OpenMRS Evidence Hub
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This page is our online repository of the many studies conducted exploring OpenMRS. Collectively, these studies provide strong evidence for a variety of use cases: the impact of EMR use on care, secondary data use for site or regional or global program guidelines improvement, and the community open source model. The OpenMRS Community maintains the OpenMRS Evidence Base and adds new studies as they are discovered.
Over 4,050 publications are noted online involving OpenMRS - search query here.
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This page began in August 2023. We are communally updating this with the thousands of articles published on OpenMRS, strongly prioritizing recent articles from within the last few years.
Category | Citation APA formatting preferred | Year | Country | Reference Key | URL | Misc. Notes |
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HIV, KPs | Ensuring Equitable Access to Quality HIV Care for Key Populations in Complex Sociocultural Settings: Lessons from Nigeria Abdulsamad Salihu, Ibrahim Jahun, David Olusegun Oyedeji, Wole Fajemisin, Omokhudu Idogho, Samira Shehu, Jennifer Anyanti | 2025 | Nigeria | Salihu 2025 |
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TB Tuberculosis | Sharifov, R., Nabirova, D., Tilloeva, Z. et al. TB treatment delays and associated risk factors in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2019–2021. BMC Infect Dis 24, 1398 (2024). | 2024 | Tajikistan | Sharifov 2024 |
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Data Interpretation | Nanyonga, S., Medina, P. B., Kozlakidis, Z., Garcia, D. L., Ivanova, D., & Katsaounis, P. (2024). Proliferation, ingestion, and interpretation of health data in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Z. Kozlakidis, A. Muradyan, & K. Sargsyan (Eds.), Digitalization of medicine in low- and middle-income countries (Sustainable Development Goals Series). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62332-5_25 | 2024 | Global | Nanyonga 2024 | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-62332-5_25 | This Book Chapter shows how digital health initiatives like OpenMRS are progressing from pilot stages to scalable, integrated healthcare solutions, emphasizing the importance of data proliferation, ingestion, and interpretation for sustainable impact. |
Process Optimization | Avagyan, A., Minasyan, E., Khachatryan, H., & Gevorgyan, S. (2024). Possible process optimization: Innovative digital health implementation models. In Z. Kozlakidis, A. Muradyan, & K. Sargsyan (Eds.), Digitalization of medicine in low- and middle-income countries (Sustainable Development Goals Series). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62332-5_10 | 2024 | Global | Avagyan 2024 | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-62332-5_10 |
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Interoperability | Anantharaman, P., Shapiro, R., Varadharaju, V., & Locasto, M. E. (2024). A study of interoperability in electronic health record software. In Proceedings of the 2024 Workshop on Cybersecurity in Healthcare (HealthSec ’24) (pp. 8). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3689942.3694743 | 2024 | Global | Anantharaman 2024 | FHIR Garden, a tool designed to compare FHIR implementations in EMRs including OpenMRS, identifying parser discrepancies and highlighting vulnerabilities that could impact patient data security. | |
COVID 19 Remote Health Monitoring
| Musheghyan, L., Harutyunyan, N., Sikder, A., Reid, M., Zhao, D., Lulejian, A., Dickhoner, J., Andonian, N., Aslanyan, L., Petrosyan, V., Sargsyan, Z., Shekherdimian, S., Dorian, A., & Espinoza, J. (2024). Managing patients with COVID-19 in Armenia using a remote monitoring system: Descriptive study. *JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 10*, e57703. https://doi.org/10.2196/57703 | 2024 | Armenia | Musheghyan 2024 | This study highlights the effective use of an OpenMRS based system for a remote monitoring and home-based oxygen therapy program (COVID@home) in Armenia, showcasing its potential in resource-limited settings. | |
Implementation | Bouh, M. M., Hossain, F., Paul, P., et al. (2024). The impact of limited access to digital health records on doctors and their willingness to adopt electronic health record systems. Digital Health, 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076241281626 | 2024 | Bangladesh | Bouh 2024 | The study investigates the challenges Bangladeshi doctors face due to limited access to digital health records, affecting their workload and clinical decision-making. It also highlights the impact and efficiency brought in by some OpenMRS-based implementations | |
Implementation | Uwambajimana, E., Rugirangoga, P., Musabyimana, E., et al. (2024, August 25). Assessment of the use of electronic medical records system and barriers in Rwanda (Version 1) Preprint. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4763866/v1 | 2024 | Rwanda | Uwambajimana 2024 |