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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The OpenMRS Implementers Network
International Journal of Medical Informatics, Volume 78, No. 11, Year 2009
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Objective: OpenMRS (www.openmrs.org) is a configurable open source electronic medical record application developed and maintained by a large network of open source developers coordinated by the Regenstrief Institute and Partners in Health and mainly used for HIV patient and treatment information management in Africa. Our objective is to develop an open Implementers Network for OpenMRS to provide regional support for the growing number of OpenMRS implementations in Africa and to include African developers and implementers in the future growth of OpenMRS. Methods: We have developed the OpenMRS Implementers Network using a dedicated Wiki site and e-mail server. We have also organized annual meetings in South Africa and regional training courses at African locations where OpenMRS is being implemented. An OpenMRS Internship program has been initiated and we have started collaborating with similar networks and projects working in Africa. To evaluate its potential, OpenMRS was implemented initially at one site in South Africa by a single implementer using a downloadable OpenMRS application and only the OpenMRS Implementers Network for support. Results: The OpenMRS Implementers Network Wiki and list server have grown into effective means of providing implementation support and forums for exchange of implementation experiences. The annual OpenMRS Implementers meeting has been held in South Africa for the past three years and is attracting successively larger numbers of participants with almost 200 implementers and developers attending the 2008 meeting in Durban, South Africa. Six African developers are presently registered on the first intake of the OpenMRS Internship program. Successful collaborations have been started with several African developer groups and projects initiated to develop interoperability between OpenMRS and various applications. The South African OpenMRS Implementer group successfully configured, installed and maintained an integrated HIV/TB OpenMRS application without significant programming support. Since then, this model has been replicated in several other African sites. Conclusions: The OpenMRS Implementers Network has contributed substantially to the growth and sustainability of OpenMRS in Africa and has become a useful way of including Africans in the development and implementation of OpenMRS in developing countries. The Network provides valuable support and enables a basic OpenMRS application to be implemented in the absence of onsite programmers. © 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Seebregts, Christopher John
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Mamlin, Burke W.
United States, Indianapolis
Regenstrief Institute
United States, Indianapolis
Indiana University School of Medicine
Biondich, Paul Gene
United States, Indianapolis
Regenstrief Institute
United States, Indianapolis
Indiana University School of Medicine
Fraser, Hamish Sf F.
United States, Boston
Brigham and Women's Hospital
United States, Boston
Partners in Health
Wolfe, Ben A.
United States, Indianapolis
Regenstrief Institute
Jazayeri, Darius G.
United States, Boston
Partners in Health
Allen, Christian
United States, Boston
Partners in Health
Miranda, Justin
United States, Boston
Partners in Health
Baker, Elaine
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
University Computing Centre Ltd
Musinguzi, Nicholas
Uganda, Mbarara
Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
Kayiwa, Daniel
Uganda, Kampala
Makerere University
Fourie, Carl
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Lesh, Neal B.
United States, Boston
D-tree International
Kanter, Andrew S.
United States, New York
Columbia University
Yiannoutsos, Constantin Theodore
United States, Indianapolis
Indiana University School of Medicine
Bailey, Christopher T.
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Statistics
Citations: 134
Authors: 16
Affiliations: 12
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.09.005
ISSN:
13865056
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
South Africa