OpenMRS Installations & Users in Africa

Peter GroenThe OpenMRS community is working to apply health information technologies (HIT) to solve problems, primarily in resource-challenged environments.  It is  a proud, global community of developers, implementers, funders, and users all trying to make the world a better place by using their expertise to improve the health and wellness of people around the globe. See map of OpenMRS Installations.

OpenMRS is a free, open-source electronic medical record (EMR) system.  All of the core resources that make up the system are open source and freely available. OpenMRS is programmed in Java and the core application works through a web-browser. The back end database is currently in MySQL.

As of 2012, OpenMRS was in use at over 100 facilities in more than 30 countries and had been used to record over 2 million patient records around the world. OpenMRS is now in use around the world including South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania, Haiti, India, China, United States, Pakistan, the Philippines, and a growing number of nations around the world.

Based on the information and map posted on the OpenMRS web site, the following is a summary of the OpenMRS Installations in Africa:

Also, check out the following key organizations actively involved with the implementation of OpenMRS in Africa:

• Millennium Villages Project - http://www.millenniumvillages.org/
• Jembi Health Systems - http://www.jembi.org/ 
• Partners In Health - http://www.pih.org/

To learn more about the global OpenMRS community and how it is working together to build one of the world's leading open source electronic medical record (EMR) system platforms, visit the OpenMRS web site.  Plan on attending the 2013 OpenMRS Implementers Meeting in Eldoret, Kenya -  October 8-11, 2013.

Also, for more information, see collected news & information about OpenMRS  posted on the Open Health News web site.