1. What is
OpenMRS?
Burke Mamlin,
MD

6. What we saw…
 Reporting-driven
 Top down
 Vertical systems
 Acute care
 Proprietary and predatory
 Free Text, lack of standards

8. Silos

9. Flat Model
Patient Pulse Weight
John Doe 80 120

10. Flat Model
Patient Pulse Weight CD4 Count
John Doe 80 120 400

11. Flat Model
Weigh
Patient Pulse CD4 Count
t
John Doe 80 120 400

12. Concept Dictionary
Concept Units
Pulse bpm
Weight lbs

13. Stacked Model
Patient Observation Value
John Doe Pulse 80
John Doe Weight 120

14. Concept Dictionary
Concept Units
Pulse bpm
Weight lbs
CD4 Count cell/mm3

15. Stacked Model
Patient Observation Value
John Doe Pulse 80
John Doe Weight 120
John Doe CD4 Count 400

17. Toward a Common Infrastructure
Data
Data
Data Data

18. Toward a Common Infrastructure
Data
Data
Data
Data Data

19. Toward a Common Infrastructure
Data
Data
API Data
Data Data

20. Toward a Common Infrastructure
Data
Data
API Data
Data Data

26. OpenMRS

27. OpenMRS is…
 An Electronic Medical Record System
 A data model
 An API
 An HIV system
 A TB system
 A Primary Care system
 A developer community
 An implementer community

29. http://openmrs.org