<s>
OpenMRS	B-Application
is	O
a	O
collaborative	O
open-source	B-Application
project	O
to	O
develop	O
software	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
delivery	O
of	O
health	O
care	O
in	O
developing	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenMRS	B-Application
is	O
founded	O
on	O
the	O
principles	O
of	O
openness	O
and	O
sharing	O
of	O
ideas	O
,	O
software	O
and	O
strategies	O
for	O
deployment	O
and	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenMRS	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
a	O
registered	O
non-profit	O
that	O
is	O
the	O
owner	O
of	O
all	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
materials	O
and	O
the	O
maintainer	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
's	O
Public	O
License	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
entity	O
will	O
represent	O
the	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
project	O
in	O
legal	O
and	O
financial	O
matters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
version	O
2.0	O
with	O
an	O
added	O
"	O
Healthcare	O
Disclaimer	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenMRS	B-Application
grew	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
critical	O
need	O
to	O
scale	O
up	O
the	O
treatment	O
of	O
HIV	O
in	O
Africa	O
but	O
from	O
the	O
start	O
was	O
conceived	O
as	O
a	O
general	O
purpose	O
electronic	B-Application
medical	I-Application
record	I-Application
system	O
that	O
could	O
support	O
the	O
full	O
range	O
of	O
medical	O
treatments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
ideas	O
and	O
prototype	O
of	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
were	O
conceived	O
by	O
Paul	O
Biondich	O
and	O
Burke	O
Mamlin	O
from	O
the	O
Regenstrief	O
Institute	O
,	O
Indiana	O
on	O
a	O
visit	O
to	O
the	O
Academic	O
Model	O
Providing	O
Access	O
to	O
Healthcare	O
(	O
AMPATH	O
)	O
project	O
in	O
Eldoret	O
,	O
Kenya	O
in	O
February	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paul	O
,	O
Burke	O
and	O
Hamish	O
met	O
in	O
September	O
2004	O
at	O
the	O
Medinfo	O
conference	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
and	O
recognized	O
they	O
had	O
a	O
common	O
approach	O
to	O
medical	O
information	O
systems	O
and	O
a	O
similar	O
philosophy	O
for	O
healthcare	O
and	O
development	O
and	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
was	O
born	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dr.	O
Kanter	O
was	O
directing	O
the	O
Millennium	O
Villages	O
Project	O
's	O
(	O
MVP	O
)	O
health	O
information	O
systems	O
and	O
selected	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
for	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
ten	O
MVP	O
countries	O
in	O
sub-Saharan	O
Africa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
code	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
"	O
concept	O
dictionary	O
"	O
that	O
describes	O
all	O
the	O
data	O
items	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
stored	O
in	O
the	O
system	O
such	O
as	O
clinical	O
findings	O
,	O
laboratory	O
test	O
results	O
or	O
socio-economic	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
important	O
feature	O
of	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
is	O
its	O
modular	O
construction	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
programming	O
of	O
new	O
functions	O
without	O
modifying	O
the	O
core	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenMRS	B-Application
is	O
web	O
based	O
but	O
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
laptop	O
or	O
on	O
a	O
large	O
server	O
and	O
runs	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
or	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
key	O
features	O
of	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
(	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
1.9	O
and	O
later	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
2010	O
,	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
is	O
in	O
use	O
in	O
at	O
least	O
23	O
developing	O
countries	O
(	O
mostly	O
in	O
Africa	O
)	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
record	O
over	O
1	O
million	O
patient	O
records	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
deployments	O
are	O
run	O
by	O
independent	O
groups	O
who	O
carry	O
out	O
the	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
ground	O
with	O
technical	O
support	O
and	O
training	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
core	O
team	O
of	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
developers	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
implementers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
have	O
been	O
four	O
annual	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
meetings	O
in	O
South	O
Africa	O
,	O
organized	O
by	O
Chris	O
Seebregts	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
leads	O
the	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
implementers	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenMRS	B-Application
use	O
will	O
be	O
expanded	O
in	O
Haiti	O
to	O
assist	O
with	O
the	O
patients	O
recovering	O
from	O
the	O
January	O
2010	O
earthquake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Nigeria	O
,	O
Institute	O
of	O
Human	O
Virology	O
is	O
pushing	O
for	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
penetration	O
in	O
public	O
and	O
private	O
clinics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
institute	O
had	O
a	O
pilot	O
of	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
in	O
2011	O
to	O
manage	O
HIV/AIDs	B-Device
patients	O
 '	O
records	O
in	O
27	O
health	O
facilities	O
,	O
the	O
outcome	O
of	O
the	O
pilot	O
was	O
overwhelming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
institute	O
decided	O
to	O
scale-up	O
on	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
and	O
scale-down	O
paper-based	O
systems	O
in	O
all	O
its	O
over	O
400	O
health	O
facilities	O
and	O
sub-partners	O
'	O
facilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
Distribution	O
is	O
a	O
particular	O
configuration	O
of	O
the	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
Platform	O
,	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
modules	O
,	O
content	O
(	O
concepts	O
,	O
forms	O
,	O
reports	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
Reference	O
Application	O
is	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ThoughtWorks	B-Application
maintains	O
a	O
general	O
purpose	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
distribution	O
called	O
Bahmni	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenMRS	B-Application
distributions	O
targeted	O
at	O
specific	O
countries	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
Mozambique	O
(	O
eSaude	O
)	O
,	O
Kenya	O
(	O
KenyaEMR	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Uganda	O
(	O
UgandaEMR	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenMRS	B-Application
is	O
supported	O
by	O
core	O
teams	O
from	O
Partners	O
In	O
Health	O
,	O
Regenstrief	O
Institute	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
South	O
African	O
Medical	O
Research	O
Council	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
organizations	O
that	O
collaborate	O
on	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
are	O
the	O
Millennium	O
Villages	O
Project	O
,	O
based	O
at	O
Columbia	O
University	O
,	O
and	O
Baobab	O
Health	O
Systems	O
in	O
Malawi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
variety	O
of	O
organizations	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Atlassian	O
,	O
Blueberry	O
Software	O
,	O
and	O
YourKit	O
,	O
have	O
also	O
donated	O
licenses	O
to	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
groups	O
of	O
programmers	O
working	O
on	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
in	O
developing	O
countries	O
including	O
Kenya	O
,	O
Rwanda	O
,	O
Uganda	O
,	O
South	O
Africa	O
,	O
Pakistan	O
,	O
Chile	O
,	O
and	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Rwanda	O
,	O
Partners	O
In	O
Health	O
started	O
local	O
training	O
program	O
called	O
E-Health	B-Application
Software	O
Development	O
and	O
Implementation	O
(	O
EHSDI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
nine-month	O
course	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
train	O
students	O
in	O
medical	O
information	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
focused	O
highly	O
in	O
using	O
the	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
community	O
includes	O
developers	O
,	O
implementers	O
,	O
and	O
users	O
from	O
multiple	O
countries	O
who	O
collaborate	O
through	O
mailing	O
lists	O
,	O
IRC	O
,	O
and	O
annual	O
conferences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
year	O
,	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
hosts	O
their	O
annual	O
Implementers	O
 '	O
Conference	O
;	O
a	O
global	O
meet	O
up	O
of	O
developers	O
and	O
implementers	O
hosted	O
by	O
different	O
countries	O
where	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
is	O
being	O
used	O
on	O
a	O
national	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenMRS	B-Application
has	O
participated	O
annually	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
since	O
2007	O
;	O
according	O
to	O
that	O
program	O
's	O
manager	O
,	O
it	O
receives	O
more	O
student	O
applications	O
than	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
participated	O
as	O
a	O
mentoring	O
organization	O
in	O
the	O
Outreach	O
Program	O
for	O
Women	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenMRS	B-Application
also	O
held	O
a	O
three-day	O
leadership	O
retreat	O
,	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
Camp	O
2014	O
,	O
at	O
Bradford	O
Woods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
focus	O
of	O
the	O
camp	O
was	O
to	O
build	O
strategies	O
for	O
growing	O
the	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
community	O
and	O
ensuring	O
its	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenMRS	B-Application
held	O
its	O
first	O
OpenMRS	B-Application
Code	O
Jam	O
on	O
November	O
19	O
,	O
2014	O
in	O
Toronto	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
hosted	O
by	O
ThoughtWorks	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenMRS	B-Application
is	O
a	O
mentoring	O
organization	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Code-in	I-Application
2015	O
.	O
</s>
