OpenMRS

What makes a digital health system truly effective? 🌍💻 As we prepare for this year’s Global Digital Health Forum, we’ve been thinking about lessons from our work with clinics, supply chains, and national programs worldwide. For SolDevelo, digital health isn’t just another sector. It’s a place where technology directly affects people’s well-being, their access to care, and their trust in public systems. ❤️⚕️ Working with global health partners over the years has shown us just how much reliable, thoughtful digital infrastructure can change daily life in clinics, supply chains, and national programs. Our work with projects like OpenLMIS, openIMIS, and OpenMRS is built on the belief that 💡 public health systems deserve tools that are practical, resilient, and designed with the realities of low-resource settings in mind. 💡 Every country teaches us something new. We’ve seen how: 🔹 fragmented data can hold back decisions at critical moments, 🔹 supply chains struggle without visibility across the last mile, 🔹 connectivity gaps make everyday digital workflows harder, 🔹 interoperability issues slow coordination across ministries and partners, 🔹 and long-term maintenance is essential to keep systems delivering value. In our work supporting OpenLMIS deployments in Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique, strengthening openIMIS for health financing and social protection, or helping clinicians use OpenMRS in challenging environments, the focus is always the same: build systems that actually work every day, not just on launch day. 🛡️ That means listening to users’ voices, learning their actual needs, reinforcing quality and performance, supporting ongoing maintenance, and contributing to open-source communities that push everyone forward. Many of these improvements are invisible - faster performance, clearer workflows, smoother integrations - but they make a real difference for the people relying on these tools to deliver care. 🩺 Heading into this year’s GDHF, we’re reminded that strengthening digital health systems means hard work and great dedication - and yet the world is full of people committed to making healthcare more accessible. It’s truly inspiring to be a part of this journey. 🫶 If you’ll be at #GDHF2025, we’d love to connect. Let’s explore how we can improve digital health systems together - from national strategy to implementation and long-term sustainability. #digitalhealth #opensource #supplychains #AllinHealth

OpenMRS was proud to take part in the first-ever OHDSI Africa Symposium, held at the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) in Kampala, Uganda. This was a historic moment for the African OHDSI community as we continue to expand collaboration, research capacity, and data-driven innovation across the continent. OpenMRS was represented by Jayasanka Weerasinghe and Namanya Abert, who joined researchers, implementers, and technical leaders for three days of training and collaboration. During the symposium, we presented ongoing work to support observational research by building an ETL pipeline that maps OpenMRS data to the OMOP Common Data Model (CDM). This effort aims to make health data captured through OpenMRS more accessible to researchers and to enable participation in global OHDSI tools and analytics. We extend our thanks to THE JOINT CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTRE (JCRC) OFFICIAL and the OHDSI community for hosting this important event, and OpenMRS look forward to continued collaboration in strengthening data-driven healthcare across Africa. #OpenMRS #ohdsi #GlobalGoods #opensource #Interoperability #OMOP #GlobalHealth

Collaboration isn't a buzzword. It's creating real changes in digital health. This time last year, we launched the first Community Health Toolkit squad. It was an innovative approach, inspired by peers like OpenMRS and DHIS2, bringing together global experts united by the same ambition into small, cross-functional, and focused teams. Since then, squads have been tackling everything from reducing the hosting total cost of ownership to revamping documentation, all with a vision of optimizing the CHT and making it easier for frontline health workers to deliver quality doorstep care. In our latest blog, Philip Mwago from Medic, Bernard Kagondu at ssollinc, and Y-NOTE's Maxime NGOE share successes from two recent community squads, and what it means for interoperability and security for the CHT. Read the full story at the link in the comments 🔗 #Innovation #Community #HealthforAll #Collaboration #HealthNews

At the end of September, we launched the pilot cohort of the Birdaro training program, welcoming 60 individuals from 24 different open-source projects into the largest online training program CSCCE has ever run! We were delighted to receive more than 50 applications from a wide range of scientific open-source projects, and were able to put together a diverse cohort of participants from different organizations at various stages of growth and development. Because of this diversity, we’re not just delivering training - we’re also nucleating a community of practitioners who can share knowledge, tools, and strategies. In a new blog post on the CSCCE website, we’re highlighting the individuals and projects who are taking part in the current cohort of the Birdaro training program: https://lnkd.in/gTX_uC4e And over the next few days, we’ll share more about this inaugural cohort of the Birdaro training program here on LinkedIn! The pilot module was designed based on the needs and interests of the participating projects, and focuses on governance and documentation. If you are interested in the further development of the program to encompass topics in community engagement, project management, and more, please reach out to info@birdaro.org. 

This weekend, Partners In Health celebrated the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the 𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍 𝑭𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 in Kono, Sierra Leone. During the event, the PIH Sierra Leone team showcased 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗠𝗥𝗦 𝟯 — 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗠𝗥 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 — to visitors, including the President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio. 🇸🇱 At Ozone HIS, we’re proud to see OpenMRS 3 enabling over and over this kind of impact on the ground — part of a growing ecosystem of interoperable, open-source digital health tools empowering care delivery everywhere. More on this here: https://lnkd.in/d2Ds9XH9 #OzoneHIS #OpenMRS #PartnersInHealth #DigitalHealth #HealthTech #GlobalHealth #OpenSource #SierraLeone #PaulFarmer

Wrapping up the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) Summit 2025 – Munich, Germany 🇩🇪 Over the past three days, our OpenMRS team including Bawantha Rathnayaka, Beryl Kanali and Jayasanka Weerasinghe had an incredible experience connecting with some of the top 200 open source organizations from around the world at the Google Summer of Code Summit 2025. We shared what has worked well for us, learned from other organizations, and had meaningful conversations about the common challenges of managing and growing open source communities. It was truly inspiring to see how passionate contributors and mentors across the world are building technology that makes a difference. A huge thank you to Google Open Source for organizing such a collaborative and insightful event and to every organization working to make open source stronger, more inclusive, and more impactful. ❤️ #OpenMRS #GSoC #GoogleSummerOfCode #OpenSource #GlobalHealth #GlobalGoods

Over the years, we’ve learned that joining a new open-source community can feel a bit scary at first; especially for students who are just starting out. 💛 At OpenMRS, we believe in making every contributor feel welcomed, supported, and confident to take their first step. That’s why our GSoC team created the OpenMRS GSoC Video Podcast Series to help applicants get to know our projects, mentors, and the friendly faces behind them. Hearing that this year’s accepted contributors for OpenMRS used this series to feel at home and find the right fit made us really happy.

On the second day of the Google Summer of Code Summit 2025 in Munich, Bawantha Rathnayaka one of our inspiring and skilled mentors at OpenMRS, took the stage to share the incredible work our GSoC students accomplished this summer. It was inspiring to see how our students continue to innovate and make a real impact through open source; strengthening digital health systems used around the world. 🌱 A huge thanks to Google Open Source for creating a space where mentors, students, and organizations can come together to celebrate collaboration and learning. ❤️ #OpenMRS #GSoC #GoogleSummerOfCode #OpenSource #GlobalHealth #Mentorship #Innovation #GlobalGoods

Over the next few days, Beryl Kanali, Bawantha Rathnayaka, and Jayasanka Weerasinghe will be representing OpenMRS at the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) Summit 2025 in Munich! 🇩🇪 They’ll be showcasing the amazing work our talented GSoC students have accomplished this year, sharing our organization’s experiences, and connecting with open source communities from around the world. This is also a great opportunity to reflect on how we can make the GSoC experience even better for future contributors; strengthening mentorship, learning, and innovation within the OpenMRS community. A huge thank you to Google for bringing together this inspiring network of change makers who use open source to make a real-world impact! ❤️ #OpenMRS #GSoC #GoogleSummerOfCode #OpenSource #GlobalGoods