OpenMRS Around the World
- Grace Potma
OpenMRS was born in Kenya, and today is used all around the world - and built by people from around the world too! Today, the OpenMRS community is a widespread network of dedicated individuals and organizations. As Health IT projects go, we're really big!
Are you implementing OpenMRS? We need to hear from you! Tell us your latest metrics by posting on our forum talk.openmrs.org or by contacting community@openmrs.org!
Production Sites Around the World
The Latest Metrics
Based on self-reporting by implementers in our global community, we calculate OpenMRS is used in production in:
80+ Countries
8,100+ Healthcare Sites / Facilities
22+ Million Patients
For many different clinical areas, from general outpatient / walk-in centers and primary care, to many different kinds of Specialist/Consultant Clinics, to Inpatient Department Care, to highly specialized treatment centres like oncology. Some historical stories about early-days uses of OpenMRS are here.
Virtual Map: The OpenMRS “Atlas”
For an interactive map built with data from some of our implementation sites, visit: https://atlas.openmrs.org . More details on the Atlas project are here. However, as of 2024, the Atlas module is not as actively maintained or used by implementers. This is something we hope to improve soon. For now, much of our useage and site number collection is manual.
Evidence Hub: Academic Uses, Studies, and More
To see our Evidence Hub, our online repository of the over 4,000 publications involving OpenMRS, visit: OpenMRS Evidence Hub
OpenMRS v3 Sites
Numbers: How many implementations are using OpenMRS v3 (O3) in production?
| Sept 2023 | June 2024 | Sept 2024 | Oct 2024 | Nov 2024 | Dec 2024 |
Number of Facilities Supported | 13 | 154 | 326 | 626 | 1,400 | 2,304 |
Number of Organizations supporting those facilities | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
Number of Countries | 3 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 36 |
Number of Languages in Production | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Countries: Where is OpenMRS 3.0 (O3) currently used?
For a more detailed breakdown of countries' number changes over time, see this public spreadsheet.
Country | Implementer | # of sites (facilities) | Notes |
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Kenya | Palladium-Kenya | 1,759 (147+ site-wide) | Project name: “KenyaEMR 3.x”. For HIV care and OPD/whole-of-facility. including in a L5 (county referral) hospital with average daily workload of ~ 700 patients: OPD + specialized clinics. That facility uses billing module (collecting daily over 200,000 KSH (~$1,500 USD), most payments use the mobile money/mPesa integration). The stock module is also used fully. |
Kenya | IntelliSOFT Consulting | 2 | OPD community hospitals. |
Uganda | METS | 231 | Project name: “UgandaEMR+”. Used for MCH care (ANC, HEI, MCH, PMTCT, Cervical CA) and OPD. More detail available at this live dashboard: https://metrics.mets.or.ug/. |
Rwanda | IMB (PIH-Rwanda) | 1 | For Oncology care and dispensing. Exploring for Billing. |
Cambodia | Cambodia Ministry of Health and Mekom | 160 | Cambodia Ministry Facilities for NCD care (Diabetes, HTN, Cervical CA): completely in Khmer: Ozone Distro Cambodia, which is basically a Khmer-localized O3 w/ Ozone Analytics, is live in ~160 health centres |
Bangladesh | mPower | 12 | Primary Care and OPD in refugee camps in Bangladesh, with translation in Bengali. |
Ethiopia | ICAP-Ethiopia | 112 | Project name: “Ethiohri”. For HIV care |
Global | ICRC | 25 | Physical Rehab, Mental Health, including completely in French and Spanish (we expect this number is actually substantially more than 25; confirming as of Nov 2024) |
Namibia | UCSF | 1+ | Project name: “P-Tracker”. For MCH & PMTCT |
Sierra Leone | PIH | 1 | Wellbody Clinic; in particular using O3 Dispensing for pharmacy drug prescription filling |
South Sudan | IntelliSOFT Consulting | 1+ |
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Kirgizstan | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Mozambique | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Brazil | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Tajikistan | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Lebanon | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Burkina Faso | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Cameroun | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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DRC | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Mali | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Myanmar | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Jordan | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Syria | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Philippines | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Mexico | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Guatemala | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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El Salvador | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Honduras | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Venezuela | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Colombia | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Iraq | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Moldova | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Azerbaijan | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Uzbekistan | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Ukraine | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Nigeria | PHIS3 | 1+ | Project: NigeriaMRS. For HIV care. |
Nigeria | Requested privacy | 1+ |
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Upcoming Locations and Implementers we’re staying-tuned with:
Cote d'Ivoire, by ITECH, for HIV care (pre-pilot) - TBC/Updates
Is your country, organization, or site missing? We need to hear from you! Tell us your latest metrics by posting on our forum http://talk.openmrs.org or by contacting community@openmrs.org!