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allergy list
A series of allergies from which a patient suffers.
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clinician
A doctor, nurse, or other another clinical officer who provides health care to patients.
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Eclipse
A multi-language, open-source Integrated Development Environment (IDE) recommended for OpenMRS development
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F/LOSS, FOSS, etc.
Free/libre and open-source software. Software is freely licensed to use, copy, change and distribute. OpenMRS is licensed under the OpenMRS Public License based on the Mozilla Public License.
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Git Bash
Git Bash is an application that provides Git command line experience on the Operating System(windows)
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Git
A distributed version control system (DVCS) that allows multiple developers to works work simultaneously on a project without the need for a common network connection.
GitHub
A web-based hosting service for software development projects that use the Git revision control system. The OpenMRS source code is hosted on GitHub at at http://github.com/openmrs
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Hibernate
An object-relational mapping mapping (ORM) library for the Java language Java language used by OpenMRS.
HL7
An abbreviation of Health Level Seven, a nonprofit committee dedicated to the standardization for exchanging information between medical applications.
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An online tool to communicate with others in "real-time". OpenMRS uses IRC to allow developers and implementers to collaborate and meet. http://go.openmrs.org/irc
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An issue tracking /project management tool use used by OpenMRS. Accessible at: https://issues.openmrs.org/
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A discipline of studying the use of informatics in the field of medical science.
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An online resource to find and maintain community-developed OpenMRS add-on modules (now referred to as the OpenMRS Add-ons index). https://addons.openmrs.org/
MySQL
An open-source relational database management system (RDMS) popular with web application applications and used by OpenMRS.
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point of care
Data entered into the electronic system during clinical visit/encounter.
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Paper form filled out during clinical visit/encounter. Data is copied from paper to an electronic system at a later time, usually by a different person in a different room or facility.
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An open-source platform used to check code quality
Spring Framework
An open-source application framework and framework and inversion of control container used control container used by OpenMRS.
sprint
A semi-agile process adopted by OpenMRS for implementing new features in a coordinated and speedy manner.
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wiki
A web site website containing documentation and other resources for a project or organization.
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