The goal of this project is to write up several success stories that will help show the growth of the OpenMRS community and community’s product in 2024, and showcase how those community members made those things possible - i.e. each story should have a compelling What, Who, and How.
Idea | Priority | What | Who | Consent? | Notes / Info to get started |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
O3: The New OpenMRS Explained and the Investments that made it possible | Highest | Pull together information about the origin and technology of O3. Opportunity to showcase how this is a result of coordinated community investment, direct support from implementers. Mention the TAP mechanism. | N/A | Use info from:
Let’s start there and see what you can make | |
KenyaEMR O3 success story: How KenyaEMR leveraged and innovated with the new OpenMRS | High | Show before vs after Explain exactly what steps they took (so others can follow them) Interview team members, ideally quotes from both a non-tech and dev about O3 | Palladium-Kenya | Pending (Grace contacted) | |
UgandaEMR+ O3 success story: UgandaEMR’s journey with OpenMRS 3 | High | Same idea as KenyaEMR story | METS | To request (Grace and Beryl to meet) | |
How the new OpenMRS supports UHC, billing, and insurance | High | Show and explain the new Billing app. Explain the reason for this vs a full ERP. Explain how it was created in the squad model | Palladium-Kenya UCSF | Permission to name squad orgs pending, but writing could begin | |
Scaling the new OpenMRS by the Hundreds in other languages for NCD: Mekom’s journey with OpenMRS 3 | High | Show and explain OpenMRS useage by Mekom in Cambodia; used for NCD; translated in Khmer; rolled out to >100 sites | Mekom | Not yet | |
How investments are making OpenMRS more flexible than ever | Medium | Mekom UCSF | Not Yet | ||
OpenMRS in a Moodle: How one NGO is helping International Medical Graduates learn EMRs with OpenMRS | Medium | Show how OpenMRS can be embedded in an iFrame, as part of a Moodle. Reference code guidance for iframing. Interview Faimer team for quotes. | Faimer | Not Yet | We have a lightning talk presentation that would be perfect for supporting this write up, and as media for the article. I will have to dig to find it. |
