openmrs. silos each organization developed its own system usually multiple systems within an...

OpenMRS

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Problems we ran intoEach organization developed its own systemUsually multiple systems within an organization

Disadvantages• None of the systems “talk” to each other• Resources spent on re-inventing the wheel• Does not expand with needs of organizations• Can not get lessons learned

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Collaborators and Funders • Partners In Health• Regenstrief institute• Medical Research Council, South Africa• World Health Organization• US Centers for Disease Control• Brigham and Women hospital• Harvard Medical School• University of KwaZulu-Natal• Millennium Villages Project• International Development Research Centre• Rockefeller Foundation• Fogarty International Center, NIH• Boston Consulting Group• Google Inc

OpenMRS sitesOver 50 countries

USARwanda (PIH)Lesotho (PIH)Peru (PIH)KenyaSouth AfricaTanzaniaUgandaHaitiZimbabwePakistanNorway

OpenMRS sitesIncludes 5 National-level primary care implementations

RwandaKenyaNepalTajikistanPhilippines

2 National-level hospital implementationsKenyaBangladesh

180 hospitals

Google Maps Integration

Credit: Owais Ahmed, Aamir Khan

Inpatient Care

Credit: Andrey Kozhushkov, Ghislain Kouematchoua (Göttingen)

Research Data Coordination

Credit:Dave Thomas

“Mateme” Touchscreen Registration

Credit: Jeff Rafter (Baobab), Evan Waters (PIH)

Health Data ExchangeCredit:Odysseas Pentakalos