Release Notes 3.4 (Goal: 2025-05)

[ 1 🔦 Key Points ] [ 2 👷 Contributors ] [ 3 🔦 Highlights for Implementers ] [ 4 📸 Example Visual Changes ] [ 5 🔍 Detailed Changelog ]

Cut Date: April 21. Actual Release Date: 2 weeks later. Release Manager: @Dennis Kigen
Release Goals:

Visit Headers for clearer visit date context
Carbon version upgrades
Using the OpenmrsDatePicker component consistently across all apps
Initial Support for Age-Based Ranges (required updates to Core)
Ward App v1 (with baseline config docs)

Held for next time: React 19

🔦 Key Points

📆 Release Date: Planned for May 5 (QA Release / Release Cut: 2025-04-21)
⚠️ Breaking Changes:
1. Patient object should only be loaded by the root chart component by @ibacher in #2256
Where to find it: Demo at o3.openmrs.org (admin/Admin123) or download here: openmrs.org/download/

👷 Contributors

Template note: Reach out to @beryl; she will be the primary builder of this list.

Special Thank-You to Community PR Reviewers: @Ian Bacher (DIGI), @Dennis Kigen (OpenMRS), @nethmi (OpenMRS) @Chi Bong Ho (PIH), @Mark Goodrich (PIH), @Daniel Kayiwa (OpenMRS), @Donald Kibet (Palladium) …

Thank you so much to the following contributors - you make releases like this possible! Alphabetically by Organization affiliation:

CSaude: @Yassin Nurmahomed
SolDevelo: @Oliver Lewandowski
ICRC: @Pedro Sousa @José Francisco
Madiro: @Pius Rubangakene@Vineet Sharma
Mekom: @Brandon Istenes @Siddharth Vaish
METS: @jabarhum
OpenMRS Support: @Dennis Kigen @nethmi @Daniel Kayiwa@Samuel Male @Veronica Muthee
Palladium-Kenya: @Kennedy Makombe @amosmachora @Donald Kibet @itskios09 @omosh
PIH: @Chi Bong Ho @Mark Goodrich @Mike Seaton
UW ITECH DIGI: @Ian Bacher
Independent Contributors: @Juliet Wamalwa @Elisha Bantana @Wyclif Luyima *@shettybharath @harshthkkr @chintu @mohamedalimefteh @atulyadav745 @Mutagubya Jonathan@Bawantha Rathnayaka @yugalkaushik @joseph kagimu @EDSONZ-WASSWA @UNCANNY69 @xprlgjf(Gavi falconer-expressive logic) @shivarm @vinayaksharma @dhruvchandak30 @siddhant singh @sarang

Contributor Metrics

Breakdown of contributors by Organizations, based on # of PRs committed in this release.

# PRs included: 243

# of Orgs involved: 9

% from OpenMRS Inc. Global Support: 33%

🔦 Highlights for Implementers

🗓️ Standardized OpenmrsDatePicker component across all apps: Implemented the `OpenmrsDatePicker` component across all apps to standardize date input fields and ensure a consistent user experience.
📈 Integrated Age-Based Reference Ranges for Vitals: Implemented foundational support for age-specific thresholds by fetching reference ranges via the `conceptreferencerange` endpoint, updating vitals interpretation logic, and adjusting FHIR observation handling to enable accurate clinical alerts.
🗂️ Added Visit Context Header to Patient Chart Workspaces: Implemented a `visit context header` across patient chart workspaces (orders, visit notes, and clinical forms), along with a new visit switcher modal to enhance navigation and support RDE features.
⏰ Added Support for Ending RDE Visits: Implemented the ability to create RDE visits with both `start`and `end` times to prevent overlaps and improve visit data accuracy.
🔍 SAME-AS Mappings Selection: Implemented functionality allowing users to select a concept UUID with a `SAME-AS` relationship from the list of available mappings.
💊 Enabled Viewing of Patient Diagnoses and Conditions During Drug Dispense: Implemented configurable support for displaying `active conditions` and `visit diagnoses` within the dispensing module to provide clinical context at the point medications dispense.
⬆️ Upgraded @carbon/react to v1.76.0: Aligned the @carbon/react dependency with the version used in Core to ensure consistency across the platform and maintain compatibility with shared UI components.