thanks to our fantastic group of volunteer mentors, as well as all students that submitted applications this year! Since 2007, OpenMRS
It’s a moment of joy for the OpenMRS community as we announce the OpenMRS Reference Application 2.9.0 release. It’s built on the OpenMRS Platform version 2.1.3 and includes updates and bug fixes to 22 modules as well as the addition of the new Attachments module. With this release, we also bid farewell to the logic
